Mesopotania Flashcards
Where is the Tigris river?
On the right of the Euphrates river.
Where is the Euphrates river?
On the left of the Tigris river.
Where is Mesopotamia?
In modern day Iraq
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
Between the rivers
What is the geography and climate of northern Mesopotamia.
Has heavy rain and is very hilly - harsh weather
What’s the geography and climate of southern Mesopotamia?
Plains and hot weather with little rain - dry
Problem #1 and Solution #1
Not enough food for the people in the Northern part of Mesopotamia. ( Zagros Foothills )
Moved to the Southern part Mesopotamia ( Sumer )
Problem #2 and Solution #2
Uncontrollable water supply.
Made irrigation system - canals and dams.
Problem #3 and Solution #3
Containing irrigation system
Villages worked together - became towns to villages and then cities.
Problem #4 and Solution #4
Violence between villages about water
Built walls as protection from the other villages.
What did the Problems and Solutions make?
City States
Environmental Factors:
Minerals, Water, Vegetation, and Topography.
City States
City that acts like a independent country.
What is the definition of Mesopotamia?
In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates river.
What is the definition of Sumer?
An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.
What is the definition of Irrigation?
A means of supplying land with water.
What is the definition of a Levee?
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.
What is the definition of Silt?
Fine particles of rock.
What is the definition of a City-State?
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government.
