Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent
Area of fertile land..Another name for Mesopotamia
What is the longest river in the world
Nile
What river is known as China's sorrow
Yellow or Huang He
What is a peninsula?
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
What river did the Romans settle near?
Tiber River
What is irrigation?
Which way does Nile River flow
South to North
Why is China isolated? Name 2 reasons
Great distances, mountains,
What does maritime mean
Sea based culture
What country is Rome in?
Italy
What is surplus?
More than what is needed
Name one natural barrier in Egypt/Nubia
Cataracts, Desert
What is the mountain range in China we learned about named
Himalayas
What is a polis
Greek word for city-state
What did Rome build their civilization on?
Hills
What is a city-state?
city with surrounding farmland
Where is Nubia located in relation to Egypt
South
What was the staple crop of China
Rice
What is a colony
Foreign settlement in a distant land
Rome's climate is similar to what place in America
Southern California
Tigris and Euphrates
What is a delta
Triangle shaped fertile land
Rainy, tropical climate
Why did the Greeks have to trade
Lack of resources
In what year did Mount Vesuvius erupt on Pompeii
79 CE