Map Skills/Geography
What are the cardinal directions?
North, East, South, West
What is another name of the Old Stone Age?
Paleolithic Age.
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
How were the Israelites different from other civilizations?
They were monotheistic, while others were polytheistic.
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
Name the intermediate directions.
Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast
How did Paleolithic people get their food?
Hunting and gathering.
What does polytheistic mean?
Belief in more than one/many gods.
Yahweh made the 10 __________.
Commandments
What protected Egypt in the north? South? East and west?
North: deltas
South: cataracts
East and West: deserts and Mediterranean Sea
What are lines of longitude? Name the most famous line of longitude.
Imaginary lines on the globe that run north to south and measure distances east and west. The most famous line of longitude is the Prime Meridian.
What is a nomad?
A person who travels; scavenges for food, keeps moving and doesn't settle.
Name some important Sumerian inventions.
Bronze, cuneiform, wheel, sailboat, wooden plow
How many sons did Jacob (Abraham's grandson) raise?
12
Who is Osiris?
God of death/ underworld
How many years are in a decade? In a century? Millennium?
Decade: 10 years
Century: 100 years
Millennium: 1,000 years
What is a surplus? How did it affect the lives of Neolithic/ New Stone Age people?
Surplus means more than needed to survive.
They had extra supplies, time for specializations, provided food, trading, and staying in one place.
Who made the first written law code? What is the famous saying that came from that law code.
Hammurabi
Eye for an eye
Who conquered Israel?
Assyrians
What pharaoh started their reign at only 9?
King Tut/ Tutankhamun
What is a map scale? What is another word for a map key?
Map scale: used to determine distances and the areas on a map.
Another word for map key is a map legend.
What are some examples of specialization?
Artisans, merchants, farmers, potters, jewelers, weapon makers, basket weavers, house builders.
What does the acronym GRAPES stand for?
Geography Religion Achievements Politics Economics Social Structure
The god that the Israelites believed in was...
Yahweh
Who unified Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
Menes also known as Narmer