Unit 6
What two rivers are located in the Fertile Crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
Name five animals, insects, birds, or people found in the Sahara Desert.
Sooo mannnnny!!!!!
What does Mesopotamia mean?
"the land between two rivers"
What is the largest country in the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia
What do you celebrate on Valentines Day?
When people express their love with gifts
Middle East
Name three crops that were grown along the rivers in Mesopotamia?
Barley, wheat, dates, beans, peas, lentils, cucumber, leeks, lettuce, garlic, grapes, melons, figs
The Sahara Desert has a surplus supply of what?
Sand
What country in the Middle East is Jewish?
Israel
What colors (3) represent Valentines Day?
Pink, Red, White
What is the longest river in the world and is found in Africa?
Nile River
Name a group of people that lived in Mesopotamia.
Babylonians, Akkadians, Sumerians
What is a scarce resource in The Sahara Desert?
Water
Mesopotamia is mostly located in what modern day country?
Iraq
Roses are red, violets are blue.....(come up with something clever)
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When rivers flood in Mesopotamia and Egypt, what do they leave behind on the banks of the rivers?
What does the landscape/physical features of Mesopotamia tell us about the people who live their?
What does Monotheistic mean?
Believing in only one God.
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into what body of water?
Persian Gulf
Who is the Saint of February 14th?
Saint Valentine
What direction does the Nile River flow and why?
North because water flows down in elevation. Northern Egypt is lower in elevation and Southern Egypt is higher in elevation.
What three religions have their holy land in the Middle East?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
What is desalinization?
The process of taking salt water and turning it into freshwater.
The Nile River flows into what body of water?
Mediterranean Sea
What is the worst filling in a box of chocolates according to the average American?
Coconut