WorksheetsFast and Curious: Water IDM Mini-unit
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 12mins
This city in Michigan experienced a economic water scarcity starting in 2014
(a)
Physical water scarcity is most often caused by (a) .
_____ is the result of water being mismanaged leading to contamination or disease.
Physical water scarcity
Economic water scarcity
River Valley Civilizations
Water Scarcity
Flooded rivers were filled with _____, or small particles of soil. When floods ended, this soil was left on river banks and was good for farming.
clay
silt
salt
mud
Over time, people in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China figured out ways to use rivers to water their crops. These strategies are known as (a) .
During (a) , or the ancient past, rivers were as central to human life as they still are in 2022.
Many city-states and empires were built around rivers because they started as (a) , or farming-related, villages.
Drag and drop the labels of each river valley civilization to the right spot on the map
Egypt
Mesopotamia (Iraq/Syria)
Indus River Valley (India/Pakistan)
China
Match the following rivers to their civilizations
Nile
Egypt
Tigris/Euphrates
Mesopotamia
Yangtze
China
Indus or Ganges
Indus Valley Civilization
hunting/gathering
nomadic lifestyle
took care of people's practical needs
earliest were a monarchy or theocracy - some kind of king or queen
huge urban center of Teotihuacan, in modern-day Mexico, for example, had as many as 200,000
cuneiform - earliest writing system
accurate records for business and government
designed monuments to worship gods and kings
specialization - people performed specialized jobs which had more value to society
usually rulers, priests, warriors, government officials were at the top
used gestures to communicate
traveled in groups of 20-30
