This document contains questions and prompts for a grade 9 civilization revision lesson focusing on early settlements along rivers like Mesopotamia, the development of farming and communities, the Code of Hammurabi, tool making from natural materials, and fill-in-the-blank questions about ancient Egyptian civilization centered around the Nile River and its importance for transportation, preventing desertification, and irrigation for crops through seasonal flooding.

1. Grade 9
23Oct to 27th Oct
Civilization Revision Lesson

2. Answering Questions
 Tell two settlements located on rivers. Why might
they be located on rivers (think)?
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3. Q. Why were people able to settle down and build
communities or villages when they learned to farm (think and
write)?
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4. Q. Why the Code of Hammurabi produced by Mesopotamian
Civilization?
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5. What materials did early humans used from their environment
to make these tools? Explain
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6. Fill In The Blanks
 Civilization on the Nile River
 Transportation, Nile , Desert, 3100 B.C.E
Pyramids
 Ancient Egyptian civilization, which is famous for
its colossal ____________________ began
around ____________________ years ago. It
was centered around the
____________________ River and surrounded
by the inhospitable Sahara
____________________. The ancient Egyptians
depended on the Nile for everything from water to
____________________.

7. Fill In The Blanks
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 Floods and Irrigation
 irrigate
 tears
 crops
 flood
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 Though it almost never rains in the Nile River Valley, rains in the
far away Ethiopian Highlands cause the Nile River to
____________________ every year. Ancient Egyptians believed
that these yearly floods were caused by the
____________________ of the goddess Isis. The floods carried
rich soil with them, covering the Nile Delta with
____________________ soil for growing
____________________. Ancient Egyptians created an
elaborate system of ditches and canals to _________________
their crops with the flood waters.