Vocab
An object made by people
What is an artifact?
First large army to use iron weapons
Assyrians
Structures built that lead to advances in math and science
What are the pyramids?
Imaginary lines that circle the Earth from pole to pole
What is longitude?
Water contained inside of the Earth's crust
What is groundwater?
Earth's features in terms of their locations, shapes and relationships to another
The first woman to rule Egypt
Hatshesput
Continents completely surrounded by water
Australia and Antarctica
What is latitude?
What is a subcontinent?
A person's personal duty, based on the individual's place in society
What is dharma?
The first Sumerian kings were
What are war heroes?
Contained religious objects and served as places of worship
What are pyramids?
Map feature that indicates north, south, east and west
What is a compass rose?
The center of the earth
What is the core?
A private teacher
What is a guru?
Wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life
Hammurabi
City that had a huge temple and small pyramids
What is Meroe?
Does not distort physical reality, so it is more accurate
What is a globe?
Forces the Earth to orbit the sun
What is gravity?
Sacred books that recorded Aryan hymns, stories, poems, and prayers
What are vedas?
Jews who lived out of Judah; Greek word that means "scattered"
What is diaspora?
Government led by Kings and Priests
What is Mesopotamia?
A place that is united by one or more common characteristics
What is a region?
Mountain range that is a natural border to the Indus Valley
What are the Himalayas?