Geography and River Valley Civ Geo Terms

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 

• irrigation
• nomads
• ziggurat
• scribes

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

The word "Mesopotamia" means

• middle of the fertile crescent
• land in the middle of the desert 
• land between the rivers
• land north of the sea

People who move from place to place in search of food and water

• manods
• irritants
• nomads
• farmers

When people specialize in one job (everyone works different jobs) is known as

• Surplus of Jobs

• Division of Labor

• Bartering

• Cuneiform

Which picture shows a plateau?

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A curved and very fertile region that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf is known as

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

• Egypt

• Babylon

What change began during the Neolithic Revolution?

• hunting

• farming

• trading

• building

What is it called when you produce more crops or food than needed to feed the society?

• Job Specialization

• Surplus

• Leftovers

• Wasteful

Finely ground fertile soil that is good for growing crops is known as

• canal

• semi-sedentary

• clay

• silt