Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: C -All of the earliest urban civilizations-Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Indus Valley-took rose near rivers. Water was critical for three reasons: general human consumption, agriculture, and trade. Oceans and seas could not have addressed human or agricultural needs because they are saltwater, and humans and crops need freshwater (or, at least, desalinated saltwater). Mesopotamia, which was located in present-day Iraq, was in the Tigris-Euphrates river system. Ancient Egypt was located along the Nile River. Ancient China’s urban centers were located along the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers. The Indus Valley civilization, in present-day India and Pakistan, was situated in the Indus River valley.