History
This ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza along the Nile River.
What is Ancient Egypt?
By land area, this is the largest continent on Earth.
What is Asia?
This term refers to a group’s shared beliefs, customs, traditions, and ways of life.
What is culture?
In this system of government, citizens have the power to vote for their leaders.
What is democracy?
This is the main purpose of money in an economy
What is buying and selling goods and services?
This global conflict, fought from 1939 to 1945, involved most of the world’s major powers.
What is World War II?
Often taught as the world’s longest river, this African river flows north into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
With over a billion speakers, this language has the most native speakers worldwide.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
This document outlines a nation’s basic laws, structure of government, and citizens’ rights.
What is a constitution?
This economic concept explains how prices change based on how much of something is available and how badly people want it.
What is supply and demand?
This revolution began in Great Britain and transformed economies through factories, machines, and new technologies.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
These deep-ocean features release superheated, mineral-rich water and support ecosystems without sunlight.
What are hydrothermal vents?
The spread of food, music, technology, and ideas across borders is an effect of this global process.
What is globalisation?
This principle prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
This occurs when prices rise over time, reducing how much people can buy with the same amount of money.
What is inflation?
This vast network of trade routes connected East Asia with Europe and helped spread goods, ideas, and religions.
What is the Silk Road?
Many major cities developed near these features because they provided trade routes, transportation, and fresh water.
What are rivers or coastlines?
When two or more languages influence each other through long-term contact, this type of language often develops.
What is a creole language?
In this type of government, power is held by a single leader or small group without free elections.
What is a dictatorship?
This economic strategy improves efficiency by allowing workers or countries to focus on specific tasks or products.
What is specialization?
This 1919 treaty ended World War I but also helped create conditions that led to the rise of Nazism in Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
These two geographic factors largely determine why tropical regions are warm while polar regions are cold.
What are latitude and sunlight angle?
These cultures are often at risk due to globalization, language loss, and economic pressure.
What are indigenous cultures?
This democratic principle requires government leaders to follow the law and be held accountable for their actions.
What is the rule of law?
During a recession, governments may use this action to stimulate demand and create jobs.
What is increased government spending?