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The Fertile Crescent
Chapter 2
Geography of the Fertile
Crescent
Lesson 1
Why did people start farming in the
Fertile Crescent?
A. The soil was rich.
B. Mountains were common.
C. Droughts were frequent.
D. Large forests were
available.
Mesopotamia is located within the Fertile
Crescent and is located between the two
rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates. What
does the word Mesopotamia mean?
A. The New Stone Age
B. The land between the rivers
C. Rich Soil
D. The land in western Asia
What is silt?
A. A wall built to keep the flood waters back.
B. A system of canals used to bring water to
crops and fields.
C. Loose soil carried by water
D. Long periods without rain.
What is a levee?
A. A system of canals used to bring water to
crops and fields.
B. Long periods without rain
C. The wearing away of soil by wind or water.
D. A wall that keeps a river within its banks.
Farming was made possible in dry
areas by the use of canal
______________ .
A. levees.
B. irrigation.
C. droughts.
D. erosion.
During the spring and summer,
southern Mesopotamia needed water
for their crops in the hot, dry climate.
What are long periods without rain?
A. Erosion
B. Irrigation
C. Scribe
D. Drought
What is the wearing away of soil by
wind or water?
A. Irrigation
B. Cuneiform
C. Erosion
D. Ziggurat
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
made it possible for farmers to have
a(n) ______________ of crops and to
develop some of history’s early
cultures.
A.Erosion
B.Surplus
C.Empire
D.Domestication
Mesopotamian farmers began to produce
more food than they could consume
themselves. Not everyone had to be a
farmer any more. Some people became
___________________________ .
A. Teachers, soldiers, and bakers.
B. Craftmakers, hunters, and leaders.
C. Soldiers, scholars, and leaders.
D. Students, farmers, and homemakers.