Earth's Landforms
Population and Settlement
Paleolithic and Neolithic
Mesopotamia and Civilization in Sumer
Conquests and Empire Building
100
List 2 examples of landforms.
plains, plateaus, mountains, hills, rivers, oceans, lakes, etc.
100
Migration is
the movement of people
100
A band is a
small group of people made up of related families
100
Give an example of division of labor.
Dividing up a large job- One person or group of people plants the crops, one group of people waters the crops, one group sells the crops, etc.
100
Describe a standing army.
an army with paid, full-time soldiers
200
Experts believe that all of Earth's landmasses were once joined as one huge supercontinent called
Pangaea
200
_____________ __________________ is the way the human population is spread over Earth's surface.
Population distribution
200
The Paleolithic Age was also called the
Old Stone Age
200
Mesopotamians were polytheistic which means
they believed in more than one god
200
What does the phrase "an eye for an eye" mean?
anyone causing injury to another person would be punished with the same injury
300
A _____________ is a crack in Earth's crust along which movement occurs.
fault
300
What physical features make places easy for people to live in?
flat land near water
300
________________ is the use of knowledge and skills to make the work of everyday life easier.
Technology
300
List at least two agricultural innovations created by the Sumerians.
division of labor, wheeled carts, building dikes, reservoirs, and canals
300
Taxation means that people are made to
pay for the running of their government
400
Magma that has reached the surface is called
lava
400
People migrate because... (give at least 2 examples)
unemployment, drought, war, famine, better opportunities, inexpensive land, etc.
400
The ______ held ___________ ____________, or complete control over his city-state.
en, absolute authority
400
Who conquered Sumer, and what empire did they build?
Sargon the Great, and the Akkadian Empire
500
______________ is the carrying away of land by forces of nature.
erosion
500
The movement of people from the countryside to the cities is called
urbanization
500
How does trade work? What components must be involved?
trade is the fair exchange of goods
500
A bureaucracy is a
governing group made up of nonelected officials.
500
How did Hammurabi's code affect the Babylonian Empire?
Kept order, prevented trouble, the strong could not oppress the weak, covered almost every part of daily life, "fair" punishment
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