Map skills/Geography
what are the cardinal directions?
north,south,east,west
what is the opposite of the paleolithic age
neolithic age
what continent is Mesopotammia located
Asia
what is montheisum
the belief In one god
what continent is Egypt located on
Africa
how many years are in a millennium
1,000
what is surplus
more of something needed to survive
what does polytheism mean
belief in many gods
how were other civilizations different from the Isrealites
they were polytheistic and the Isrealites were montheistic
who is on the top of the social class pyramid
the phraoh and his family
what do you do when you are finding the number of years between two events from the same period
subtract
what is a nomad
a nomad is a person who moves place to place to get food
what did the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers do when they flooded
created slit for farming
what does G.R.A.P.E.S stand for
geography, religion, achevement, polities, economics, social struceture
what did Narmer (Menes) do
he united the upper and lower Egypt
what is a primary source
is a source that you get directly from a witness or something that has been there
what is system agriculture and how did it helped the people
is a fancy word for farming and that meant they could stay in one place, it also lead to specialization,and surplus
how were the codes of Hammurabi like
they were harsh and cruel like the law and eye for an eye
what were the natural barriers in the north, south, east, west
the delta in the north the cataracts in the south and the deserts in the east and west
what some examples of a secondary source
encyclopedia, biography, dictionay, replicas
what are some specializations
pottery, jewelry, weapon maker, basket maker, and house builder and much more
name some Sumerian inventions
the wheel, the potters wheel, the wooden plow, the sailboat, bronze, mathematics and astronomy, and last but not least cunieform
what is a theocracy
a political and religious leader