Mesopotamia Quiz

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers
Mesopotamia is in modern day country of Iraq
Fertile soil and a good water source are 2 reasons why the fertile crescent/Mesopotamia was a good place to start a civilization.
Domesticating plants so we could grow them wherever we went allowed the first real civilizations to settle. Now food could be stored so you didn't have to move around everywhere.
Agriculture is farming and domesticating plants and animals
Primary sources for information about Mesopotamia are Hammurabi’s code and a diary entry of someone who lived there are
Hammurabi was important because he was King of Babylon, created Hammurabi’s code, and expanded the Babylonian empire.
Hammurabi’s Code significant was significant because it was the first recorded set of written rules/laws
The agricultural revolution spurred population growth because with the availability to food more people could be supported
In the drier regions, agriculture was only possible with Irrigation Canals
The Fertile Crescent is seen as the birthplace of Agriculture
Neolithic period: the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.
Migration: movement from one part of something to another.
Nomads: People or group that moves about from place to place,
Agricultural Revolution: transition of humans from nomadic hunting/gathering to sedentary agricultural production of domesticated plants and animals
Domestication: the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.
Domestic species are raised for food, work, clothing, or medicine
Irrigation: the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.