What challenges should growing cities prioritize?
Term for areas that are part of a city or town. These places have lots of buildings, roads, and people. Think of big cities like New York or London—that's city-living or _______ -living.
Urban
Which civilization was first?
Mesopotamia
A _______________ is a moment or event that causes a significant change in the course of something, like history or a person’s life. An important change.
Turning Point
An object made or used by people in the past; the objects and evidence people leave behind
Artifact
Playstation!
Term for areas or the type of living that is far away from cities and towns, where there are fewer people, and the land is mostly open, with fields, farms, or forests. For example, living on a farm in the countryside is a ___________ lifestyle.
Rural
Which civilization developed along the Nile River?
Ancient Egypt
The name of the change that happened gradually, starting around 10,000 years ago.
Agricultural Revolution
An expert who finds and studies artifacts to study the past
Archeologist
What is Mr. Brody's favorite NFL team? / Which NFL Team is winning the Super Bowl this year?
The Minnesota Vikings
The process or shift from rural living to urban living. When more people move from the countryside to live in cities, and cities grow bigger.
Urbanization
Which civilization developed near the Indus River Valley?
________ is when there is more of something than what is needed or used. For example, if a farmer grows more food than their family can eat, the extra food is a ____________.
Surplus
These experts act like detectives. They carefully examine ancient art and artifacts and then draw conclusions about early humans.
As each new clue is discovered, ________ may need to change their understandings. A geographer is one type of these.
Social Scientist
What is Mr. Brody's favorite NBA team?
The Minnesota Timberwolves
What is Tokyo's challenge described in the article "Big Cities, Big Challenges"?
Earthquakes
What are FOUR of the characteristics of civilization? (There are eight)
___________ is the process of taming wild animals or plants to live and grow in close contact with humans. And breeding them for human needs.
Domestication
Where are the Lascaux Caves?
France
Minnesota is known as "the land with 10,000 ______."
lakes
What are TWO of Shanghai's challenges described in the article "Big Cities, Big Challenges"?
water pollution
air pollution
overcrowding/overpopulation
traffic
What is infrastructure?
Infrastructure is the basic buildings and systems needed for a city or town to work, like roads, bridges, water supply, and electricity.
What are TWO contemporary turning points? You read about four of them in the assignment "Contemporary Turning Points" assignment.
The printing press
The wheel
The refrigerator
The plow
made by children or people using their fingers to press or scrape soft rock surfaces. These markings are found in caves and are considered one of the earliest forms of human expression. Some researchers think children may have created them while playing or experimenting.
Finger Flutings
What kind of moto does Mr. Brody drive?
a) Honda XR 150
b) Honda CRF 300
c) Kawasaki KLR 650
d) Kawasaki KLX 300
d) Kawasaki KLX 300