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Chapter 2/Lesson 1 Chapter Outline O.W. Name___________________________ Date ________________Per._______ Geography of the Fertile Crescent Essential Question: How did two great rivers affect life in the Fertile Crescent? Directions: Read pages 54-57 in your social studies textbook. Answer the following questions in complete sentences where appropriate. THE LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS P. 55 1. Define Fertile Crescent: _________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2. What does the word Mesopotamia mean? _____________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 3. Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers begin? Where do they flow? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 4. What is silt? How is silt helpful to farmers? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 5. Define drought: ________________________________________________ 6. How were northern and southern Mesopotamia different? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 7. Text Structure/Features: Review the entire section “Downhill to the Sea” on p. 55. Pay special attention to the right-hand column, 2nd paragraph. How do the textbook authors share information about Northern and Southern Mesopotamia? Circle one: Sequence, Compare & Contrast or Problem & Solution How do you know this? What signal words does the text use? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY BOX P. 55 7. Define levees: ________________________________________________ 8. Define irrigation: ______________________________________________ 9. Why did farmers in Mesopotamia create systems of levees and canals? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 10. Look at the map on p. 55. What mountain ranges lie east and west of the Fertile Crescent? _______________________________________________ 11. Look at the map on p. 55. Where along these rivers do you think flooding might be heaviest? ____________________________________________________ SUCCESSFUL FARMERS P. 56-57 12. True or False- Mesopotamian farmers grew wheat and barley, the regions most important crops. 13. List other types of crops farmers would grow. ___________________ ______________________ ___________________ ______________________ ___________________ ______________________ 14. True or False- Mesopotamians would cut down trees and use it for buildings or firewood. 15. Define erosion: _______________________________________________ 16. True or False- Much of modern Mesopotamia is desert due to erosion. 17. How did Mesopotamians alter (change) their region? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 18. Look at the diagram skill box on p.56. What did the levee do? ______________________________________________________________ 19. Look at the diagram skill box on p.56. What was the purpose of the artificial lake? _________________________________________________________ 20. Look at the diagram skill box on p.56. How was water channeled to the fields? ______________________________________________________________ 21. Look at the diagram skill box on p.56. Why did farmers plant trees along the banks of the river? _____________________________________________________________ Putting It Together… p. 57 Claim: Improvements in agriculture help build the civilization of Mesopotamia. Find and write down 3 or more details that support this claim. Use pages 55-57 to help you. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________