Geography of G.R.A.P.E.S.

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• land with no fire

• land in the Middle East

• land between 2 rivers

• land in the desert

Mesopotamia is also known as the

• Fertile Crescent

• Sumerians

• Persian Gulf

• Kuwait

What were the 2 most important rivers of Mesopotamia?

• Euphrates River and Yellow River

• Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf

• Yellow River and Persian Gulf

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Silt is rich soil that is great for farming. The floods brought silt which made the soil fertile. What does fertile mean?

• Unable to generate crops

• Able to generate crops

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were flood bring silt and water. What season did the rivers always flood?

• spring

• fall

• winter

• summer

Because the land in the southern region was dry, the Sumerians had to irrigate the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

What does irrigate mean?

• To create the land to be dry

• To supply water where it is needed

Besides irrigation, how else did the Sumerians bring water to their fields?

• canals

• plow

• carts

• bowls