Paleo/Neo and River Valley Civilizations

Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in purple on the map

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

What is a city state?

• A city surrounded by agricultural land.
• A city.
• A city with a wall.
• An empire.

What was the first ancient city archeologists discovered in the Indus River Valley?

• Harrappa
• Pakistan
• Medina

What was the first river valley to appear?

• China
• Egypt
• Indus
• Mesopotamia

The Neolithic Revolution occurred when people discovered how to -

• grow food and domesticate animals

• trade with others in the same river valley

• fight wars using metal weapons

• make stone temples for religious ceremonies

An area of rich farmland where the first civilizations began...

• Fertile Crescent

• Barter

• Silt

• Cuneiform

What civilization is associated with the Tigris-Euphrates rivers?

• China
• Egypt
• India
• Mesopotamia

What civilization is associated with the Yellow River?

• China
• Egypt
• India
• Mesopotamia

Which factor most directly led to an increase in trade?

• Specialization of Labor

• System of Writing

• Religion

• Culture, such as art and music

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• land between three rivers
• land between two rivers
• land between the east and the west
• land between five rivers