Assignment+2-1

=__Assignment 2-1__= Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page.** **Use the links above from the Class Activity 2-1** **//to// help you answer the questions.**

1. What helped the human population to grow in //Mesopotamia//? Farmers settled down in one place, and began farming, and that helped to increase the population since now they can get more food. 2. What does //cultivate// mean? Cultivate means to grow something. 3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have? In 5000 B.C.E, farmers did not have enough land to farm, and to feed the increasing population. 4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of the activity, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why? I think increasing the number of crops we plant every year is good because it is a safe and stable way to get more food.Type in the content of your page here. 1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river //plains//? They could not control the river when it flooded, and it flooded a lot. 2. How did they solve these problems? They made canals to transport the water to their fields. 3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from? It came from the seasonal changes in the year.
 * //Event A: Food Shortage//**
 * Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply**