Geography of Mesopotamia

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What is the meaning of "Mesopotamia"?

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The land between two rivers

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What two rivers played an important role in Ancient Mesopotamia?

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Tigris and Euphrates

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What is a floodplain?

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the flat land bordering a river

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A ____________________ climate has little rainfall and warm temperatures.

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semiarid

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What is a drought?

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period of too little rain

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What is a surplus?

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having too much, or an excess of something

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By about 6000 B.C., farmers built ________ to carry water from the rivers to their fields.

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canals

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True or False:
Mesopotamians used irrigation canals to bring water to crops during droughts.

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True

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What building material did Mesopotamians mainly use to build structures?

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mud

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Mesopotamia had few resources. What did the people trade to get what they needed? Surplus of water, Surplus of clothes, Surplus of buildings, Surplus of crops

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Surplus of crops