Mesopotamia DBQ

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1. In the Old Stone Age animals were hunted and fished for food and the skins were used for clothing. In the Middle Stone Age animals were domesticated. In the New Stone Age they raised animals and learned to weave baskets, make clothing from plant fibers and wool, and make clay pots.
2. Mountain ranges prevented China from having contact with other cultures but also kept the enemies away.
3. Gilgamesh built a wall around his city for defense against attacks.
4. Yu responded to the Chinese people’s need for water by allowing the flow of water through the nine provinces.
5. Mesopotamia was located in the Fertile Crescent so the land is very fertile and good for farming and they also had rivers for a good source of water. This was a good
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Some of the places where geography shaped the people's lives are Mesopotamia and China and it also shaped people's lives during the Stone Age. Some of the geographical landforms that shaped people's lives were hills, cliffs,valleys, rivers, ponds, creeks and wetlands.

Mesopotamia had the perfect geography to start a civilization. It had rivers, hills and plains. (Document 1-5) Mesopotamia was in the fertile crescent so the land was very fertile and good for farming. (Document 1-5) Mesopotamia had a good source of water that came from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. (Document 1-5) They used this water to irrigate their farm lands and also as a source of drinking water. These are some of the reasons why mesopotamia's geography shaped the people who lived there lives.

China’s geography had some positives and negatives. A negative is that they had no contact with other cultures. (Document 1-2) A positive is they are near mountains because it kept their enemies away from them. (Document 1-2) Another thing that was good was Yu made a constant flow of water so they can have a good drinking water and better agriculture. (Document 1-4) These are some of the positive and negatives about the geography of

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