Farming
Is Mesopotamia’s soil rich with nutrients or poor and dry?
Rich with nutrients
Mesopotamia has highly fertile soil Thanks to the flooding.
Is it true that Nomadic people used to trade food for land?
No
What two rivers do Mesopotamia lie between in the Middle East?
Tigris and Euphrates
Did Mesopotamia have seasonal flooding or just in the summer?
Seasonal flooding
What was Mesopotamia known for?
Their surplus of food
Did the seeder plow get more work done so the Mesopotamian’s could focus on other jobs?
Yes
What did the Mesopotamians use for transportation?
Wooden boats through the canals
What does the flooding do to the soil?
Helps fertilizes the soil
What invention did the Mesopotamian people invent?
Seeder plow
What was the climate like in Mesopotamia?
Hot and dry
( temperatures can get up to (136°F in the summer) and can get as cold as ( 52°F in the winter)
How did the Mesopotamians transport their goods too and from trade centers?
By boat
How did the dams and gates help proved water for the crops?
The dams and gates lowered and raised the water levels letting in some water little amounts at a time for the crops.
What type of animal was the seeder plow pulled by?
Oxen
What was one of the names given to Mesopotamia?
“Cradle of Civilization”
What ocean did Tigris and Euphrates emerge into?
Persian Gulf
What are some reasons why Mesopotamians wanted to control the flooding?
So their animals don’t get wiped out
So their crops don’t drowned
So the people Mesopotamia don‘t drown
Is it true that Mesopotamians used to plant seed by seed with only a stick, and their hands?
Yes
What did the mountain outpost send down stream to Mesopotamia?
Copper ore, semiprecious stone, timber, hides, and animals
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
The “The land between two rivers”
How did the Mesopotamians control river flooding?
They made a Irrigation system
built embankments. ( levees or dikes)
Canals and ditches
Dams and gates