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Ch. 4 Fact Sheet
Ch. 4 Test
Question | Answer |
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Mesopotamia is also called the ________ _______ because it had good land for farming | Fertile Cresent |
What do you call the high elevated land in North Mesopotamia? | Plateau |
What do you call a low flat lad in South Mesopotamia? | Plain |
If you visited Mesopotamia today what country would you be in? | Iraq |
What does Mesopotamia mean? | The land between the rivers |
What TWO rivers flow through Mesopotamia? | Euphrates and Tigris river |
How many main problems are there? | Four |
Built 1. Irrigation Canals Built 2. Reservoirs (drought) Built 3. Levees (floods) | Floods and Droughts (uncontrolled water supply) |
Built 1. Walls Built 2. Army Built 3. Moats | Easy to attack |
Moved to low flat land (plains of sumer) | Food Shortages (Zargros Mountains) |
Cooperate to maintain the canals | Silt Clogs |