River valley civilizations

Where did the first civilizations rise?

• Along river valleys

• Near mountains

• Along the ocean front

• Near Seas

Why did cities develop in the Indus River Valley?

• The valley was ruled by a king

• There was no need to trade for goods

• Priests ruled individual cities

• Farmers were able to produce a surplus of food.

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

• Nile and Amazon

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Snake and Colorado

• Pol and Yangtze

Hunter Gatherers were nomadic. What statement is correct?

• they found one place to live and settled there

• they planted crops on farms and raised animal

• they lived in town and traded with other peoples

• they wandered about following sources of food and water

Who was a ruler of ancient Egypt?

• pharaoh

• scribe

• noble

• mummies

What society was known as the Gift of the Nile?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• The Indus Valley

• China

What river valley would have been here?

• China
• Mesopotamia
• Indus
• Egypt

What was the first river valley to appear?

• China
• Egypt
• Indus
• Mesopotamia

Which of the following means one god?

• Monotheism
• Polytheism

Name the civilization: 
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China