Map Skills/Geography
What are the cardinal directions?
North, south, east, west.
What do you call a person that hunted place to place to hunt?
A nomad
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
What does the word monotheistic mean?
You only believe in one god.
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
What way do lines of longitude run? (using cardinal directions)
North to South
What is surplus?
Extra food or supply that helped early humans trade.
What does the word polytheistic mean?
Who was at the top of the social pyramid?
Pharaoh and its family.
How many years are in a millennium?
1,000 years
What is domestication?
Training animals for human use.
Who made the first law code?
Hammurabi
282 Law codes
Name at least two things that protected Egyptians from invasions.
Deserts, cataracts in the Nile River, muddy Delta, etc.
What is a map scale used for?
To measure the distance between two points on a map
What is specialization?
The act of training for a particular job.
Name at least 3 Sumerian inventions.
Wheel, sailboat, wooden plow, etc.
How were the Israelites different from others?
They were monotheistic, they only believed in one god.
Why did the Ancient Egyptians study the stars?
To know when the Nile was going to flood.
Name the Seven continents
Antarctica, Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Europe
What is systematic agriculture?
The organized growing of food on a daily basis.
What does GRAPES stand for, IN ORDER
Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics Economy, Social Structure.
How did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates river help the peope of Mesopotamia?
Leaving silt on the ground, to help grow crops.
Name at least three things the Nile provided.
Water, travel, flooding for crops, etc.