Early Civilizations
What is the earliest known settlement?
What is Jericho?
Why were rivers important to early civilizations?
What is they provided water, fertile soil, and trade routes?
Early civilizations invented this to keep records.
What is writing?
This river valley civilization is called the "Cradle of Civilization."
What is Mesopotamia?
The Olmec civilization was located in modern-day __________.
What is Mexico?
This ancient site in Turkey is one of the oldest known religious structures.
What is Göbekli Tepe?
Name two rivers that supported Mesopotamian civilization.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The Mesopotamians created the first known system of laws. What was it called?
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The annual flooding of this river was crucial for Egyptian agriculture.
What is the Nile River?
The Olmecs influenced these two later civilizations.
Who are the Maya and Aztecs?
Which early city in Turkey was known for its advanced housing?
What is Çatalhöyük?
The Nile River flows through this civilization.
What is Egypt?
This civilization is known for building pyramids.
What is Egypt?
Name the writing system used by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
The Olmecs built channels to drain __________ from their fields.
What is water?
Name one civilization that started near a river valley.
What is Mesopotamia/Egypt/Indus Valley/Yellow River?
This river supported early Chinese dynasties.
What is the Yellow River?
The Olmecs are famous for their massive sculptures of __________.
What are stone heads?
This ancient river valley civilization mysteriously declined and was forgotten until its rediscovery in the 20th century.
What is the Indus Valley civilization?
The Olmec are considered the first advanced civilization in __________.
What is Mesoamerica?
This Mesoamerican civilization is known for its influence on the Maya and Aztecs.
What is the Olmec civilization?
The Indus Valley civilization was located in modern-day __________.
What is India/Pakistan?
This ancient civilization had advanced urban planning and sanitation systems.
What is the Indus Valley civilization?
Which civilization built large walls around their cities along the Yellow River?
What is the Shang Dynasty?
What material did the Olmecs use to carve their giant heads?
What is basalt?