New York
Five boros of NYC
Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island
Type of map that shows where certain natural things can be found. Examples include coal, oil, wood, and metals.
Resource Map
All early civilizations developed near ________.
Rivers
How did Tainos travel across water?
Canoes
Mesopotamians believed in both gods and ________.
Where are the Iroquois located?
Upstate New York
The was the primary trade river of Ancient Egypt.
The Nile River
Three states in NYC's "Tri-State Area"
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
What is a topographic map?
Map shows the elevation (height) and shape of the Earth’s surface.
What does it mean to have a surplus of food?
Have more than enough.
Circle
Walls used by Mesopotamians to keep out water
Levee
Where are the Lenape located?
NYC & Long Island
Overland trails connected Egyptians to Mesopotamians, through _______.
Sinai Peninsula
River separating Bronx from Manhattan
Harlem River
Formal name for compass on a map
Compass Rose
Who is at the very bottom of most social pyramids?
Slaves
Hammocks
Mesopotamian writing was called ___________.
Cuneiform
Name 2 of the Great Lakes in New York that Native people had canoe routes
Erie and Ontario
Largest pack animal in Egypt
Camel
What is the second most populated city in New York State?
Buffalo
Type of map that shows where certain natural things can be found. Examples include coal, oil, wood, and metals.
Resource Map
When people had enough food to eat, they could specialize in jobs instead of having to be hunters, gatherers or farmers.
Taino were ______ (believing in more than one god)
Polytheistic
Ziggurats
What language was inspired by Native American hand talk?
ASL
Coast that linked Egyptians with Jordan and Lebanon.
Mediterranean Coast
Mountain range in Northeastern New York State
Adirondacks
Name all 7 continents
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia
What did writing allow ancient civilizations to write down? Provide an example.
Laws or historical records.
Who did the Taino enslave?
Prisoners of war from invading tribes
Name a Mesopotamian city
Babylon or Ur
What major trail did the Native Americans use in New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico, enabling them to trade with the Mayans?
The Turquoise Trail
Egyptians and Native Americans both traded at __________.
Trade fairs