Four River Valley Civilizations

Question 1

Early ancient Rome

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had easy access to different seas

Question 2

Mountain range to the north of the Indus Valley civilization

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Himalaya

Question 3

reservoirs are used to

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store water

Question 4

Monsoons made this river unpredictable

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Indus

Question 5

Irrigation systems led to increased food production in

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Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

Question 6

One of Japan's geographic disadvantages is

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limited natural resources

Question 7

What geographic features dominate China’s landscape?

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mountains and plains

Question 8

Many early civilizations settled near bodies of water because

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body of water necessary for farming , transportation, trade

Question 9

Africa has

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geographic diversity

Question 10

Rivers of the Fertile Crescent

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Tigris and Euphrates

Question 11

civilizations controlled flooding of rivers by

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all of the answers

Question 12

A theory of the first _______ is that they crossed over an ice bridge.

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Americans

Question 13

One disadvantage of living on a peninsula

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you are isolated from other civilizations

Question 14

physical characteristics of a place include

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land forms and vegetation

Question 15

One main problem with irrigation canals was:

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they became clogged with silt

Question 16

The Nile River runs North and empties into which of the following

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Mediterranean Sea

Question 17

a distinguishing cultural feature of a region is

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country with multiple national languages

Question 18

Canals for irrigation helped influence farming in

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ancient Mesopotamia

Question 19

bringing water to crops is known as

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irrigation

Question 20

ancient China thrived because of

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mountains, hills and deserts

Question 21

Predictable flooding; a gift

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Nile

Question 22

The rain forest in Africa is in

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Central Africa

Question 23

Mesopotamia is known as the Fertile Crescent due to

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nutrient rich soil

Question 24

Romans built _____ to carry water from the mountains to the towns.

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aqueducts

Question 25

large, earthen walls built to control flooding are known as:

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levees

Question 26

Nicknamed China's sorrow

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Yellow (Huang He)

Question 27

a natural barrier that helped keep Egypt free from many invasions was

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desert

Question 28

a human characteristic of a place is

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architecture

Question 29

Greece has

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many mountains

Question 30

Mesopotamia means

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between the rivers

Question 31

Physical features that isolated the city-states of Greece were

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all of the answers

Question 32

a favorable geography led to the development of the civilizations of

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ancient Egypt and ancient Mesopotamia

Four River Valley Civilizations

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Four River Valley Civilizations

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