Geography of Mesopotamia

an area of fertile land where the first civilization developed

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• civilization

• city-state

Greek word meaning land between two rivers

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• civilization

• city-state

a highly advanced society

• city-state

• civilization

• domestication

• agriculture

directing land to provide water to crops

• domestication

• agriculture

• irrigation

• specialization of labor

the taming of wild animals for people's use

• agriculture

• civilization

• specialization of labor

• domestication

the use of land to grow crops

• domestication

• irrigation

• surplus

• agriculture

more of something than needed

• specialization of labor

• surplus

• civilization

• domestication

an independent city and its surrounding farmland

• city-state

• civilization

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

the assignment of different jobs based on skill and need

• specialization of labor

• domestication

• civilization

• city-state

How did the development of agriculture lead to the development of the first civilization?

• It gave people a chance to be nomadic.

• It forced people to believe in the same religion.

• It allowed people to settle in one place.

• It limited the jobs people could do.