The Fertile Crescent

The Fertile Crescent lies between what two river and along their banks?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Mississippi and Ohio

• Nile and Amazon

The early people of Mesopotamia used the river for

• drinking

• farming

• washing

• all of the above.

The bringing of water to dry fields by using canals or pipes is called....

• barter

• irrigation

• domestication

• surplus

Mesopotamian Farmers discovered how to raise animals for food and and other goods. Which animal was among the first domesticated?

• sheep

• antelope

• frog

• fish

How did geography affect the way people lived in Mesopotamia?

• They learned to irrigate crops and build levees. The regions natural resources brought fish, mud, and reeds for building homes.

• It didn't impact the Mesopotamians.

What shape is the Fertile Crescent?

• circle

• square

• rainbow

• diamond