Mesopotamia Flashcards
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
It means between the rivers.
Where is Mesopotamia?
Between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
Which river is which?
Euphrates on the left and so on.
What is the geography and climate of the northern part of Mesopotamia?
Mountains, Rain.
What is the geography of the southern part of Mesopotamia?
Plains, dry.
What are some problems Mesopotamia faced?
Silt, attacks from other villages, and flooding.
What are the solutions to those problems?
Sending farmers to clean the silt out, building walls around their villages, and building levees.
What does silt mean?
Fine particles of rock.
What does irrigation mean?
A means of supplying land with water.
What does levee mean?
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.
What does city-state mean?
An early city that was like a small independent country with its own laws and government.
What does Sumer mean?
An area in southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared.
What does Tigris river mean?
One of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from the mountains of Turkey to the Persian gulf.
What does Euphrates river mean?
One of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from the mountains of Turkey to the Persian gulf.
What are the four environmental factors?
Minerals, water, topography, and vegetation.
What does minerals mean?
A solid inorganic material.
What does water mean?
A colorless organic substance that forms lakes, rivers, and oceans.
What does topography mean?
The study of the surface of land including its natural and man made features.
What does vegetation mean?
The term for all plant life.
