Caribbean and Central America
What scale is used to measure the seismic activity of Earthquakes?
Moment Magnitude Scale
These are bodies of water surrounded by land on three sides
Peninsula
What is the world’s longest river?
The Nile
A demilitarized zone separates which two countries?
North and South Korea
_______________ people who hunted animals and gathered plants and fruits for food and medicine.
hunter-gatherers
A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses.
isthmus
Winds such as the _________that bring the wet seasons to southern Europe
sirocco
Ancient Mesopotamia sat between which two major Rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
East Asia includes ______and____ which stretch across the mainland.
China and Mongolia
Are a string of mountains on the western coast of South America.... *
Andes Mountains
How is food an example of cultural preservation?
Food is an expression of culture. The ingredients and how it is prepared represent the culture we are apart of.
How has Europe's long coastline benefited the continent?
What is the purpose of written language?
To record Knowledge. It is an account of a civilizations existence. Preservation of culture
Was a Chinese scholar that created a set of ideas and rules of how citizens should interact with one another
Confucious
What are the 4 factors that affect a region's climate?
*Latitude
*Elevation
*Prevailing winds
*Ocean Currents
What agreement made Puerto Rico U.S. territory?
Treaty of Paris
What was the purpose of The Peloponnesian War?
Athens declared war with Sparta for power and control
What are the four main time periods of Ancient Egypt?
Early Dynastic Period, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom
This East Asian country is an example of an archipelago
Japan
List the seven continents.
North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia, Antarctica
What are two ways to improve food security in Central America?
Improve agriculture, and improve land quality
What elements of the democracy practiced in Ancient Greece did the United States adopt?
voting. Involving common citizens in government decision making.
How did the physical geography of Ancient Egypt destabilize the region's economic and political growth, and marked the age of the Middle kingdom?
the annual floods of the Nile stopped, leaving the surrounding land dry and unfertile.
was a title given to the winning family meaning “military ruler”
Shogun
What is another term for a point symbol map?
a Thematic Map