CATEGORY 1: RIVERS & WATER
This resource was needed for drinking, farming, and supporting settlements.
What is water?
This means farming and raising animals.
Answer: What is agriculture?
This is the usual weather of a place over a long period of time.
Answer: What is climate?
This means bringing water to crops.
Answer: What is irrigation?
This is where land meets an ocean or sea.
Answer: What is a coastline?
Rivers provided this type of soil that was excellent for growing crops.
What is fertile soil?
People who move from place to place instead of living permanently in one location are called this.
Answer: What is nomadic?
This type of climate may have a shorter growing season and make farming more difficult.
Answer: What is a cold climate?
Deserts usually receive very little of this.
Answer: What is rainfall?
People living near coastlines could use the ocean for this activity to obtain food.
Answer: What is fishing?
Name two ways rivers helped ancient civilizations besides providing drinking water.
What are farming, fishing, transportation, or trade?
Fertile soil allowed people to grow this important resource.
Answer: What is food?
Why can a dry climate make farming difficult?
Answer: What is because plants need water to grow?
Why do deserts often have smaller populations?
Answer: What is because water and farming can be difficult?
This is a protected area along a coast where ships can safely stop.
Answer: What is a natural harbor?
Complete the chain: River → Water → Farming → More Food → More People → ______ → Cities → Civilization.
What are settlements?
When farmers produced more food than they needed, this allowed some people to become builders, traders, soldiers, and craftspeople.
Answer: What is a food surplus?
Name two things farmers must consider when deciding what crops can grow.
Answer: What are temperature, rainfall, growing season, or water availability?
A civilization is located in a desert beside a major river. Explain why it could still become successful.
Answer: What is because the river provides water, irrigation, transportation, food, and fertile soil?
Why were natural harbors helpful to ancient civilizations?
Answer: What is because they allowed ships to safely stop and helped trade develop?
Explain why a river valley could support a larger population than an area without reliable water.
What is water + fertile soil + farming + more food = more people?
Put these in the correct order: cities, farming, extra food, permanent settlements, larger populations.
Answer: What is farming → extra food → permanent settlements → larger populations → cities?
A desert has fertile soil but almost no rainfall. What could people do to grow crops?
Answer: What is use irrigation to bring water to their crops?
Name two things a river could provide to a civilization located in a desert.
Answer: What are drinking water, irrigation, transportation, food, or fertile soil?
A trader has two choices: a short route through dangerous mountains or a longer route along the coast. Why might the trader choose the longer route?
Answer: What is because the sea route may be easier and ships can carry many goods?