Intro to Geography
What theme of geography describes how humans have changed a particular place?
Human Environment Interaction
The belief in many gods
polytheism
The writing of the ancient Egyptians was called
heiroglyphics
What opened up China to the rest of the world?
The pyramids were initially built as
tombs
What lines tell you the distance north or south of the equator?
latitutude
Ancient Sumerian writing was known as
cuneiform
A tablet found in 1799 and helped translate hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
Belief system that believes in harmony with nature
Daoism
Current capital of Egypt
Cairo
What line divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
The name “Mesopotamia” means
land between the rivers
True or False: The overseers were the keeper of the records
False - the scribes were the keeper of the records
A series of rulers from the same family:
dynasty
This was the first pharaoh we know about. He united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Menes
What two hemispheres are the United States in?
North and west
In a pictographic writing system, each symbol represents:
an object
This was the first pharaoh we know about. He united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Menes
What kept China isolated from the rest of the world? (name three)
Pacific Ocean, China Sea, Himalayan Mountains, Gobi Desert, etc
What was the first Chinese Dynasty that we can prove with archaeological evidence?
Shang
What is the name of the line at 0 degrees latitude?
Equator
What was the main resource civilizations were fighting over in Mesopotamia?
water
What was the name of the British archaeologist that uncovered this pharaoh’s tomb in 1922
Howard Carter
The goal of this religion is to attain Nirvana
Buddhism
The sun god
Ra