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River Valley Geography Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What weather phenomena is vital to the climate of India?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Avalanche

c)

Typhoon

d)

Monsoon

2.

What benefit did Mesopotamia receive from its location beside the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Transportation

b)

Irrigation

c)

Vacation homes

d)

Stable weather

3.

What specialized farming techniques were used by the Chinese to build-up a crop surplus?

a)

Drip irrigation

b)

Raised beds

c)

Double cropping

d)

Threshing grain

4.

What is the name of the Nile river plant that was used to make an early form of paper?

a)

Sweet grass

b)

Papyrus

c)

Bamboo

d)

Carrizo

5.

Which rivers are the source of fresh water for Mesopotamia?

a)

Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

b)

Ashley & Cooper Rivers

c)

Indus & Ganges Rivers

d)

Huang He & Chang Yiang Rivers

6.

What is the proper name of the river that many call "China's Sorrow"?

a)

Euphrates River

b)

Indus River

c)

Huang He River

d)

Tiber River

7.

What is the world longest river at 4,132 miles?

a)

Tigris River

b)

Nile River

c)

Thames River

d)

Indus River

8.

What mountain ranges isolate & protect the Indian subcontinent?

a)

Zagros & Caucasus Mountain Ranges

b)

Appalachian & Himalayan Mountain Ranges

c)

Pyrenees & Carpathian Mountain Ranges

d)

Hindu-Kush & Himalayan Mountain Ranges

9.

Which Chinese River is world's muddiest because of the soil that runs-off after annual rains?

a)

Red

b)

Black

c)

Yellow

d)

Blue

10.

What do you call the triangle-shaped area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river?

a)

Tributary

b)

Delta

c)

Channel

d)

Source

11.

Which river saw the first civilization in India?

a)

Tigris

b)

Yangtze

c)

Rhine

d)

Indus

12.

Which deserts limited the growth of Mesopotamia?

a)

Syrian & Arabian Deserts

b)

Eastern & Western Deserts

c)

Gobi & Taklimakan Deserts

d)

Sahara & Sonoran Deserts