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Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt Mapping Activity 2019

This assignment will be worth 20 points. One point will be given for each item and two for neatness. To receive full credit for this assignment, you must complete the following:

Physical and Political Geography

1. Shade all bodies of water in blue and label the following: Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea (p. 152, 164, 166) (use colored pencils)

2. Label and draw the following rivers in blue: Tigris, Euphrates, Nile (p. 152, 164, 166) 3. Shade the Fertile Crescent region on green (p. 117 in textbook), use colored pencils4. Neatly color and label the following countries: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan (p. 152, 164, 166) 5. Label and name the following capitals with a star: Cairo, Baghdad, Tehran, Damascus, (p. 152, 164, 166)

Land Use

6. In the river valley areas of Egypt & Iraq, what is the most common use for land? Why do you feel this activity might be prominent in these areas? (p. 160, 125) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Latitude and Longitude

7. What are the northernmost and southernmost lines of latitude in Egypt? (p. 127) ___________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What are the easternmost and westernmost lines of longitude in Egypt? (p. 127)___________________________________________________________________________________________

9. What are the northernmost and southernmost lines of latitude in Iraq? (p.164)

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10. What are the easternmost and westernmost lines of longitude in Iraq? (p. 164)

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Climate

11. Of Iraq and Egypt, which has the highest amount of precipitation? ( p. 158, 125)________________________________________________________________________

12. What are the prominent climate zones in Iraq and Egypt? (p. 125, 159)________________________________________________________________________

13. Using the textbook on pages 116-119, why do you feel the Fertile Crescent was named this? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Atlas of World History

14. Look at page 11 in the “Atlas of World History”. What connected the city states of Mesopotamia?____________________________________________________________________________________

15. Look at page 10 in the “Atlas of World History.” What was the writing system of Mesopotamia called and why might a writing system have developed here? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. Using Map B on p. 10, how was Mesopotamia given its name? ________________________________________________________________________________________

17. Using information from page 10, what was a city state? _________________________________________________________________________________________________

18. Using map E on p. 11, how was the first empire in Mesopotamia created? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. Using map A on p. 12, who was responsible for conquering most of Mesopotamia by 170 BC? _________________________________________________________________________________________________

20. Look at map D on page 13. How did the size of the empire created by the Chaldeans compare with the Babylonian Empire under Hammurabi in p. 12? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________