[ Chapter 2 S.S. ]
What was life like in the old stone age?
Scientists tell us that people in the Old Stone age moved a lot or are nomads
Who created Iliad and the Odieyssey?
Homer
Define deposition.
The process by which sediment comes to a rest.
Who was Confusious?
A strike-slip fault is a result of what stress?
Sheer stress.
What did the first paleontoligests divide the prehistory of man into?
Stone age, Bronze age, Iorn age
What is the middle day of the month in the roman calender?
Ides
What is the rock cycle?
The series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another.
how many chinese dynastys are there?
there were four dynsastys.
What is a normal fault?
The hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall.
What is the Rossetta stone?
The Rosetta is a dictionary that has the achiant Greek language and two forms of the achiant Egyptian
Define ransom.
A price to be paid before a captive is set free
Define uplift.
The rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations.
What was the first chinese dynasty?
it was the Shang dynasty
What is a reverse fault?
where the hanging wall moves up relitave to the footwall
What is an ibis?
A wading bird related to the Heron
Where is Italy located?
It is on the eastern side of the Italian Peninsula
Define subsidence.
The sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations.
Define a magistrate.
An officer of the government who has the power to enforce laws.
What is a strike-slip fault?
The fault blocks move past eachother horizantally
Who was Tutankahmun?
Tutankhamun was a king/Pharaoh of ancient Egypt.
What is a nickname for the Italian island "Sicily"?
Football
What is a rift zone?
an area where a set of deep cracks form.
When was the Zhou dynasty?
It was 1122-221 B.C.
How do fault block mountains form?
They form when tension makes the lithosphere break into many normal faults