Vocab
Life in ancient times
Ancient places
Map Skills
100
What is a government ran by representatives of the people?
Republic
100
What resource does irrigation supply?
water
100
Best preserved ancient city in Mesopotamia
Ur
100
A desert area made fertile by the presence of water is an?
oasis
200
What is a government often ruled by military leaders who take away individual freedoms from the people?
Dictatorship
200
What is the wedge-shaped writing of the Sumerians?
cuneiform
200
The southern part of Sumer is?
Chaldea
200
An area of low, wet, soft land is a?
marsh
300
What is a large group of people who think of themselves as one and are untied under the same ruler and same general law?
Nation
300
What did the Sumerians use to stamp an article or document?
seal
300
What place is part of modern-day Israel?
Canaan
300
True or false:
The compass rose is the circular symbol on a map that identifies cardinal directions.
true
400
A government ruled by religious authority is?
Theocracy
400
The Fertile Crescent is often called the ____ civilaization.
cradle
400
Label the topography
A. canyon
B. peak
C. valley
D. sea level
E. plain
F. hill
500
Who are Arab nomads who wander from place to place with their herds and belongings?
Bedouins
500
The name Mesopotamia means "between the ____"
rivers
500
Label the map of the Fertile Crescent
A. Mediterranean Sea
B. Canaan
C. Euphrates River
D. Tigris River
E. Babylon
F. Ur
600
The name ____ means "arrow".
Tigris
600
A map scale is a box that explains what the symbols, lines, and colors on a map represent.
false; map key
700
The name Euphrates means "that which makes ___"
fruitful
700
GPS is a computer navigation system based on satellite technology.
true
