STUDY GUIDE: Unit 3—River Valley Civilizations Name: ______________________________
Section 1: Vocabulary and Rivers
**poverty,
drought, war, etc
are examples of
____ factors
**jobs, freedom,
more money, etc
are examples of
____ factors
Invention of
Word that means an
coined money had extra amount of
a large affect on
something
barter, which is:
2 reasons the rivers were
important
Label the civilization
and river(s) for each #
#1
#2
#3
#4
Section 2: Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia’s two
rivers
The area shaped like a
moon around
Mesopotamia where
crops could grow well
earliest form of writing
1st civilization in
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamians used
these to irrigate (water)
their fields
1st set of laws written
down
best known for iron
weapons
 fierce and organized
soldiers
 ruled through local leaders
 imposed heavy penalties
on resisters
built trading colonies
along the Mediterranean
coast
Known for creating the
world’s first alphabet
How did trade affect the
Phoenician alphabet
King who created the
Hanging Gardens of
Babylon
Section 3: Egypt
period of stability,
prosperity, power,
and glory in Egypt
Type of Egyptian
government after
3100 B.C. when
upper and lower
Egypt were united
Put in the correct
order from first to
last: Villages,
cities, farms
Change in religion
during the Old
Kingdom
Egyptian writing
system
Period when the
pyramids were built
and mummies were
made
A king in ancient
Egypt
Egypt conquered
distant lands, which
meant it could ____
with new people
Purpose for building Egypt’s river
the great pyramids
Groups in India
based on a person’s
wealth, birth, or job
True/False: people
could change their
caste if they wanted
to
Major mountain
range in northeast
The term for when
the soul of a person
is reborn into a
different body
The 2 major rivers in The two major world
ancient India
religions that started
in India
4,000 miles long in
northern China
The reason the
Great Wall of China
was built
Section 4: India
The first civilization
in India
Group of people who Language that the
invaded India and
Aryans created in
conquered most of
India
the civilization
The two “twin”
cities of ancient
India
Section 5: China
The first Chinese
dynasty
The dynasty that
unified China
China’s major rivers
Section 6: Inventions (Technological Advances) –List as many as possible for each civ.
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China