Geography
What map part shows the relationship and distance between locations?
Scale
What is the definition of surplus?
Having more than needed
What person had absolute power in ancient Egypt?
Pharoah
Why was the great wall of China built?
To keep enemies out.
What are the 2 major city-states in ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
What are the cardinal and intermediate coordinates?
Cardinal: North, East, South, West
Intermediate: Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
The organization of a society is the definition of what vocabulary word?
Social structure
What practice did the ancient Egyptians have to prepare for the afterlife?
Mummification
What did a Qin emperor standardize in ancient China?
Currency
What continent is Greece located on?
Europe
What is the name of the latitude line that is 0°?
Equator
What is the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers called?
The Fertile Cresent
What were the 3 dynasties we studied?
Old dynasty
Middle dynasty
New dynasty
What are the 3 Chinese philosophies?
Legalism, Daoism, Confucianism
What are the 4 types of ancient Greek governments?
Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, Democracy
Illinois is located in what region of the United States?
Midwest
What geographic factors influenced early settlements?
Water, topography, vegetation
What body of freshwater was vital for the civilization of ancient Egypt?
Nile River
What was the best place to settle in ancient China?
North China Plain
The agora is an example of what component of P.E.G.S.?
Economic
What type of map show boundaries(borders) between states and countries?
Political Map
How did the people of Sumer control their water supply?
They built irrigation systems.
What are the 3 major deserts in Egypt?
Lybian Desert, Nubian Desert, Arabian Desert
The silk trade is an example of which component of P.E.G.S.?
Economic
Who became king of Macedonia in 336 BCE?
Alexander the Great