River Valley Civilizations

3. Grid-like cities could be found in Mohenjo-Daro and this Indus River Valley settlement.
6. This mountain range provided protected for ancient Chinese civilizations.
7. First invented by Sumerians in Mesopotamia, it made travel and farming much easier.
8. A wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year.
9. The Indus River Valley had advanced drainage and ______________ systems that prevented waste from polluting drinking and bathing water.
10. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
13. A system of writing with symbols, invented by the Sumerians around 3,000 BC.
14. Cities in the Indus River Valley had advanced sewage and ______________ systems.
15. A tiered, pyramid- shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple.

1. These systems were used to supply water to land or crops to help growth.
2. Animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods.
4. A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paper-like material for writing on.
5. An arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea.
11. A massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides, like those that were built in Egypt as burial places for Old Kingdom pharaohs.
12. Egypt created one of these with a 365-day year. consisting of three seasons with 120 days each.