Ancient River Valley Civilizations

Map Skills & Geography

100

The physical characteristics of an area including the rivers, mountains, and climate make up _________

Geography 

200

How many components should a map have? We are looking for a number 

4 

300

Which part of the map tells you the distance between two places on a map?

Scale 

400

Equator is to latitude as ____________ is to longitude 

Prime Meridian 

500

North, East, South, West are known as the _____________ directions 

Cardinal 

Mesopotamia

100

Mesopotamia is located between which 2 rivers?

Tigris and Euphrates 

200

The first civilization in Mesopotamia was _______

Sumer 

300

The large arc of land in the Middle East that was good for farming was also called.....

Fertile Crescent 

400

How did Ancient Sumerians protect themselves against invasions?

Building city walls 

500

Sumerian Temples were also called what?

Ziggurats 

Egypt

100

What was the river that provided the life source for Egyptian civilization?

The Nile River 

200

In Ancient Egypt the pharaoh was considered a _______

god

300

Ancient Egyptians worshiped numerous gods which meant they were 

Polytheistic 

400

In Ancient Egypt people who could read and write heiroglyhpics  were called: 

scribes

500

The rapids and waterfalls of the Nile River were called ________

cataracts 

Indus River Valley

100

Name of the two most important cities in the Indus River Valley 

Mohenjo-Daro 

or 

Harappa 

200

A citadel is a 

walled city/fortress 

300

Mohenjo-Daro was one of the first cities in the world to have ___________

running water/sewer system 

400

There is no evidence of a ______________ in Mohenjo-Daro 

social hierarchy/structure 

500

What mountain range was close to the Indus Valley Civlization?

Himalayas 

Neolithic/Paleolithic

100

Surplus means.....

to have extra of something 

200

Which came first the Neolithic Revolution or the Paleolithic Era?

Paleolithic Era 

300

surplus led to ______

population growth 

400

Between what years did the Paleolithic Era occur?

2.6 million BCE and 12,000 BCE

500

A dramatic change is called a 

revolution