Geographic Terms
Exact Location of a place on the Earth described by global coordinates
What is Absolute Location?
prince who led the Aryan tribe in India.
What is a Raja?
noble whose wealth came from land ownership.
What is an Aristocrat?
to reject.
open space in Rome that served as a marketplace and public square.
What is a Forum?
Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
What is Longitude?
rebirth of a soul or spirit in different bodies over time.
What is Reincarnation?
formal order.
What is a Mandate?
form of government in which the leader is not a king or a queen but a person elected by citizens.
What is a Republic?
period of rapidly increasing prices.
What is Inflation?
Direction opposite the flow of a river
What is Upstream?
government headed by religious leaders.
What is a Theocracy?
a character that joins two or more pictographs to represent an idea.
What is an Ideograph?
in ancient Rome a person who ruled with complete power temporarily during emergencies.
What is a Dictator?
change the tires to bring about an improvement.
What is Reform?
A large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
What is a Sea?
in Hinduism, the divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste.
What is Dharma?
taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns.
What is Daoism?
in ancient a three-person ruling group.
What is a Triumvirate?
picture made from many bits of colored glass,tile, or stone.
What is a Mosaic?
The changes in elevation over a given area of land
What is Relief?
in South Asia, a strong wind that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in the summer.
What is a Monsoon?
a group of appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government.
What is a Bureaucracy?
large farming estate in ancient Rome.
What is a Latifundia?
a person who acts as a temporary ruler.
What is a Regent?