Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
GEOGRAPHY OF MESOPOTAMIA
Exploring the land between two rivers.
Grade: 6
Lesson Objective
Identify and label
geographical features in
Mesopotamia on a map.
Materials
Website: http://
www.mesopotamia.co.uk/
geography/explore/
exp_set.html
Key Vocabulary:
Optional:
www.scribblemaps.com
geography
mountains
map key
desert
legend
river
symbol
gulf
label
zoom
location
orientation
Standards
CA Social Studies 6.2.1
Locate and describe the
major river systems and
discuss the physical settings
that supported permanent
settlement and early
civilizations.
Overview
In this lesson, students will explore the geography of
Mesopotamia. They will view maps, interact with digital
maps, and then label their own maps.
Mediterranean Sea
Syrian Desert
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Nile River
Egypt
digital or in a textbook.
Persian Gulf
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
In-between Rivers
Tributary
Irrigated Land
Marshland
Mouth of River
Elaborate:
Closure
Time: 10 minutes
Explain to students that today they explored many
digital maps to learn about the geography of
Mesopotamia. They identified geographical features in
the area of Mesopotamia. Tomorrow they will use their
knowledge about these geographical features and
read about how they affected the people living there in
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
Map Key
Directions: Use the Mesopotamia website to identify and label the map. Create a key.
Mediterranean Sea
Egypt
Irrigated Land
Syrian Desert
Persian Gulf
Euphrates River
Taurus Mountains
Marshland
Tigris River
Zagros Mountains
Mouth of River
Nile River
Tributary
How did the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers enable Mesopotamia to flourish?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Elaborate:
Go to Google Maps, identify and label the following locations.
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Black Sea