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Gr 7 History Ch 2
Grade 7 History Ch 2 Review - Places
Term | Definition |
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Middle East | a part of the world where the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe meet |
Ur | one of the most important cities of the land of Sumer; the city where God called Abraham to leave |
Fertile Crescent | an area in the Middle East known for its ability to grow crops and its shape like a crescent moon |
Tigris River | one of the two great rivers in the Fertile Crescent. Its name means "arrow" |
Euphrates River | one of the two great one of the two great rivers in the Fertile Crescent. Its name means "that makes fruitful" |
Mesopotamia | the land between and immediately around the Tigris and Euphrates. Its name means "land between the rivers" |
Canaan | the center of the ancient world |
Megiddo | the valley also called Armageddon that will be the last battleground of world history |