Rivers
This river flooded predictably, helping ancient Egyptians farm.
👉 What is the Nile?
This civilization built pyramids as tombs for pharaohs.
👉 What is Ancient Egypt?
Early civilizations settled near rivers mainly because of this resource.
👉 What is water?
This invention allowed civilizations to keep records.
What is writing?
The ruler of ancient Egypt was called this.
👉 What is a pharaoh?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers supported this civilization.
What is Mesopotamia?
This civilization had advanced city planning and drainage systems.
👉 What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
These man-made waterways helped control water for farming.
👉 What is irrigation?
The Sumerians used this type of writing made of wedge-shaped marks.
👉 What is cuneiform?
This social structure places people into different classes.
What is a social hierarchy?
This river supported the Indus Valley civilization.
👉 What is the Indus River?
This ancient civilization is known for creating some influential philosophies (e.g. Confucianism; Legalism; Daoism) and is one of the ending points of the Silk Road.
What is Ancient China?
Natural barriers like deserts and mountains helped civilizations by doing this.
What is protection from invasion?
Egyptians wrote using symbols called this.
👉 What are hieroglyphics?
Hammurabi is famous for creating this set of laws.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
This is one of the major rivers that allowed for the development of civilizations in China.
What is the Yellow River?
This time period (250,000 BCE-10,000 BCE) saw humans travel in small groups and use hunting and gathering to eat.
What was the Paleolithic Era?
This set of trading routes connected Asia with Europe and parts of Africa.
What was the Silk Road?
This invention helped farmers plant seeds more efficiently.
👉 What is the plow?
These were the four main social classes in the Hindu caste system.
👉 What are Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras?
This sediment found in rivers is what makes the soil surrounding it extremely fertile.
What is silt?
This time period saw the transition of humans from hunters & gatherers who constantly traveled to living in permanent civilizations in which they grew crops for food.
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
This name refers to the area in the Middle East along the Mediterranean Sea that had some of the most fertile land in the ancient world.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This technology helped transport goods and encouraged trade.
What is the wheel?
People outside the caste system were once called this term.
👉 What are Untouchables (Dalits)?