Sumer Geography

#1 Represents______________

• Sumer

• The Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• Babylon

#3 Represents______________

• the Tigris River

• the Euphrates River

• The Persian Gulf

• The Meditteranean Sea

#4 Represents ____________

• Fertile Crescent

• Persian Gulf

• Ur

• Sumer

#2 Represents _________________

• The Nile River

• The Tigris River

• The Euphrates River

• The Persian Gulf

In Greek, the word Mesopotamia means....

• Between two mountains.

• Between two rivers.

• Between two bodies of water.

• Between two deserts.

A division of labor was able to occur in the Fertile Crescent due to __________

• The need for irrigation systems.

• Domestication of animals.

• A strong government in place.

• A surplus of food.

When people learned to farm and domesticate animals, they began to produce a ______________________ of food.

• supplement

• specialization

• domestication

• surplus

The process of bringing water from one location to another is _________

• pipelines

• levees

• canals

• irrigation

A large arc of farmland that is located between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea is__________/

• The Zagros valley

• The agricultural center.

• the Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is located inmodern day _____________.

• China

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Israel