Indus River Valley and Egypt Quiz

What was the world's first civilization?

Mesopotamia

What two rivers flowed nearby this civilization?

The Tigris and Euphrates

What do you call it when people divert water from a river to their farm?

Irrigation

What do you call it when you rank a group of people according to their importance, status, or power?

Hierarchy

What do you call the independent urban centers surrounding the farmlands?

City-states

In Egypt, the most famous pyramids are the Pyramids of ____

Giza

These pyramids are near what modern day city?

Cairo

What is the longest river in Egypt?

The Nile

What did this river do every summer?

Flooded

What do you call a series of rulers who come from the same family?

Dynasty

What is the name of the writing system the Egyptians created?

Hieroglyphics

What did you call an Egyptian king?

Pharaoh

What do you call a ruler whose power is unlimited?

Absolute Monarch

When were the pyramids built?

mid-2000s BCE

What is the name of the mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head?

Sphinx