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ate Period e CHAPTER 2 LESSON 3The First Communities ' Geography Fractice Early Farming Gommunities Although the The Fertile crescent extends through parts of southwest Asia. is an arc of land that surrounding region is mainly desert, the Fertile Crescent provides some of the best farming in the area' known It includes the lands facing the Meditefranean sea and a plain that became are Mesopotamia Mesopo tamia,"the land bJween the rivers." The rivers framing as the Tigris and EuPhrates' and in ne arby areas' As early as 1 1,000 n.c., people began settling in this region Catal settlements' agricultural There is aróhaeological ..ríd"tt"ã of a n*ml er of and was map on this Huyuk, which you read about in chapter 2, Lesson 3, is shown one of the early sites in the general area' Caspiatt Sea \,¿ t\ 1 1 oO Byblos o c) Medíterranean Sea ço) '- Je C o o È .fd E o O .C F = Persian Gulf C o c ) O ïo o c '-o o o ! [Í7 Early farming communìtY rertite crescent Red Sea O 3 Chapter 2, Lesson ln Depth Resources -' 31 Name Period Date GEOGRAPHY PRACTICE CONTI NU ED PRACTICE Use the map to do these activities and answer these questions. $ 1. Which agricultural settlement was located farthest south in the western part of the Fertile Crescent? 2. Which settlement on the map is located the farthest north? 3. What four major ' 4. bodies of water surround this region? Color. in the Fertile Crescent. , 5. V/hat was the approximate distance from Catal Huyuk to Eridu? APPLY 6. With apartne4 research one of the early sites other than Catal Huyuk shown on the map, What features of the specific location made it a gobd spot for an agricultural settlement? o Þq) o) Ø o) ø -É. o) : ;c o oE o c) .g 5 c .o E. 'o) ) o :tr @ E o) o- ()o D 32 Ghapter 2, lesson 3 ln-Depth Resources