Chapter 3 Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

Farm settlements in Mesopotamia eventually developed into...

• fellowships

• co-ops

• communes

• civilizations

Farmers used _________________ and canals as a way to control river flow.

• villages

• agriculture

• irrigation

• streets

____________ is a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks brought on by annual floods.

• silt

• soot

• sand

• clay

The _____________ developed the first civilization in Mesopotamia.

• Babylonians

• Sargons

• Sumerians

• Akkadians

Increased amounts of food led to ______________, which meant that fewer people needed to farm.

• hunting

• fighting

• rotting

• surpluses

_____________ is a human-made waterway.

• river

• canal

• levee

• bayou

What 2 rivers are the most important physical features of the region we are studying in Chapter 3?

• Euphrates and Tigris

• Tibre and Eucalyptus

• European and Thames

• Europa and Tiger

Mesopotamia is part of a larger area of rich farmland called...

• The Delta

• The Fertile Crescent

• The Crescent Valley

• The Rich Land

Basic political units called city-states built _____________cities for protection.

• river

• underground

• mountainous

• walled

City-states fought each other to gain more ______________.

• farmland

• people

• weapons

• water