Geography
This symbol on a map contains all four cardinal directions.
What is a compass rose.
The earliest humans of the paleolithic era acquired their food by doing this.
What is hunting and gathering?
All civilizations began in river valleys. These two rivers created a region of fertile land known as Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
All civilizations began in river valleys. This river flooded annually in Egypt, depositing rich silt that was perfect for farming (even in the middle of a desert).
What is the Nile?
All civilizations began in river valleys. These two rivers begin in the Himilayas and end in the Indian Ocean, which supplied the people of India with fertile land to farm on.
What are the Indus and Ganges rivers?
A scale.
This invention began what was known as the Neolithic revolution, leading to the start of all civilization as we know it today.
What is farming or agriculture?
This form of writing developed in Mesopotamian civilizations.
What is cuneiform?
This form of writing developed in Ancient Egypt using pictures and symbols.
This is the name for the social structure of India which is closely associated with Hinduism.
What is the caste system?
If you want to know what a symbol on a map means, you would look here.
What is a key/legend?
These people moved from place to place.
What are nomads?
What is Hammurabi's Code?
In the Theocracy of Ancient Egypt, this is the name for the ruler who is both the head of the government and religion.
What is a pharaoh?
This religious belief system spread to China after being founded in India which focuses on principles as the four noble truths and the eightfold path.
What is Buddhism?
On a map, these imaginary lines form a grid system that help us find locations through coordinates.
What is Latitude and Longitude?
This is the term for taming wild animals to be used and owned for human service.
What is domestication?
What is a city-state?
This was the purpose of the pyramids, that were actually built by skilled craftsmen and not slaves.
This religion subscribes to concepts such as Dharma, Karma, Reincarnation, and the Caste System. Even though it appears to have many gods (polytheism), it actually has one god (monotheism) who takes many forms.
What is Hinduism?
These are the 5 themes of Geography (hint MR HELP).
What are Movement, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, and Place?
This branch of social science involves the digging up of artifacts and fossils that is the primary reason we know anything about the prehistoric world?
What is archaeology?
This is a term for someone who specializes in writing and often holds high positions in society.
What is a scribe?
This is the purpose of mummification.
What is to preserve the body for the afterlife.
Much like the desert, Nile delta, and cataracts did for Egypt, the Himilayas, Eastern and Western Ghats, Indian Ocean, and Thar Desert provided ______ that ensured the survival of India for thousands of years.
What is (geographical) protection?