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Fertile Crescent Facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does nomadic mean? | They traveled from place to place hunting and gathering food |
| What are unwritten customs? | Rules people follow that aren't written down but everyone knows and expects to be followed |
| How did people advance their social organization? | nomadic clans to villages to city-states to empires |
| Why did the first civilizations develop in river valleys? | Flooding left silt on the surrounding land |
| How did the first farmers cope with challenges posed by rivers? | They learned to control flooding and use irrigation systems. |
| What do we call the region where the first civilizations began? | Fertile Crescent |
| What do all civilizations need to survive and grow? | Resources |
| What was the first civilization of the ancient world? | Sumer |
| What are key elements of civilization? | government, religion, public works, job specialization, writing |