Settlement of Mesopotamia Mesopotamia - Ignite!

Name:
Directions: Label the following places on the map:
1. Tigris River
2. Euphrates River
3. Mesopotamia
4. Fertile Crescent
5. Syrian Desert
Directions: Complete the statements about Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamia: The Cradle of Civilization
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Mesopotamia
Physical Geography & Climate
1. Mesopotamia means ______________________________________________________.
World History
2. The combination of ____________ soil and ____________ from the rivers made Mesopotamia the
most _________________ farmland in the region.
3. The surrounding land is mostly _____________________________________________.
4. The Fertile Crescent was an area with ___________________________________. Ancient people
built large ____________________ here.
5. Mesopotamia was located in the modern countries of ___________________________,
_______________________, and ________________________.
6. Northwest Mesopotamia: people used water to _________________the land.
7. Southwest Mesopotamia: the Tigris and Euphrates rivers ________________ before they flow into
the ________________________________. It is an area of _____________________________.
8. Without the rivers, the whole area would be a __________________________________.
9. Today, modern practices of _________________________ rivers and ____________________ the
marshland are __________________________ the area.