10 questions
Which environmental factor is the most important in determining where civilizations settled?
Water
Topography
Minerals
Vegetation
How did civilizations use minerals?
Metal tools and weapons
Watering crops
Building shelter
Flat/fertile farmland
Which civilization is known as the "land between rivers"?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus
China
What two rivers flowed in Mesopotamia?
Nile and Indus
Missouri and Mississippi
Tigris and Euphrates
Huang He and Jordan
Why did people settle in Mesopotamia?
Deserts and Mountains
Minerals and Vegetation
Water and Fertile Soil
Weather and Climate
New agricultural techniques like irrigation allowed people to create...
a food surplus.
a social structure.
a religious society.
a government system.
Why was the yearly flooding important in Mesopotamia?
It created a lake for fishing.
It provided an area for swimming.
It washed away the dirt and mud.
It deposited silt, or fertile soil for farming.
Which agricultural technique watered crops during dry periods?
Plow
Sickle Blade
Cultivation
Irrigation
How did Mesopotamians protect themselves from invaders?
Built irrigation ditches to keep invaders out.
Hid out on the surrounding mountain tops.
Built fortified walls of mud brick.
Prayed to the god of war.
The flat land bordering the banks of a river is called (a)...
irrigation.
floodplain.
silt.
gulf.