Unit 1:Geography
The horizontal lines on a map.
Lines of Latitude
A period of one hundred years.
A Century
This King of Babylon is credited with one of humanities earliest legal codes.
Hammurabi
This river grants fertility to Egypt, and provides the conditions that allow life to thrive.
The Nile
A word used to describe a religion in which people believe in the existence of multiple or many gods and goddesses.
Polytheistic.
The part of a map that explains what the symbols on that map mean.
The key or legend.
To move around from place to place, never settling down in one location.
Nomadic
The first written language, invented around 3300 BCE
Cuneiform
The language created by ancient Egyptians, most commonly written on the walls of temples and tombs.
Hieroglyphics.
A person forced to flee from their home.
Refugee.
Permanently moving to or from a location.
Migration
To train animals and keep them as pets and livestock
Domestication
These people are believed to be the earliest civilization, creating their own written language and the wheel.
The Sumerians
These people took over Egypt around 1600 BCE, bringing about the fall of the Middle Kingdom.
The Hyksos.
The burial process in ancient Egypt, preserving the body.
Mummification
Something that makes you want to migrate away from your current home.
Push Factor
This "event" saw a massive change in human life at around 10,000 BCE, resulting in the development of agriculture and permanent settlements.
The Neolithic Revolution
The Greek translation of Mesopotamia
Between Rivers
The Kingdom during which the Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx along with many other great architectural wonders were constructed.
The Old Kingdom
The process of diverting (changing the flow) of water in order to water crops further away from the initial water source.
Irrigation.
The age groups on a population pyramid.
Cohorts
Nomadic people who have domesticated animals and rely on them to survive
Pastoral(ists)
Most Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations were located near these two rivers.
The Tigris and Euphrates.
This Pharaoh was the first female ruler of Egypt.
Hatshepsut.
This Mesopotamian ruler is believed to have created history's first empire.
Sargon of Akkad.