River Valleys
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- Q1To increase the supply of food, some Neolithic communities living in arid regions of the world developedslash-and-burn methodspetrochemical fertilizersirrigation systemsthree-field systems30s
- Q2Which practice is closely associated with most ancient river valley civilizations?spreading monotheistic religious customsrecording events in cave paintingsusing irrigation systemsdeveloping democratic traditions30s
- Q3The primary reason ancient peoples of the Nile River valley built levees, dikes, and reservoirs was todefend against invaderscreate a shorter route to distant citiespurify sacred watersincrease agricultural production30s
- Q4The Egyptians used hieroglyphics in the same way as the Sumerians usedideographscuneiformletterscalligraphy30s
- Q5Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?developing a writing system using cuneiformestablishing representative democraciesbuilding floating gardens to grow cornconstructing Hindu temples30s
- Q6Discovery of streets arranged in a grid-like pattern and a system of pipes for moving water in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro suggest that these ancient river valley cities in South Asia hadsubsistence-based economiesrigid social classesorganized governmentspolytheistic beliefs30s
- Q7The Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra were important to ancient India because they wereruling dynasties that united the people of Harappa and Mohenjo-Darohigh mountain ranges that protected India from invasiongreat rivers that flowed through India’s fertile northern plainAryan gods to whom the priests prayed for rain30s
- Q8Which major geographic feature has hindered cultural diffusion between India and China?Himalaya MountainsGreat Rift ValleyGobi DesertDeccan Plateau30s
- Q9Historically, the Huang He has also been known as the “River of Sorrows” becausefrozen ports have made trade difficultcataracts have made transportation impossiblefloods have destroyed crops and villagesburials have taken place at the sacred waters30s
- Q10“River of Sorrows Floods Again” “Thousands Missing After Huang He Overflows” “Over 10 Million Reported Homeless After 1931 Flooding” These newspaper headlines describe the effects of geography on the people ofJapanIndiaChinaVietnam30s