Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations

Ancient Indian civilization is located on what two rivers?

• Egyptian and Nile

• Indus and Ganges

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Yellow and Yangtze

What is the seasonal wind pattern that brings heavy rains to the Indian subcontinent?

• monsoon

• Deccan Plateau

• hurricane

• typhoon

What were the two advanced cities in the Indus Valley?

• Cairo and Nubia

• Sumer and Uruk

• Harappa and Mohenjo Daro

• Akkad and Babylon

Which of the following does NOT describe Harappa and Mohenjo Daro?

• trash system

• bathrooms and drainage system

• mummification

• water supply

Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were carefully planned out before being built. We call this

• urban planning

• city maps

• architecture

• archaeology

A male dominated society is known as a

• matriarchy

• monarchy

• patriarchy

• paleolithic

Someone who studies past societies by studying artifacts they left behind is known as an

• anthropologist

• archaeologist

• orthopedist

• dermatologist

What is the widely accepted theory that argues early humans first lived in Africa and then spread across the globe?

• migration theory

• string theory

• neolithic theory

• out-of-Africa theory

Which of the following does NOT describe the Paleolithic Era?

• nomadic lifestyle

• permanent settlements

• hunter gatherers

• cave painting art

What is the growing of food on a regular basis called?

• systematic agriculture

• hunting and gathering

• slash and burn agriculture

• domestication of animals