Geography in General
The continent we live on
What is North America
My name means "land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
where Mt. Sinai is located
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
river that is super important to ancient Egypt
Nile
India is located on this continent
What is Asia?
a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides, but is still connected to a larger landmass on one side (it kinda looks like a slice of pizza)
What is a peninsula?
a half-moon shaped area of land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is Fertile Crescent?
a body of water containing so much salt and minerals that it does not support fish or aquatic life
What is the Dead Sea?
the direction the Nile River flows
What is north?
What is south to north?
India is considered this because it is separated from the rest of the continent by a large geographic feature
What is a subcontinent?
fine, fertile soil left behind after flood waters recede
What is silt?
fine, fertile soil left behind after flood waters recede
What is silt?
this body of water borders Israel on the west
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
the portion of Egypt where the Nile River begins
What is Upper Egypt?
Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were located along this river
What is the Indus River?
Mediterranean, Caspian, Black and Red are examples of these
What are seas?
mountain range located east of the Tigris River
What are the Zagros Mountains?
the land settled by the Ancient Israelites
Canaan
There were lots of these in the Nile River which made traveling on it very dangerous because the river would just drop steeply
What are cataracts?
This river begins in the Himalayas and empties into the Bay of Bengal
What is the Ganges River?
Many ancient civilizations settled near these because it made farming easier
What are rivers or river valleys?
The technology of ________ probably contributed most to the success of Mesopotamian advancements in agriculture because farmers could control the amount of water the crops received.
irrigation
these two bodies of water are the major sources of freshwater in this region
What are the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee?
This geographic feature protected Egypt from invaders from the west because it was difficult to travel across on foot
What is the Sahara Desert?
The Indus River empties into this body of water
What is the Arabian Sea?