Geography
The directions north, east, South, and west
cardinal directions
A decade
10 years
A nomad
Someone that moves from place to place
A belief in many gods
Astronomy
The study of stars and planets
The directions northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest
intermediate directions
A century
100 years
Old Stone Age
Paleolithic Age
In between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The Fertile Crescent
Narmer is also known as what? Which United
Menes which united both Upper and Lower Egypt
lines of latitude are
imaginary lines that circle the Earth from east to west
A secondary source
Hearing or knowing about something or someone without witnessing it, second hand
Domestication
The training or raising of animals to help do different jobs and have a constant food source
The Israelites were different from Mesopotamians because
Define theocracy
A from of government. Pharaohs were both political and religious leaders, They were chosen by gods and they controlled resources
A Map Key
The explanation on a map to understand it
A millennium
1,000 years
Specialization
The process of learning jobs skillfully
Some Sumerian inventions
Cuneiform a writing system, the wheel, a wooden plow, and more
At the top and bottom of the Egyption Social Class
Pyramid
The rich Pharaoh with jewlery at the top, and the priests, slaves, and workers at the bottom
A hemisphere
a half of the world
A primary source
Witnessing someone or something, first hand
How the Paleolithic people got food
hunting and gathering
Floods of the rivers helped Mesopotamian's because
it provided them with a very good rich soil for farming
The ancient Egyption belief in afterlife
They believed that Ka could live after death which led to mummification