Early Humans
Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
Geography
100
The study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools, or pottery.
What is Archaeology.
100
This is a region that is known for its rich soil and curved shape.
What is the Fertile Crescent
100
This river flows through Egypt
What is the Nile.
100
The tallest peak on Earth is located here in the southern border of the Tibetan Plateau.
What is the Himalayas.
100
Name the cardinal and intermediate directions.
Cardinal- NSEW Intermediate- NE, SE, SW, NW
200
During this time period, huge ice sheets, called glaciers, covered great stretches of land.
What is the Ice Age.
200
The two main rivers in Mesopotamia are?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
200
These waterfalls break up the flow of the Nile.
What is a Cataract.
200
The Chinese Language is written in what?
What is Pictographs.
200
Name two countries that border the United States.
- Mexico - Canada
300
A Long period of time before people developed systems of writing and written language.
What is Prehistory
300
A set of 282 laws established to help govern the empire in a new way. (Eye for an Eye)
What is the Code of Hammurabi.
300
Describe one gift of the Nile and two things it provided.
What is papyrus- boats, sandals, paper Water- Drinking, bathing, crops Food- Hunting in marshes, fish Travel- Trade, war, transportation
300
Name the two main rivers in China.
What is the Huang He River or Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
300
The imaginary line that runs around the center of the Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the Equator.
400
How did peoples lives change during the Stone Age?
They began to use more complicated tools, domesticated animals for food and farmed.
400
A series of stacked rectangular platforms that formed a huge pyramid-shaped structure.
What is a Ziggurat.
400
A triangular shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that looks like fingers spread out.
What is a Delta
400
This was a route that connected China to the rest of the world. This allowed for imported and exported goods.
What is The Silk Road.
400
Imaginary lines on Earth that between the North and South Poles.
Lines of longitude or meridians.
500
When the seas were lower, a vast area of land formed. This formation was over 1,000 miles long. What was it called?
What is the Bering Strait.
500
This King of Babylon built the Hanging Gardens.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II
500
Who was King Tut?
Acceptable Answers...
500
This man was a teacher of morals, or deciding what is right or wrong. He valued order, harmony, and ways of making the world right.
Who is Confucius.
500
What are three facts about Meridians?
Meridians run in a north-south direction, they are not parallel, they meet at the poles, they are also called lines of longitude.
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