Directions
what are the cardinal directions?
north, south, east, west
Africa
What were the rivers that ran through Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What does monotheistic mean?
Believing one god
What are Paleolithic people also known as?
Cavemen
what are the intermediate directions?
Northwest, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast
why were the pyramids made?
As a tomb for the pharaohs
Who made the first written law code?
Hammurabi
What religion were the Israelites?
Jewish
How did they get their food?
Hunting and gathering berries
lines of latitude go from __ to __ on the earth
west to east
What river went through Egypt?
The Nile River
What are some Sumerian inventions?
Cuneiform, wheel, sailboat
What god did they believe?
Yahweh
What is a nomad?
Someone who moves from place to place, typically with a group
the prime meridian divides the earth into a(n) __ side and a(n) __ side
East side and West side
Who tried to change Ancient Egypt's religion to believing one god, named Aton?
Amenhotep IV
What was the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers nicknamed?
The Fertile Crescent
What sea were the close to?
Mediterranean Sea
What caused these early humans to be nomadic?
There would be no more or a much smaller amount of animals in an area since they have been hunted, so the nomads movie to another area with more animals.
One continent that the equator goes through is...
South America
Why did they study the stars?
To predict when the floods from the Nile River would occur
Why was the floods from the two rivers good?
They left behind silt which was good for fertilizer.
What country enslaved them?
Egypt