What is the Fertile Crescent?

A large arc of rich farmland from the Persian Gulf to the Med. Sea

A way of supplying water to an area of land

A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.

What is division of labor?

An arrangement in which workers specialize in different tasks

Why did farmers need to develop a system to control their water supply?

When rivers flooded, there was destruction.

Where was Mesopotamia?

In Southwest Asia, between two rivers.

Why was Mesopotamia's soil good for farming?

Annual flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates.

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3.1: Geography of the Fertile Crescent

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What is the Fertile Crescent?
A way of supplying water to an area of land
A surplus of food
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
A large arc of rich farmland from the Persian Gulf to the Med. Sea
2
What is irrigation?
Human-made waterways
A way of supplying water to an area of land
Extra; more than needed.
Growth of cities.
3
What is silt?
Human-made waterways
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
A way of supplying water to an area of land.
Extra, more than needed.
4
What is division of labor?
An arrangement in which workers specialize in different tasks
Doing part of a task at a time, then doing another later.
Splitting up a single task among several people.
All of the above.
5
Mesopotamia was located between the ______ and _________ rivers.
Tigris, Euphrates
Persian, Mediterranean
Euphrates, Mediterranean
Tigris, Mediterranean
6
Canals are...
Human-made waterways.
Fertile soil and small rocks.
Man-made boats
A subdivision of jobs
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Why did farmers need to develop a system to control their water supply?
They were not getting their crops watered enough by the floods
People developed expertise outside of farming.
Farmers did not develop a system to control the water supply
When rivers flooded, there was destruction.
8
Where was Mesopotamia?
In Southwest Asia, between two rivers.
In Northern Europe, between two rivers.
In Southwest Asia, between mountain ranges.
In East Asia, between two rivers
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Why was Mesopotamia's soil good for farming?
Workers hand-watered the crops.
Annual flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates.
Annual flooding of the Persian and Mediterranean.
Mesopotamia's soil was not fertile.
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What is surplus?
An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task/job.
A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
Extra; more than needed.
Growth of cities in Mesopotamia.

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