Water Stuff!
A man made body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
What is a Canal?
an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
What is Sumer?
These people lived in Sumer
What are Sumerians?
Dependable, stable.
What is reliable?
New Stone Age, from around 8000 BCE until 3000 BCE. People had learned to farm, and were able to stay in one place.
What is the Neolithic Age?
The area closer to where the river ends
What is downriver?
The Upper of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf--it comes second in the alphabet.
What is the Tigris River?
fine particles of rock that gather in rivers.
What is Silt?
an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
What is a city-state?
The business of farming, growing crops, and raising animals.
What is Agriculture?
a means of supplying land with water, usually by building canals, levees, and reservoirs
What are irrigation systems?
The lower of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf--it comes first in the alphabet.
What is the Euphrates river?
a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack.
What is a moat?
People who hunt wild animals and gather nuts, berries, fruits, grains, and plants. They did not have a permanent home
What are hunter-gatherers?
A person who moves from place to place with no permanent home
What is a Nomad?
a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
What is a levee?
The area around the Zagros Mountains where Sumerians farmed most of their food.
What are the Zagros Foothills?
A Greek word that means "the land between the rivers". In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
The Old Stone Age, from about 2,000,000 BCE to around 8000 BCE. During this time, people got food by roaming from place to place to hunt wild animals and gather nuts, berries, and seeds
Another way to refer to pre-historic and early humans
What is "hominid"?
a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
What is a reservoir?
An arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil, where many Neolithic settlements were located.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
a strong disagreement
What is a dispute?
Stable
What is Dependable?
An early Neolithic Settlement in present-day Israel that was surrounded by high walls.
What is Jericho?