Question

Match the following characteristics of place associated with each ancient civilization.

Answer 1

Answer:

1.

Ancient Egypt

Pyramids

Nile Delta

Valley of the Kings

2.

Ancient Indus Valley

Streets planned on a grid

Hindu Kush mountains

Large, central granaries

3.

Ancient China

Geographically isolated due to the Himalaya mountains, Gobi Desert and surrounding seas.

Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

Silkworms

Explanation:

Ancient Egypt, much like modern-day Egypt, relies on the Nile rivers irrigation to help keep the soil around the river fertile and good for arable farming. It is also home to the Valley of Kings and the pyramids were also built along the Nile.

The ancient Indus Valley civilization is a vast area with the large Indus river flowing through it. This river begins in the Hindu Kush and flows to the Arabian Sea. The river offered good irrigation to grow grains.

One of ancient China’s most valuable exports was silk. They kept the silkworms and people would travel great distances to obtain the silk. This trade route was known as the silk road. This was difficult as China has the Himalayas to its South, the Gobi desert to cross to Europe and an ocean along its Eastern border.