Geography
Ancient Mesopotamia is located in this modern day continent
Asia
Mesopotamia is a Greek word meaning
The land between rivers
Specialization of labor
The way that products and wealth are made, distributed, or traded to meet people's needs is called this
economy
Digging canals to to redirect the floor of water is called
irrigation
The two important rivers that ran through Mesopotamia.
Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
Fresh ______ drew people to the rivers
water
Small settlements of people that developed along the river that became more complex were called this
city-states
REceipts and records of food supply were written on this
clay tablets
Growing crops is called this
farming
These two mountain ranges are the source of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.
Taurus and Zagros Mountains
In winter and early spring the rivers began to ________ with rain and melting snow.
flood
This began as a way to keep track of/tally food supply and certify trade agreements
writing
People of all classes had the opportunity to buy land. True or False?
true
Mesopotamia is called this because the area makes the shape of a crescent
Fertile Crescent
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers used to flow in this body of water
Persian Gulf
As water flowed down the mountain side, small particles of minerals and __________ are picked up along the way.
silt
Ancient Mesopotamia became known as this because many cultural ideas that we have today came from Mesopotamia.
The cradle of Civilization
Sumerians desperately needed stone, wood, and metals such as copper and this metal
iron
Working the land to grow crops for food
agriculture
The Sea north of the Taurus Mountains is called
Black Sea
People learned to control rivers by building these high mounds of dirt to stop water from flooding the crops
levees
The first group of people in Mesopotamia were called this
The Sumerians
At first money was not used between the people who lived in the Taurus and Zagros Mountains and the Sumerians, but rather a trading system called this was used
bartering
People now had a __________ of food, which means they produced more food than they needed
surplus