Transcript Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient
Mesopotamia
Geography
Reading Handout
As we read the handout together in
class use different colored pencils to
underline key information. This
information in this passage will help
you complete the map and the
advantages/disadvantages chart.
Make sure you complete the
vocabulary on the back.
Use the information in the passage
to label the following on your map.
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Tigris River
Euphrates River
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Syrian Desert
Arabian Desert
Zagros Mountains
Color in Mesopotamia and Sumer. Create a key for these. Make
sure your map contains the 4 parts of a map. If it is missing one,
add it in.
• Using the information in the passage and your own ideas,
complete the advantage/disadvantage chart on the back of the map.
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Mesopotamia
Ancient
Egypt
RELIGION
GOVERNMENT
GEOGRAPHY
Why did civilization
form in
the Fertile
Crescent?
o Tigris & Euphrates
Rivers
o Fresh water
o Fertile land
o Flooding
o Irrigation
o Flood control