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| The body of water above the Zagros Mtns on the northeast of the map. |
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| The body of water above the Taurus Mtns that is in the north of the map. |
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| The body of water where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers drain. It is in the south east corner of the map. |
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| The body of water that is on the south west corner of the map. It can be identified by the two skinny sections that look like rabbit ears. |
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| The body of water on the west side of the map. The Nile River drains into it. |
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| The longest river in the world and it drains into the Mediterranean sea. It is located on the west side of the map. |
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| The river that is from the farthest north on the map. It flows through Nineva and then to the Persian Gulf. |
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| The river that flows from the Taurus mtns, through Babylon and into the Persian Gulf. It is the lower of the two rivers. |
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| The Mountain range on the East side of the map just below the Caspian Sea. |
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| The Mountain range below the black sea and at the head of the Euphrates River. |
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| The desert just south of the fertile crescent. |
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| The desert that is the farthest south of the two deserts. |
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| The city where the two rivers meet. |
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| The city along the Euphrates River in the middle of the three cities. |
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| The city that is the farthest north and is along the Tigris River |
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| The symbol on a map that shows directions. |
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| The symbols that show how to read the map. This will have symbols for cities, montains, etc. |
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| Mountainous with rainfall |
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| Artificially bring water to crops. This is done by canals or channels. |
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| The land between two rivers |
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| Mesopotamia is mostly in which modern day country? |
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| To settle in any area you must have 4 things. What are they? |
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| Proper amount of sun, water, fertile soil, natural protection from enemies. |
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| What types of crops were grown in Mesopotamia? |
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| Grains, vegetables, fruits |
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| What types of problems did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates cause? |
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| The flooding was irregular and could not be controlled without irrigation. It flooded away crops, houses, and cities. |
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| What did Mesopotamia have that made it possible for hunter/gatherers to survive there. |
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| They had fertile soil and many things were already growing along the river. |
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