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Social Studies
Chapter 2 lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| silt | loose soil carried by water |
| drought | long periods without rain |
| levee | a wall that keeps a river within its banks |
| irrigation | a system of canals to bring water to crops |
| erosion | the wearing away of soil by wind or water |
| Fertile Crescent | a lush green area through which two rivers the Tigris and Euphrates flowed |
| How did two great rivers affect life in the Fertile Crescent? | They made life possible in a dry region. However, the rivers also flooded the land. |
| What did the ancient Greeks call the region between the Tigris and the Euphrates? | MESOPOTAMIA |
| Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers |
| What does silt provide? | made the region a good place for farming. Farmers in Southern Mesopotamia had to protect their fields from flooding. |
| How did the Mesopotamians use technology to control their water supply? | They used levees to keep the flood waters back. They used irrigation to bring water to crops and fields. Flood Control and Irrigation. |
| Southern Mesopotamia | Farmers in Southern Mesopotamia had to protect their fields from flooding each fall. During the spring and summer they needed water for their crops. This region only got a few drops of water each year. |
| Northern Mesopotamia | had enough rain to make farming possible. Yet the earth of the northern plateau was rocky and bad for farming. |
| When did Agriculture begin in western Asia? | about 8,500 years ago |
| What did the areas environment support? | wild plants, wheat, barley. Animals, cattle, sheep and pigs. |
| What were the regions most important crops? | wheat and barley |
| Why is modern Mesopotamia a desert now? | Because of erosion |
| How did the Mesopotamians alter their region? | Farmers planted near canal banks because trees need a a lot of water. People cut trees down which caused erosion. |
| What did the two great rivers provide? | made it possible for farmers to raise surplus crops and develop some of history's early cultures. In time farmers grew more food than they needed. |
| How did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers affect life in Mesopotamia? | Farmers raised surplus crops and they developed early cultures. They built irrigation canals. Farmers began producing more foods and not everyone had to be a farmer. People could be leaders, soldiers. Villages became cities. |
| Where is Mesopotamia? | between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. begins in Turkey to Northern Iraq and the rivers flow to the Persian gulf. |
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