Geography
Social Studies Concepts
Early Humans
Mesopotamia/Israelites
Egypt
100

The directions north, south, east and west

Cardinal directions

100

The amount of years in a decade

10

100
Another name for Old Stone Age

Paleolithic

100

The continent Mesopotamia is on.

Asia

100

The continent Egypt is located on.

Africa

200

The directions northeast, southwest, southeast, and northwest

Intermediate directions

200

The amount of years in a century

100

200

Another name for New Stone Age 

Neolithic

200

The name of the area between the Tigris and Euphrates river.

The Fertile Creasent

200

The person on the top of the social class pyramid.

The pharaoh

300

To know the directions on a map

Compass rose

300

a second hand source(ex: replica of mayflower boat)

secondary source

300

A person who moves from place to place

Nomad

300

Belief in more than one god.

Polytheistic

300

A government that priests control, Pharaoh had immense power being both political leaders.

Theocracy

400

To know the maps subject and geographic area

Map title

400

The amount of time in a millennium

1,000

400

The process of adapting animals for human use.

Domestication

400

TRUE or FALSE: the Israelites were different because they were polytheistic.

False, they were monotheistic.

400

The reason ancient Egyptians studied the stars.

To create a calendar and know when the Nile will flood.

500

To know the relationship between two distances from place to place

Map scale

500

TRUE or FALSE: When reading a timeline and computing the number of years between two events in the SAME time period you must subtract the two numbers. When computing the number of years between two events in the DIFFERENT time periods you must add the two numbers.

True

500

Organized and planned cultivation of cross and the domestication of animals. 

Systematic agriculture

500

Responsible for the first written laws.

Hammurabi.

500

Achievements of Narmer/Menes

Established a new capital, created the First Dynasty and introduced hieroglyphics.

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