Geography Vocab
This word means worship of 1 god
What is monotheism?
An early ancestor of humans
What is a hominid?
These are materials found in the earth that people need and value.
What are natural resources?
This word in Greek means Between the Rivers in Greek and civilization started here.
What is Mesopotamia?
This word means the worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
Patterns of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time
What is climate?
This word means capable of growing crops and vegetation
What is fertile?
CE stands for this
What is Common Era?
This is a land with different territories and people under one ruler.
What is an empire?
This abbreviation stands for before common era
What is BCE?
This word means entirely surrounded by land; having no coastline or seaport
What is Landlocked?
What does BCE stand for
What is before common era?
This word describes the physical and human characteristics of a location
What is place?
This curved area of fertile land encompasses Mesopotamia and part of Egypt
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This is a city and its surrounding territories that has its own independent government and laws. It is made up of a city and its surrounding country side.
What is a city-state?
this word means around a certain time period.
What is circa?
What is the Paleolithic Era?
this is the use of man made waterways to waterways to water crops.
What is irrigation?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This Babylonian king created a written set of laws that is often described as "An Eye for an Eye"
Who is Hammurabi?
This study of the past relies on studying objects left behind by people
What is an archaeology?
The event in which early humans switched from hunting and gathering to farming
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
This word describes the movement of people OUT of an area
What is emigration?
This term describes workers specializing in specific jobs or tasks.
What is the division of labor?
This term means a division of society based on rank and class
What is social hierarchy?