Early Civilisation

TRUE OR FALSE: Ancient Civilizations were built near water in order to improve crops, transport goods and have clean drinking water.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A large group of people that lived in an organized way.

• civilization

• democracy

• republic

• forum

Which civilization is located along the Tigres River?

• Ancient Sumer

• China

• Rome

• Greece

The Indus Valley Civilisation developed around cities on the ______ river.

• Nile
• Ganges
• Indus
• Amazon

The Shang Dynasty civilisation was based around the ______ ______in part of China.

• Yellow River
• Ganges River
• Mekong River
• Yangtze River

What did people eat in early civilisations?

• Grains - wheat, barley, millet.

• eggs and meat

• fish and shell fish

• All of these

In Sumer and the Indus VAlley, people wore cloths made from ______

• polyester and nylon
• hemp and jute
• fibres of local plant and wool

• silk and linen

In the Shang Dynasty, rich people may have worn ____.

• silk clothing

• bronze armor

• linen robes

• woolen cloaks

People in the Sumerian and Indus Valley civilisations used _________ to build houses and cities.

• straw bricks
• mud bricks
• wooden bricks
• stone bricks

The Shang Dynasty calendar was based on a period of __ days.

• 400
• 60

• 300
• 365