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29 Cards in this Set
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Where did humans originate?
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Olduvai Gorge (northern Tanzania, in east Africa)
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On what river is Ninevah located?
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Tigris
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What region was immediately east of Mesopotamia?
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Assyria
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What is Anatolia known as today?
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Turkey
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What is the region south of the Euphrates River called?
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the Syrian Desert
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Which river is north of Mesopotamia?
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the Tigris River
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Which river is south of Mesopotamia?
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the Euphrates River
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What is the name of the region that borders the Red Sea to the east?
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Hejaz
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What are the mountains north of the Tigris River called?
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Zagros Mountains
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What is Macedonia?
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The eastern half of present day Greece
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That is Thrace?
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The western half of present-day Greece
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What is the general region west of Egypt called?
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the Sahara
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What is Arabia now known as?
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Saudi Arabia
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What are the mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea?
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The Caucasus Mountains
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On what river is Babylon situated?
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Euphrates River
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Into what water bdoy does the Tigris and Euphrates empty?
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the Persian Gulf
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What is the peninsula at northern cusp of the Red Sea called?
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Sinai Peninsula
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What is the lake in northwest Arabia known as?
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the Dead Sea
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What water body does the Danube empty in to?
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the Black Sea
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What water body does the Indus River empty in to?
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the Arabian Sea
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What does the Satrej River become?
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the Indus River
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What does the Nile River empty in to?
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the Mediterranean Sea
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In what region is Thebes?
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Upper Egypt
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Between what to water ways are the Nubian Mountains?
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The Nile River and the Red Sea
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What water body is the highest point of the Nile river?
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Lake Tana
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What is the range of the floodplain of the Nile?
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The Third Cataract to the Nile Delta
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What are the three main river tributaries to the Nile?
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from west to east:
-White Nile R. -Blue Nile R. -Atbara R. |
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From what two highlands does the Nile drain?
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Nubian Mountains and Ethiopian Highlands
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How many cataracts are along the Nile?
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6
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