Global Pre-Assessment

The two major rivers located in Mesopotamia are the ________________ and _______________.

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Indus and Ganges
• Indus and Euphrates
• Nile and Yellow

______________ and Mohenjo-Daro were very well organized cities in the Indus River Valley.

• Hamahama
• Harappa
• Himalaya
• Hindu Kush

The Indus River Valley is found in ___________.

• Mesopotamia
• India
• China
• Egypt

What river(s) is(are) nearby the Ancient Chinese civilization?

• Nile River
• Indus River
• Yangtze and Yellow Rivers
• Tigris and Euphrate Eivers

Define agriculture.

• specialization
• work
• farming
• study of culture

Define migration.

• moving
• change of social class
• learning
• communication

The existence of this food surplus allowed societies in these valleys to become more....

• Agricultural based
• Created larger armies for wars
• Allowed for specialization of jobs
• made more use of the surrounding rivers

What does nomadic mean?

• They travel from place to place
• Early humans
• Religious people
• Only travel for religion

What method did the Mesopotamians' use to supply water to an area of land?

• farming
• fishing
• trading
• irrigation

Who made a written Code of Laws?

• Sargon
• Abraham
• Hammurabi
• Gilgemesh