Geography/Map Skills
What is climate?
The average weather over a long period of time
What is a city-state?
A city with its own government
What are pyramids?
Tombs for pharaohs
What is Hinduism?
One of the oldest religions, developed in India
What is a dynasty?
A ruling family
What is culture?
The beliefs, customs, language, and way of life of a group of people
What does Mesopotamia mean?
“Land between the rivers”
Where is Egypt located?
In Northeast Africa along the Nile River
What is Buddhism?
A religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
What is the Silk Road?
A trade route connecting China to Europe
What is geography?
The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.
Why is Mesopotamia called the “Cradle of Civilization”?
It was one of the first places where civilizations developed
What are hieroglyphics?
A system of picture writing
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
The founder of Buddhism (the Buddha)
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The belief that rulers are chosen by heaven
What is relative location?
Where a place is in relation to another place
Who was Hammurabi?
A king of Babylon who created a code of laws
What is the Ba and Ka?
The Ba is the personality or identity of the person. The Ka is the life force of the person.
What river supported early Indian civilization?
The Indus River
What is Doaism
The belief of living in harmony or Yin and Yang
What are the five themes of geography?
Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Region
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
One of the first written law codes
What is Duat?
The Egyptian afterlife or the Underworld.
How was nirvana gained?
By entering a state of peace and freedom from suffering.
What is Confucianism?
A system of ethical teachings or moral conduct