WorksheetsRiver Valley Geography Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What weather phenomena is vital to the climate of India?
Hurricane
Avalanche
Typhoon
Monsoon
What benefit did Mesopotamia receive from its location beside the Mediterranean Sea?
Transportation
Irrigation
Vacation homes
Stable weather
What specialized farming techniques were used by the Chinese to build-up a crop surplus?
Drip irrigation
Raised beds
Double cropping
Threshing grain
What is the name of the Nile river plant that was used to make an early form of paper?
Sweet grass
Papyrus
Bamboo
Carrizo
Which rivers are the source of fresh water for Mesopotamia?
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
Ashley & Cooper Rivers
Indus & Ganges Rivers
Huang He & Chang Yiang Rivers
What is the proper name of the river that many call "China's Sorrow"?
Euphrates River
Indus River
Huang He River
Tiber River
What is the world longest river at 4,132 miles?
Tigris River
Nile River
Thames River
Indus River
What mountain ranges isolate & protect the Indian subcontinent?
Zagros & Caucasus Mountain Ranges
Appalachian & Himalayan Mountain Ranges
Pyrenees & Carpathian Mountain Ranges
Hindu-Kush & Himalayan Mountain Ranges
Which Chinese River is world's muddiest because of the soil that runs-off after annual rains?
Red
Black
Yellow
Blue
What do you call the triangle-shaped area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river?
Tributary
Delta
Channel
Source
Which river saw the first civilization in India?
Tigris
Yangtze
Rhine
Indus
Which deserts limited the growth of Mesopotamia?
Syrian & Arabian Deserts
Eastern & Western Deserts
Gobi & Taklimakan Deserts
Sahara & Sonoran Deserts
