Geography
An expert who studies thepast by examining objects.
What is an archaeologist?
the old stone age
What is paleolithic?
fine particles of rock
What is silt?
the main river in Egypt
What is the Nile River?
land that is surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
before written history
What is prehistoric?
What is neolithic?
Two rivers that flow from the mountains of Turkey
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
a large body of water north of Egypt
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
form of government where people held power by voting on laws
What is a democracy?
an object made or used by people from the past
What is an artifact?
growing crops and raising animals
What is agriculture?
The land between two rivers (it is called Iraq these days)
What is Mesopotamia?
the continent Egypt is located on
What is Africa?
a government where a king is in charge
What is a monarchy?
imaginary lines that measures north or south of the Equator
What are latitudes (or parallels)?
people who move from place to place
What is a nomad?
a way to supply land with water
What is irrigation?
the leader or king in ancient Egyptian times
What is a pharaoh?
city-state where democracy first flourished
What is Athens?
a type of map that shows you land features like elevation and mountains
What is a physical map?
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
What is domesticate?
an early city that was independant and had its own laws and government
What is a city-state?
the plant Egyptians used to make "paper" and many other items
What is papyrus?
city-state in Greece where military power was most valued
What was Sparta?