Chapter 2

Question 1

Where was the Garden of Eden?

Answer 1

the Fertile Crescent

Question 2

Because earth’s earliest peoples and cultures were located in the Fertile Crescent, it is often called “_____.”

Answer 2

the Cradle of Civilization

Question 3

What are the two important rivers in the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 3

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 4

What does Mesopotamia mean?

Answer 4

“between the rivers”