This document provides instructions for a 5th grade social studies assignment on ancient Mesopotamia. Students are asked to label locations on a map of Mesopotamia including empires, mountains, deserts, bodies of water, and cities. They are then prompted to answer questions in complete sentences about why Mesopotamia is called the "fertile crescent", how silt is created and helpful to farmers, how mountains affected trade, and why resources were difficult to obtain.

1. Unit 2: Mesopotamia 5th grade
Ms. Murray
2013-2014
Name: __________________
Date: ___________________
Class: ____
Ancient Mesopotamia Map
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Label the following places on the map above:
1. Label the following land masses/regions (use different colors) :
a. Egypt
b. Assyrian Empire
c. Babylon Empire
d. Sumerian Empire
e. Zagros Mountains
f. Syrian Desert

2. Unit 2: Mesopotamia 5th grade
Ms. Murray
2013-2014
2. Label the following bodies of water (color in Blue):
a. Caspian Sea
b. Mediterranean Sea
c. Persian Gulf
d. Red Sea
e. Euphrates river
f. Tigris River
g. Nile River
3. Put a dot on the map for each of the following city states and write the
name of the city state next to it (Color in Black):
a. Jerusalem
b. Babylon
c. Assur
d. Ur
Using your notes from class and inferences from the map above, answer
the following questions in complete sentences:
4. Why is Mesopotamia names “the fertile crescent”?

3. Unit 2: Mesopotamia 5th grade
Ms. Murray
2013-2014
5. How is Silt created? And how is it helpful to farmers?
6. How did the mountains affect trade is Mesopotamia?
7. Why were resources like wood, stone, and metal hard to come by?