Western Civ

1. Division of labor- characteristics of civilizations in which different people perform different jobs.

Irrigation- method of transporting water for crops based on the use of ditches and canals.

Artisans- skilled craft workers

Cultural diffusion- spread of culture from one area of the world to another.

2 + 3. Nile River- Africa

Tigris and Euphrates River- Southwestern Asia

Indus River Valley- Southern Asia

Huange He- Eastern Asia

In these four river valleys, people first developed civilizations.

4. The need for irrigation and flood control lead to the development of government because when the irrigation system and flood control projects were developed they required cooperation among the people. It is thought that because of this cooperation that government was developed. People