Early River Valley Civilizations

Which of the following is matched correctly?

• Mesopotamia - Hieroglyphics

• Egypt - Cuneiform

• Indus Valley - Cuneiform

• Egypt - Hieroglyphics

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

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

Why did the ancient Egyptians place the favorite belongings of the pharaoh in his tomb?

• So no other human would ever use them
• To keep thieves from stealing them
• To prevent his servants from stealing them
• So they could be used by the pharaoh in the next life

In which ancient civilization would you find the following artifact?

Artifact: Papyrus written on by a scribe of the pharaoh

• Ancient China

• Ancient Mesopotamia

• Ancient Indus Valley

• Ancient Egypt

Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in yellow on the map

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia/

  Sumer

• India

• China

Name the River Valley Civilization shaded in yellow on the map

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

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.

The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were similar in that both cultures

• established trade routes to China

• used the ziggurat form for their temples

• developed along rivers

• used a hieroglyphic writing system

True or False: Early humans settled far away from rivers.

• True

• False

The earliest written record in China, using animal bones and shells that had symbols carved in them

• Orca Whales

• Oracle Bones

• The Oracle at Delphi

• The Oracle Tales