Geography Key Terms
Geogrpahy Pictures
Ancient Civilizations
Map Skills
Types of maps
100
Written and other recorded events of people.
What is history
100
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What is ABC?
100
An organized list of laws and rules.
What is code
100
This is the part of a map that explains the symbols and colours on the map.
What is map key
100
Shows the land separated into countries.
What is a political map?
200
Stories told by word of mouth about a particular culture.
What is oral traditions?
200
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What is DEF?
200
groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent.
What is cuneiform.
200
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is a compass rose
200
Shows the average weather conditions of a region or place.
What is a climate map?
300
To adapt - plants and/or animals from the wild for human use.
What is domesticate?
300
Picture 3
What is LMN?
300
The king of Babylon from about 1792B.C. to 1750 B.C.; creator of the Babylonian Empire.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
This means a loss of accuracy or clarity on a map.
What is distortion?
300
Shows the physical conditions of a region or place, such as mountains, forests, etc.
What is an environment map?
400
Having more than is needed.
What is surplus?
400
Picture 4
What is PQR?
400
This told the people what was expected of them and their punishment for infractions; told people of Babylonia how to settle conflicts in all areas of life.
What is Hammurabi's code?
400
Contains these five components: key, compass rose, title, borders and a scale
What is the five components of a "good"/professional map.
400
Shows how many people live in a particular area.
What is population density map?
500
A society with cities, a central government, job specialization and social classes.
What is civilization?
500
Picture 5
What is XYZ?
500
They used symbols to represent particular words and today we use letters to create words.
Difference between early forms of writing and writing used today?
500
Location, places, regions, movement and human-environment interaction represent...
What is the five themes of geography.
500
Shows how people make money.
What is an economy map?
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