Vocabulary
High amount of salt in water and on land
What is salinization
The two main rivers that make up Mesopotamia
What is the Euphrates and Tigris?
A system of canals that brings water to crops
What is irrigation?
"Seeded apple"
What is a pomegranate?
Used to pull plows
What is cows/oxen?
Loose, fertile soil carried by water and deposited on land after flooding
What is Silt?
The name of the modern day country that now makes up most of ancient Mesopotamia.
What is Iraq?
Measures distance North or South of the Equator (Degrees N or S)
What is latitude?
Used for baking breads and possibly made into money
What is barley?
Most common eaten meat of Mesopotamia
What is fish?
Wearing away of soil by wind and water
What is erosion?
It is known as the land between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
A wall that keeps a river within its banks
What is levees?
Eaten or used as sweetener
What is date palms?
The main animal for sacrifice
What is sheep?
Where a river begins
What is river source?
Source of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is the Taurus Mountains?
This pulls moisture away from plant roots which kills plants
What is salt?
Used for firewood or beams for building
What is date palm trunks?
Animal whose hair was used for weaving
What is a goat?
Bucket to lift water from river to irrigation canal
What is a shaduf?
Why were more cities established by the Euphrates than the Tigris
What is it was easier to dig canals there?
Pulled by oxen and broke up soil with a metal blade while planting seed at the same time
What is the seeder plow?
Used by woven into baskets and rope
What is date palm leaves?
Animal which provided wool for clothing and blankets
What is sheep?