Chapter 5, Lesson 1

Study Guide

pgs. 104-107

The Big Picture

1. A crescent shape looks like ______________________________.

2. What two rivers helped make parts of the Fertile Crescent lush and green? _________________________________________________.

3. Other than the fertile lands, what was the land like? ____________________________________________________

Between Two Rivers

4. Mesopotamia is known as current day _____________________.

5. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers begin in what snow capped mountains? ________________________

6. These mountains are in current day ____________________.

7. The rivers eventually flow to lower land and the ____________________(body of water).

8. The river deposited ____________________ which made the soil rich.

9. When did the Tigris and Euphrates flood? ____________________

10. What did this mean to the farmers? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11.  What was southern Mesopotamia’s weather? ____________________________________

12.  What was northern Mesopotamia’s weather?

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13.  Which area was best for farming and why?
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From River to Field

14. When was the river at its lowest point? ____________________.

15. When was harvest time? ______________________________.

16. What were the most important crops? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. What animal was prized for milk and wool?

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18. What were four uses for cattle?
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19. What was the difference between the flooding of the Nile in Egypt and the flooding of the two rivers in Mesopotamia? (answer in paragraph form)

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