Geography
What two things do all geographers study?
the Earth and its people
Why did hunter-gatherers often move around?
They followed animals and seasonal plants.
What common item of life today was invented by the ancient Sumerians?
the wheel
The practice of forcing people to move from their homeland to another place far away is known as
exile
Egyptians wore cloth from a plant called
flax
What do the continents lie on?
large moving plates
What is it called when humans moved to new and distant lands?
migration
Because they worshiped many gods, the Sumerians are said to have practiced
polytheism
The belief that kings were part man and part god.
demigod
A line of rulers from the same family made up a __________ in Egypt.
dynasty
Longitude on a map measures
distances east and west of the prime meridian.
What does cave art reflect about people's views of animals?
They were central to life.
The region where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow is called __________.
Mesopotamia
The money that a conquered people is forced to pay to their conquerors in return for protection is called
tribute
The process of __________ determined the order in which members of a royal family inherited the throne.
succession
Geographers divide Earth into equal halves called
hemispheres.
What probably came about due to the need to cooperate in hunting and gathering?
language
What is a city-state?
a city with nearby villages and farmland
The world's first __________ was established by King Sargon of Akkad about 2350 B.C.
empire
A(n) ______ is a body that has been dried to prevent decay.
mummy
The map feature that lists and explains the symbols and colors used on a map is called the
legend.
Around 500,000 B.C. people learned to make and control
fire.
Around 3300 B.C., historians believe that the early Mesopotamians developed the world's first
civilization.
The region of land that curves between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea is called the
Fertile Crescent.
Why did Khufu build the Great Pyramid?
to show how great he was
Latitude on a map measures
distances north and south of the equator.
How did ancient peoples get from Siberia to modern-day Alaska?
They crossed a land bridge.
What was the main purpose of a ziggurat?
as a place for religious services
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were
an artificial mountain covered with plants and trees.
Astronomy helped ancient Egyptians develop
a calendar.
What Imaginary line of Longitude divides the world into the eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
New lands opened up to early humans thanks to
the retreat of the glaciers.
A social order ruled by a king.
monarchy
One of the oldest-surviving and most famous stories about a demigod king.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The pharaoh _________ built a city to honor himself.
Ramses II
Which of the following geography themes deals with how places are similar or different?
region
Surpluses provided ancient people with __________ what they needed to survive.
more than
What determined people's social class in Sumerian society?
their wealth and occupation
Hammurabi's Code was mainly intended to bring __________ to people living in the Babylonian Empire.
justice
What system involves bartering?
trading
If you wanted to figure out which direction you should travel in, what part of the map would you consult?
the compass rose
The rise of agriculture marked a shift away from
gathering wild plants for food.
Flooding rivers enrich the areas around them by depositing __________ on the land.
silt
Who is your favorite Social Studies teacher?
It Better Be Mr. Stone! ;-)
What did Ramses II do after claiming victory over the Hittites?
He made a peace treaty with them.
The five themes of geography are
location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction.
The shift from food gathering to food production was called the
agricultural revolution.
Why were the Sumerians able to develop the different kinds of job skills needed to have a civilization?
Food surpluses allowed people to do other work than farm.
Important king who developed an overarching set of laws for all citizens to follow.
Hammurabi
_________ was the first woman to rule as pharaoh.
Hatshepsut