Vocabulary
What does fertile mean?
Land is good for farming because it's full of nutrients
What was the first city of Mesopotamia?
Uruk
Farmers found _________ soil in Mesopotamia that was good for farming.
Fertile
The development of ________ helped the growing and harvesting of crops.
tools
What does agriculture mean?
Farming
What was Mesopotamia located between?
Two rivers
What flooded multiple times?
The two rivers
What did they invent to break soil?
The plow
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
There was not enough ______ to water the crops.
Rain
When farmers had good years, they could grow _________x more grain than they needed.
100
The dry hard soil made what difficult?
Planting/breaking the ground to plant
What does irrigation mean?
A water supply for fields or plants typically through canals or channels of water
Mesopotamia was located in which modern country?
Iraq
What TWO things did they do with the extra grain?
Store in granaries and ship along rivers.
They invented ___________ canals to water their fields.
Irrigation
What does nomad mean?
People who roam around to find suitable land to live
What two rivers was Mesopotamia located between?
Euphrates and Tigris
What four types of crops did they grow in Mesopotamia?
wheat, barley, millet, and emmer
What two tools did the people use for fertile land?
The two rivers