The Nile River
This civilization was built around the Nile River.
What is Egypt?
This civilization was built around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and became known as the “Cradle of Civilization.”
What is Mesopotamia?
This ancient civilization was built around the Yellow River.
What is China?
The Ganges River is the spiritual heart of this country.
What is India?
This is the largest river by volume in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
This natural phenomenon deposited nutrient-rich silt along the banks of the Nile.
What are floods?
This innovation, invented along the Tigris and Euphrates, involved farmers building canals and dikes to control the flow of water.
What is irrigation?
The soil in the Yellow River basin is nutrient rich allowing for the growth of these two foods.
What are millet and wheat?
The Ganges is considered a purifying force for followers of this religion.
What is Hinduism?
This Central African river provides food, water, and transportation for about 75 million people.
What is the Congo River?
This is the god of the Nile.
Who is Hapi?
This legendary myth viewed the Tigris and Euphrates as forces of life and destruction.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Due to the Yellow River’s tendency to flood and destroy crops and cities, it earned this nickname.
What is China's Sorrow?
The Ganges provides waters needed to grow these three crops.
What are rice, wheat, and sugarcane?
European rivers contributed to this economic “revolution.”
The Nile flows through this many countries.
What is 11?
Thanks to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the region of the world where the two rivers are located became known by this nickname that reflects its shape and its high yield of crops.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The Yellow River is the second longest river in its country, behind only this river.
What is the Yangtze River?
The Ganges River originates in this mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
This river, located exclusively in Russia, is the longest river in Europe.
What is the Volga River?
The Nile has two major tributaries: the White Nile and the Blue Nile. These two meet at this city in Sudan.
What is Khartoum?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty into this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
This semi-legendary dynasty became the first of a long line to be built around the Yellow River.
What is the Xia Dynasty?
The Ganges flows into this country where it is known as the Padma.
What is Bangladesh?
This American city, due to its location on the western bank of the Mississippi River, became known as the “Gateway to the West.”
What is St. Louis?