Ancient Egypt
This yearly event left behind rich silt that made farming possible.
What is the Nile River flood?
This river supported one of the world’s first civilizations.
What is the Indus River?
The Yellow River was also called this because of its color.
What is the Huang He?
These mountains led to independent city-states.
What are Greece’s mountains?
A reason civilizations settled near rivers.
What is fertile soil and water for crops?
Egypt’s main “highway” for trade and travel.
What is the Nile River?
This mountain range created a barrier between India and the rest of Asia.
What are the Himalayas?
This fine yellow soil made farming possible.
What is loess?
This Greek city-state believed in democracy, arts, and learning.
What is Athens?
A natural feature that protects a civilization.
What is a mountain, desert, or ocean?
This writing system used symbols and pictures
What are hieroglyphics?
Indus Valley cities were organized with these two systems.
What are grid streets and drainage systems?
This long structure was built to defend China’s borders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This city-state trained boys for the military from a young age.
What is Sparta?
Egyptians built these to move water to farms.
What are canals or shadufs?
Egypt traded with countries like Greece and Asia through this waterway they controlled.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Why did the Indus and Ganges Rivers support large populations?
Because flooding created fertile soil for farming.
Goods and ideas spread across Asia, Africa, and Europe through this trade network.
What is the Silk Road?
This famous Greek building sits on the Acropolis in Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
Why were deserts important to Egypt and China?
They acted as natural barriers.
Name one way Egyptians adapted to their geography.
What is building canals, using shadufs, or planting after floods?
India invented this number system that we still use today.
What are the Hindu-Arabic numerals (0–9)?
Name one idea or good that spread along the Silk Road.
What is silk, spices, Buddhism, pottery, paper, etc.?
How did the Mediterranean Sea help Greece develop?
It supported trade, travel, and cultural exchange.
It supported trade, travel, and cultural exchange.
Explain how a civilization adapted to geography in a way that helped it grow.
Egypt using irrigation
China building the Great Wall
India creating planned cities
Greece using the sea for trade