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| What is the meaning of Mesopotamia? | The Land Between Two Rivers |
| What is the nickname of the region that Mesopotamia was located? | Fertile Crescent |
| In which region is Mesopotamia located? | Middle East |
| Can you go to visit Mesopotamia today? | No |
| What are the names of the two main rivers in Mesopotamia? | Euphrates, Tigris |
| Why did the Sumerians build walls around their cities? | to protect themselves from others |
| Why did the people move from the foothills south to the plains? | There was not enough food because the population had increased |
| On which continent was Mesopotamia located? | Asia |
| What countries are located where Mesopotamia used to be? | Iraq, Syria, Turkey |
| What did the Sumerians use levees, canals, and dams for? | to control water |
| What happened when many different villages used the Sumerian irrigation systems? | People had to work together |
| Why did the Sumerians call their first settlements city-states? | each settlement had their own ruler and farmland |
| Why didn't the Sumerians continue to live in small villages as their ancestors did? | They had to work together to maintain the irrigation systems |
| Why was it harder to live in Sumer than the Zagros foothills? | there was no natural barrier to keep enemies out |
