Timelines
Before Common Era; All years prior to year 1
BCE
Tool used to measure directions on a map, including north, south, east, and west
Compass Rose
The crescent-shaped region of the Middle East where civilizations first began
Fertile Crescent
Geographic features that serves as the source of life for Egypt; flows south to north into the Mediterranean Sea
Nile River
The dividing line that goes between east and west; divides earth between northern and southern hemispheres
Equator
Common Era; All years after year 1
CE
Tool that lists and explains the symbols and use of color on the map
Map Key
Set of laws written by the Babylonian king of Mesopotamia; included "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth"
Code of Hammurabi
Egyptian form of writing; over 700 letters and symbols
Hieroglyphics
Egyptian belief in life after death
Afterlife
A line used to list events and/or years in chronological order
Timeline
Half of the earth; divided between north and south, or east and west
Hemisphere
Mesopotamia's form of writing; written on clay tablets
Cuneiform
Term used for the male or female leader of Egypt
Pharaoh
The dividing line that runs between North Pole and South Pole; divides earth between eastern and western hemispheres
Prime Meridian
A period of 10 years
Decade
Measures distance north or south of the Equator
Latitude
System of levees and canals used to bring water from water to farms
Irrigation
Periods of unity in Egyptian history; Old, Middle, and New _______.
Kingdom
Egyptian practice of drying and wrapping a body in order to preserve it; meant to prolong a person's journey into the afterlife
Mummification
A period of 100 years
Century
Tool used to show the ratio between a unit of length on the map and a unit of distance on the earth
Scale
Large city areas surrounded by farming communities; each contained their own king, military, and gods.
City-State
Social Classes
Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region are the ____ _________ ____ _______________.
Five Themes of Geography