Ancient River Valleys

The civilizations of Mesopotamia developed near these two rivers

• Nile and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Missouri and Mississippi

• Yangtze and the Ganges

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

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.

Which ancient river valley civilization is shown at D?

• Ancient Mesopotamia

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient India

• Ancient China

Which ancient river valley civilization is shown at A?

• Ancient India

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient India

• Ancient Egypt

The Yellow (Huang He) River is a part of

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Mesopotamia

• Ancient India

• Ancient China

Cuneiform is...

• a system of government
• the world's first system of writing
• a type of poem or story
• a seal

What made Hammurabi famous?

• He was a powerful king who built an empire.
• He had some harsh laws.
• He conquered and enslaved the Jewish people.
• He created the first written laws.

Line of rulers from the same family

• Legalism
• long Chinese line
• filial piety
• dynasty

Name the civilization: 
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China