Geography Category
Pre-History
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus Valley
100
a list of words, phrases, or colors--usually within a box in the corner of the map--that explain the symbols that are found on the map.
What is Map Key
100
Wandering, moving about from place to place
What is Nomadic
100
The belief in many gods.
What is Polytheism
100
Belief in one God.
What is Monotheistic
100
Located in India, this river is considered sacred to Hindus and is used for spiritual cleansing, funeral rites, and other Hindu rituals.
What is Gange River
200
A map that shows landforms and waterways.
What is Physical Map
200
A movement from one country or region to another
What is Migration
200
A government ruled by a king or queen and their family.
What is Monarchy
200
An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
What is Hieroglyphics
200
(Hinduism and Buddhism) A person's actions determine his destiny in his next life. What you do in this life, determines the next.
What is Karma
300
The fertile land found between mountains that surrounds a river.
What is River Valley
300
An original source that informs directly, not through another person's explanation or interpretation.
What is Primary Source
300
Construction that diverts water onto farmland that should make the ground fertile.
What is Irrigation Channels
300
Large black stone that had three languages written on it. Used by archaeologist to translate Greek, Egyptian and hieroglyphics.
What is Rosetta Stone
300
a journey to a special or usual place usually for holy/ religious purposes.
What is Pilgrimage
400
Nature made features, anything that describes the features of earth.
What is Physical Features
400
a place or thing that provides something useful
What is Resources
400
An amount greater than needed...(Having extra of crops)
What is Surplus
400
ruling families usually for generations based on hereditary.
What is Dynasty
400
Two of the biggest cities in the Indus valley, famous for its grid-like city planning.
What is Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
500
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area.
What is Population
500
An expert that studies human beings, especially their physical characteristics, their origin, their environment and social relations, and their culture.
What is Anthropologists (REMEMBER: Anthropologists study beyond what they find...Archaeologists study what they find, for example bones, fossils, artifacts.)
500
Ruler of Babylon best known for his 282 code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.
Who is Hammurabi
500
States the monarch does not have to listen to earthly authority, they have the right to rule directly from the will of God.
What is Divine Right
500
The spreading and blending of different cultures. Example: Islam is practiced in many countries not just Arabia.
What is Cultural Diffusion
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