WorksheetsRiver Valley Civilizations
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Where did the first civilizations rise?
Along river valleys
Near mountains
Along the ocean front
Near Seas
Why did cities develop in the Indus River Valley?
The valley was ruled by a king
There was no need to trade for goods
Priests ruled individual cities
Farmers were able to produce a surplus of food.
Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.
Nile and Amazon
Tigris and Euphrates
Snake and Colorado
Pol and Yangtze
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is known as
irrigation
architecture
fishing
cuneiform
Which is NOT one of the 5 characteristics of a civilization?
advanced cities
specialized workers
complex institutions
record keeping/technology
mud walls for defense
With the development of river valley civilizations, how did life become more complex?
Villages grew.
People were divided into social classes.
Wealth and power were uneven.
All of the above
What social classes existed in UR?
rulers and priests
traders
craft workers
artist
all of the above
How did the Sumerians solve the problems they faced living in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia?
they dug irrigation ditches.
built walls for defense.
traded food for the materials they needed.
all of the above
Who governed the City - States?
family Dynasties ruled the city states.
they were ruled by a president.
they were ruled by a prime minister.
none of the above
Why was Hammurabi’s Code important ?
Hammurbi’s code made it clear that the government had some responsibility for the care of its people.
one of the original code of laws.
it was a harsh code that punished people for wrong doing.
all of the above
