Mesopotamia Geography Practice

It is the birthplace of civilization, so Mesopotamia is often called

• the Fertile Crescent

• the First Empire

• the Cradle of Civilization

• the #1 River Valley

Mesopotamia means

• land between 2 kingdoms

• land between 2 mountain ranges

• land between 2 city-states

• land between 2 rivers

Which of these are geographic features in or around Mesopotamia?(check all that apply)

• Tigris River

• Zagros Mountains

• Persian Gulf

• the Himalayas

• Euphrates River

The source of the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers is

• the Taurus Mountains

• the Zagros Mountains

• the Syrian Desert

• the Fertile Crescent

The area where people began creating civilization and building cities was in (check all that apply)

• in southern Mesopotamia

• in Sumer

• in Assyria

• in northern Mesopotamia

The green area in this picture is

• Sumer

• Asia Minor

• the Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

The present day country that is the location of the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers is

• Iran

• Mesopotamia

• Asia

• Iraq

The rivers flooded every year bringing water and

• silt

• minerals

• disease

• seeds for more plants

The Tigris and Euphrates empty into the

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Persian Gulf

The region where Mesopotamia is found is called

• the Sinai Peninsula

• the Middle East

• Asia Minor

• Africa