Mesopotamia
The two rivers surrounding the Mesopotamian region.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The river that runs through the Egyptian settlement.
What is the Nile River?
This river was crucial for the success of the Indian Civilization.
What is the Indus River?
The ancient Chinese settlement surrounded this river.
What is the Huang He River?
This geographic feature provides access to fresh water and fertile soil in each of the civilizations.
What is a river?
The two rivers of Mesopotamia flow into this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
The direction that the river in this civilization flows.
What is north?
This is the term for a landmass that is part of a greater continent, usually sitting on its own tectonic plate.
What is a subcontinent?
What is the Yellow River?
The river valley civilizations settled in areas with fertile soil to support this industry.
What is agriculture?
Mesopotamia is a settlement located in this geographic terrain/biome.
What is a plain?
The area of Egypt located at a higher elevation in the south.
What is the Upper Nile?
The main mountain range bordering the Ancient Indian civilization.
What are the Himalayas?
This desert prevented the Chinese settlement from the north.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This event occurs in each ancient river valley civilization, nourishing the earth but causing destruction.
What are floods?
This invention made transportation by water more efficient and effective.
What is the sail?
This geographic feature forced Egyptians to settle around the river.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This industry was the basis of the Indian civilization, with artifacts proving its existence found across Asia.
What is trade?
This governmental system claimed divine right for rulers, but could decay if environmental or social conditions were poor.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This innovation helped combat unpredictable river flows, including droughts.
What are canals/irrigation systems?
These mountain ranges border Mesopotamia to the north.
What are the Taurus and Zagros Mountains?
The term for the spread of culture and ideas from one area to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
What is the summer?
What is isolation/separation from other civilizations?
What are natural barriers?