Mesopotamia Continuous

An arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia with rich, fertile soil....

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

• Sumer

• City-State

An area in Mesopotamia where cities first appeared...

• Fertile Crescent

• Akkad

• Sumer

• Silt

The process of supplying land with water...

• Irrigation

• Silt

• Ziggurat

• Polytheism

A wall of earth (dirt) that prevents a river from flooding...

• Storage Basin

• Canal

• Silt

• Levee

Fine particles of rock and dirt that are good for farming...

• Levee

• Polytheism

• City-State

• Silt

Early city, like a small, independent (on its own) country with its own laws and government...

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

• City-State

• Irrigation

Mesopotamia is the land between which two rivers?

• Nile & Amazon

• Yangtze & Yellow

• Mississippi & Missouri

• Tigris & Euphrates

What two modern countries is Mesopotamia in?

• USA & Mexico

• Iraq & Syria

• India & Pakistan

• China & Korea

What part of the irrigation system used in Mesopotamia are walls next to the rivers that help control flooding?

• Levee

• Canals

• Storage Basins

• Silt

How did irrigation affect the population in Mesopotamia?

• Increased (went up)

• Decreased (went down)

• Stayed the Same