6th Grade Mesopotamian Geography

The first civilizations arose in__________ because the conditions for farming were good.

• mountains
• deserts
• river valleys
• none of the above

How did city-states irrigate their crops?

• they built walls, waterways , and ditches
• they built underground irrigation systems
• they used sprinklers
• they relied on rain

How did the development of agriculture allow civilizations to move beyond just living  day to day with enough food to eat?

• more steady food supply with food surplus
• larger populations
• trade and specialization
• all of the above

As villages grew and supported larger and more permanent populations______emerged.

• cities
• dictators
• religion
• irrigation

The Mesopotamia River Valley was located between the ________and________ Rivers.

• Nile and Euphrates
• Nile and Tigres
• Tigres and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Huang He

The villagers moved to Mesopotamia which was the plains

between the

• rivers

• mountains

• deserts

• hills

The dry plains in the south had spring rains/floods that brought water, but did not have a lot of trees/stones for making shelters and tools.

• True

• False

Spring rain and melted snow from the mountains flowed into the Nile and Euphrates rivers which caused floods in Mesopotamia.

• True

• False

A city and all the countryside surrounding it that governs itself.

• civilization

• city-state

• nation

• continent

Word that literally means "Land Between the Rivers"; Name for the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• China

• India