River Valley Civilizations

Mesopotamia, India, China, and Egypt all depended on which of the following.

• The belief in only one god.

• Earthquakes

• The flooding of their local rivers.

• Strong winds known as Monsoons

Flooding of the Nile brought what to ancient Egypt?

• Locust that ate all their crops

• Invaders from Western Africa

• Water buffalo for hunting

• Silt which helped with agriculture

Which were the rivers of Mesopotamia

• Nile

• Huang He

• Yangtze

• Euphrates

• Tigris

What is the only river valley civilization located in Africa?

• China

• Egypt

• Indus River

• Mesopotamia

Which civilization had the first written laws by King Hammurabi?

• China

• Egypt

• India

• Mesopotamia

Where was Mohenjo Daro? It was a well-organized, planned, and sophisticated city with indoor plumbing and sewer systems?

• China

• Egypt

• India

• Mesopotamia

In this civilization, you were BORN into your caste. What civilization used this rigid, strict class system/hierarchy pyramid?

• China

• Egypt

• Indus River

• Mesopotamia

Which civilization is credited with the invention of the wheel?

• India

• Egypt

• China

• Mesopotamia

Name the civilization: 
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer

• India

• China

What river did these people in the ancient India settle along?

• Tigris

• Nile

• Indus