Rivers & Geography
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Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
After a flood, this rich fertile soil is left behind
What is silt?
Thanks to this invention from Mesopotamia, farming became a quick and less laborious trade
What is the plow?
These were people with no permanent home who moved around to hunt and gather food
What are nomads?
One civilization built pyramids, while another constructed ziggurats; both served religious purposes
What are Egypt and Mesopotamia?
Unlike most rivers, the Nile River flows in this unusual direction
What is North?
An important technological advancement, this tool brings water to crops
What is irrigation?
An increase in trade and transportation was all possible thanks to this technological advancement
What is the wheel?
Farming, tools and this new type of relation with animals allowed for humans to settle permanently
What is domestication of animals?
One civilization used floating gardens on lakes, while another carved terraces into mountains to farm.
What are the Aztec and Inca?
A primary trading location, the Nile River empties into this body of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A work of ancient ingenuity, the Aztecs created "floating gardens" named this to provide room for farming
What are the Chinampas?
Still used today in cities such as New Orleans, the Mesopotamians built these systems of controlling flood waters
What are levees and canals?
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
One civilization developed cuneiform, while another created hieroglyphics; both systems recorded information.
What are Sumerians and Egyptians?
This river, know for it's serpentine shape, was important to the Inca civilization
What is the Amazon river?
To maintain and use the abundant rainforest, the Maya used this technique to allow for fertile soil for farming
What is slash-and-burn?
What is farming and trading?
The Maya and Aztec relied on religious leaders for decisions related to this field
What is farming / harvest?
One civilization cleared rainforest land using slash-and-burn techniques, while another developed well-planned cities along a river with advanced drainage systems
What are the Maya and the Indus Valley civilization?
Civilizations like the Maya and Aztec settled near rivers for various reasons such as trade and farming and this additional benefit
What is transportation?
Used in many of their dishes, this crop native to the Andean region was the most important to the Inca
What is potatoes?
Early civilizations from Egypt and Mesopotamia created the first systems of writing which has helped human society to share ideas and this additional benefit to history
What is keep records?
Cause: Farming created a food surplus, allowing people to focus on other roles beside farming.
Effect: Creation of government, social classes and _______________.
What is specialized jobs.
One civilization relied on irrigation from rivers, another depended on predictable annual flooding, and a third built grid-like cities with sophisticated water management; all supported large populations through agriculture.
What are Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus River Valley