WHI SOL 2, 3 Origin of Man/ Ancient River Valley Civilizations

Match the following

• remains of living things

• agriculture

• Paleolithic

• Old Stone Age

• remains of thing made by people

• fossils

• marked the end of the Paleolithic Era

• artifacts

• Neolithic

• New Stone Age

The civilizations of Mesopotamia developed near these two rivers

• Nile and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Missouri and Mississippi

• Yangtze and the Ganges

Which of the following were reasons that early civilizations developed in river valleys?

• Access to fresh water for human uses

• Access to fresh water for crops and livestock

• transportation

• the annual flooding of the river left silt on the surrounding land enriching the soil

How did the first farmers cope with the challenges pose by the rivers?

• They built houses on stilts

• They moved away from the river valleys

• They went back to hunting and gathering

• They learned to control flooding and use irrigation systems.

What do we call the area that gave rise to the world's first civilizations

(Hint: it is a Greek Word meaning "between the rivers")

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Indus Valley

• Huan He Valley

All civilizations need​ (a)   to survive.

• resources
• polytheism
• monarchy
• rivers

What was the first civilization of the ancient world?

• Babylon

• Persia

• Sumer

• Phoenicia

What is a city state?

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

The first civilization in Mesopotamia were the

• Babylonians
• Egyptians
• Iranians
• Sumerians

The people in the region were able to water their crops by ...

• rain
• praying
• singing
• irrigation