Early River Civilizations
What are civilizations?
groups of people living together who share ideas and who have government, religion, cities, writing, art...
What is the study of the past?
history
Which theme answers the question, "Where is it?"
Location
What is a flat drawing?
map
What are physical (land) features (characteristics of a place)?
landforms such as mountains, lakes, rivers, valleys, coast
What covered much of the earth during the ice age?
Glaciers
The people who control what happens in a country are called?
The Government
Which theme answers the question, "Where is it?"
Location
What is round and about the same shape as the Earth?
A Globe
What are cultural characteristics?
Religion, Food, language, dance, art, etc.
Why did people settle near rivers?
For drinking water and to irrigate or water their crops.
The study of oceans, mountains, countries, and weather is called?
Geography
Which theme explains how people and goods move from one place to another ?
movement
What does a physical map show?
Landforms (lakes, rivers, mountains, plains, )
Name that theme. People throw trash on the ground and the trash goes into the ocean, or people cut down trees to build roads.
Human-Environment Interaction
Why did they build the Great Wall of China?
to keep enemies away.
The way money, goods, and services are made and used are?
economics
Which theme explains how humans use or change the environment?
Human-Environment Interaction
What does a political map show?
Countries, States, Cities, and borders
Name that Theme. If you travel from the United States to Canada this is ___________________.
Movement
Write 3 ways the three Ancient River Civilizations(Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China) are similar to each other.
-all had a government
-all lived next to rivers
-all had a system of writing
-all had religions
What are goods?
What are some examples?
Things people make or grow to sell.
ex: Clothes, Toys, food, etc.
Which theme explains how areas share at least one thing that is the same? (Examples: Middle East, Southestern United States)
Region
What are two things time lines show?
Events and dates or time
Name that theme. Atlanta is the capital city of the state of Georgia. Georgia is a state in the United States of America.
Location- answers the question, "Where is it?"