1. ERVC Early River Valley Civilizations
Where in the world am I?
ERVC Early River Valley Civilizations

2. Name the 4 Early Civilizations we learned about.

3. Mesopotamia Egypt Indus = India China

4. Where am I? (region) My two rivers flood unpredictably
I am also known as the fertile crescent
Today I am called Iraq

5. Mesopotamia

6. Where am I? (City)
First wrote their language by pressing symbols into wet clay with a pointed stick
Sargon of Akad unified it to make the first empire

7. Sumer

8. Where am I? (Region)
People think our civilization was peaceful because they could not find weapons
We dug irrigation ditches and had plumbing in our cities
Winds from the north and south cause monsoons here?

9. Indus

10. Where am I? (Region)
We had over 10,000 of these, but at least we were unified?

11. China
Writing/ characters

12. Where am I?
Forget I-pads, we prefer Cuneiform tablets

13. Mesopotamia
The Sumerians of Sumer

14. Who am I (Person)
Unified Upper and Lower Egypt?

15. Pharaoh / King Menes Aka Narmer
Egypt

16. Where am I? (Geographic Feature)
Triangular marsh at the mouth of a river
Very fertile

17. Delta
Egypt

18. Where am I? (Region)
We write our symbols on turtle shells or bones.

19. China
Oracle bones

20. I’m standing in circle B
Where am I? (Region)
I’m standing in circle B

21. Upper Nile
Nile River in EGYPT

22. Where am I?
We don’t eat Jersey Mikes here but for some reason they still insist on calling us a “sub” continent

23. Indus India is part of Asia!!

24. Where am I?
We manufactured silk and introduced coined money

25. China

26. What dynasty am I in?
Established a series of rulers from the same family
First dynasty to leave a written language
Elder men ruled the family
Supreme God- Shang Di

27. Shang Dynasty
China

28. Which Dynasty? Location?
We are Polytheistic but our God gave us a mandate to rule
Controlled China through Feudalism

29. Zhou Dynasty
China

30. Where am I?
Our King IS our God

31. Egypt
God-Kings

32. Location? River?
I am a river with cataracts. But I can’t see why that would be a problem

33. Nile River
Egypt

34. Where am I?
I’m a barrier that separates India from China

35. Himalayan Mountains
India and China

36. Name the Desert?
I’m a desert that holds off invaders from taking China

37. Gobi Desert
China

38. Where am I? We invented surgery Set bones in a splint
Could check heart rates

39. Egypt

40. Where am I?
We used the Wheel and the Sail

41. Mesopotamia
Sumer

42. I’m glued to number 2!!

43. Nile
Egypt

44. Name the two Rivers?
I’m getting bored at number 4!!

45. Tigris River Euphrates River
Mesopotamia

46. I feel alive at number 5

47. Indus which is today- India

48. Getting my kicks at number 6

49. Ganges
Indus

50. I’ll be straight when I get to number 8

51. Yellow River
Huáng Hé