Fertile Crescent - Mesopotamia

What two rivers were in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris-Euphrates River

• Mississippi River

• Nile River

• Rhine River

What is the control of plants and animals?

• migration

• irrigation

• domestication

• civilization

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• Land of enchanted royalty

• Land of milk and honey

• Land of the Old Testament

• Land between the two rivers

What is one of Mesopotamia's nicknames?

• Jewel of the Nile

• The First Frontier

• Fertile Crescent

• Western Civilization

What is the control of water?

• migration

• domestication

• irrigation

• civilization

What is the rich soil created by flooding called?

• clay

• mud

• sludge

• silt

How did flooding help Mesopotamians?

• Floods watered their fields and provided rich soil

• The water helped wash away their homes.

• Flood waters helped them to bathe.

• The waters helped them to migrate faster.

What is to travel a long distance in search of food and water?

• migration

• domestication

• irrigation

• civilization

What 3 landforms did River Valley Civilizations look for when creating new civilizations?

• oceans islands deserts

• rivers. mountains. deserts

• inlets swamps rivers

• mountains. volcanoes. deltas

What were the first crops to be domesticated?

• corn & beans

• wheat & soybeans

• wheat & barley

• oats & barley