River Valley Civilizations

In Greek, the word Mesopotamia means

• the land between 2 rivers
• group of city-states
• civilization
• the gods are favorable

Ziggurats are used to

• store food, protect the city-state, and worship gods
• worship gods
• protect the city-state
• store food

irrigation

• bringing a water source to a farming area
• good hunting
• a tool to break the soil for planting
• free wi-fi

Fertile Crescent

• a half-moon shaped area in the Middle East where civilizations first developed
• tigris and Nile Rivers
• a city-state
• an extra amount of something

Mesopotamia is surrounded by the

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
• Tigris and Nile Rivers
• Euphrates and Nile Rivers
• Tigris and Urdu Rivers

Rich, fertile soil

• silt
• dirt
• sand
• granite

Ur, Uruk, and Eridu were all

• Mesopotamian city-states
• Mesopotamian kings
• Mesopotamian gods
• rivers in the Middle East

trade

• exchanging goods and services
• brining a water source to a farming area
• tools
• free wi-fi

People settled in River Valleys because

• rich, fertile soil was good for growing crops
• hunting was good
• the gods in River Valleys were nice
• there was free wi-fi

surplus

• an extra amount of something
• free wi-fi
• technology
• innovation