Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Drought
A
A period when not enough rain and/or snow fall to provide water for humans .
2
Q
Silt
A
Fine soil deposited along the riverbanks in mesopotamia
3
Q
Surplus
A
More of something than one needs
4
Q
Semiarid
A
Type of climate in which very little precipitation falls
5
Q
Flood plain
A
The flat land along the river
6
Q
Tigris & Euphrates River
A
Two major rivers in the southwest asia that flows to the persian gulf
7
Q
Mesopotamia
A
The region whose name mean “land between the rivers”
