Geography
Social Studies Concepts
Early Humans
Mesopotamia/Israelites
Egypt
100

The directions north, south, east and west

Caridnal directions

100

Invisible lines that wrap around the earth horizontally and measures the distance from the Prime Meridian

Meridians

100

A person who lives place to place

Nomad

100

The area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers

Fertile Crescent

100

Another name for king Narmer

Menes

200

The number of continents on earth

7

200

A pyramid that has the people with the most power at the top and the least at the bottom

Social pyramid

200

The taming or training of animals for help

Domestication

200

Training for a job

Specialization

200

The longest and most versatile river in Egypt

The Nile

300

The directions northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest.

Intermediate directions

300

The most important line of latitude

Equator

300

The two ways to get food in the early days of humans

Hunting and gathering

300

The belief in one god

Monotheism

300

The process of drying a body and wrapping it

Mummification

400

Example: A diary

Primary source

400

To go from North America to Europe, you must go ______

East

400

The greatest human invention in the early years

Fire
400

The first law code

Hammurabi's Code

400

Where kings were buried

Valley of The Kings
500

Example: Biography

Secondary source

500

A map that shows historical events

Historical map

500

Where humans commonly stayed

Forests
500

The creators of cuneiform

Sumerians

500

The middle of the social pyramid

Scribes

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