Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

A large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the

Mediterranean Sea

• Southwest Asia

• Fertile Crescent

• Euphrates River

The name "Mesopotamia" means

• fertile farmland

• near the ocean

• between two rivers

Crops usually grew well near _______.

• rivers

• deserts

• swamps

Watering crops on farmland is known as ________.

• irrigation

• fertilizing

• harvesting

Mesopotamia is located between which two rivers?

• Euphrates and Thames Rivers

• Euphrates and Tigris Rivers

• Rubicon and Tigris Rivers

Farm settlements formed in Mesopotamia as

early as _________BC.

• 45, 000

• 10,000

• 7,000

Which two grains were grown by

Mesopotamian farmers?

• rice and oats

• wheat and barley

• quinoa and millet

Plentiful food led to ________

growth.

• crop

• land

• population

What destroyed

crops, killed livestock, and washed away homes?

• flooding

• lightning

• drought

Mesopotamians dug ________ that

connected basins (or rivers) to a network of ditches.

• holes

• canals

• lakes