Mesopotamia Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is the climate of the northern part of Mesopotamia
Hilly and recived rain
Climate of the southern part
Low plains and flat no rain lots of sun
1st problem
Food shortages
1st solution
They moved to the valley
2nd problem
Uncontrolled water supply
2nd solution
Complex irrigation system
3rd problem
Building and maintaining a complex irrigation system.
3rd solution
Working together and creating larger communities
4rth problem
Attacks by neighboring communities
4th solution
Build walls
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia in ancient
Times the geographic area between the Tigris river and Euphrates river.
Tigris river
one of the two
largest rivers in Southwest
Asia that flow from the
mountains in Turkey to the Persian gulf
Euphrates
one of
the two largest rivers in
Southwest Asia that flow from
mountains in Turkey to the Persian gulf
Sumer
An area in southern
Mesopotamia, where cities
first appeared
Irragation
A means of
supplying land with water
Levee
a wall of earth built to
prevent a river from flooding its banks
Silt
A fine particle of rock
City state
an early city that
waslike a small, independent
countrywith its ownlaws and
government
Environmental factors
Vegetation topography minerals water
When is the test
March 6
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