Geography
intermidiate directions
north and south west and north and south east
How did old stone age people get food?
hunting and gathering
What continent is Mesopotamia on?
Asia
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
Map title
describes the purpose of the map
famos line of latitude
Equator
Another name for the old stone age is?
Paleolithic Age
Sumerian inventions are
cuneiform, wheels sailboats wooden plow and bronze
Describe the beliefs of Egyptians afterlife?
It would be better than life on earth
Map Key
show symbols that explain the map and is also called the map legend
famos line of longitude
Prime Meridian
What is a surpluss?
A lot more food then they need
How did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates river help the people of mesopotamia?
provided silt creating fertile soil for farming
Who is on the top of the social class pyramid?
Pharaoh and family members
Map Scale
unit of measurement such as an inch used to represent the distance between two points on a map
How many Continents are there and what are their names?
Seven, North and South America Africa Asia Australia Antartica and Europe
What is domestication?
To tame or train animals for human use
who was responsible for the first written law code?
Hammurabi
What is Narmers achievements?
he united upper and lower Egypt and began dynastic rule.
compass rose
circular drawing showing the cardinal direction and sometime intermediate directions on a map
Millennium?
1,000 years
What is specialization?
the act of training for a particular job
what does the acronym G.R.A.P.E stand for?
geopgraphy, religion, achievements, politics, economics, social structure
Define theocracy
a government where the same person is both the political and religious leader
cardinal directions
north south east and west