Mesopotamia means " ____________".

The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are the ____________ and _________ rivers.

What famous Babylonian ruler left behind a written law or code?

Mesopotamians were the first to develop a written language called _____________.

What civilization was the first to build massive structures in the form of a terraced pyramid?

Mesopotamians developed mathematics based on the number ________.

What civilizations were the first to plant and harvest crops for food?

What civilization was the first to invent the wheel, the chariot and the sailboat?

 _______ is located in North Africa along the Nile River.

The Egyptians called the soil deposited along the banks of the Nile the "___________"

The Egyptian ______ was an absolute ruler who inherited power and was treated as a God.

The Egyptian economic system was based on ___________.

Egyptians developed a form of writing known as ___________.

One of ancient Egyptians famous inventions was the development of ___________ from the papyrus plant found along the Nile river,

Ancient Chinese priests used ________ to predict the future by interpreting messages from the spirits of ancestors.

One of ancient China's greatest inventions was the development of ______________.  They mixed copper and tin to make a stronger alloy.

The making of ________ was one of ancient China's biggest secrets.  It would be punishable by death if you told anyone!

Mesopotamia is known as the "Cradle of Civilization" because many things were first invented there. (i.e. - wheel, plow, glass, writing, farming)

Early river civilizations developed along a river valley because the river provided _____________.