Grade 6 Topic 4 Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: Mesopotamia is _________

• in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

• a modern city in Europe

• an island in the Pacific Ocean

• a mountain range in South America

• a desert in North Africa

Fill in the blank: Sumer is _________

• an area in southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared

• a mountain range in northern Africa

• a river in eastern Europe

• a desert in central Asia

The Euphrates River is _________

• one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

• a desert located in North Africa

• the highest mountain in South America

• an island in the Pacific Ocean

The Tigris River is _________.

• one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

• a desert located in North Africa

• the highest mountain in South America

• an ocean separating Europe and North America

Fill in the blank: A levee is _________.

• a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks

• a type of bridge used for crossing rivers

• a machine used to measure rainfall

• a natural underground water reservoir

Fill in the blank: Silt is _________.

• fine particles of rock

• a type of large boulder

• a form of liquid water

• a kind of metal

Fill in the blank: Complex means _________

• arranged in a difficult way

• very simple

• not important

• easy to understand

Fill in the blank: Fertile means _________?

• able to grow crops well

• full of rocks and sand

• covered in water

• unable to support life

Fill in the blank: Irrigation is _________.

• a means of supplying land with water

• a method of harvesting crops

• a process of removing weeds

• a technique for storing grains

Fill in the blank: An empire is _________

• a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

• a small village with no central authority

• a democratic system where everyone votes on every issue

• a single city with no surrounding lands