Intro to Geography
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction
What type of Government did Athens have?
Democracy
What does MANIA stand for?
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination
What was the "lifeline" of Egyptian civilization?
The Nile River
Describing a location in relation to another place (ex. Connecticut is east of New York) is an example of…
Relative location
What global sporting event was founded in Greece?
The Olympics
The Cold War was between what two countries?
US and USSR
What was the system of writing developed in Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
1. Belief in multiple gods
2. Belief in one god
1. Polytheism
2. Monotheism
Which Roman political figure was murdered by the senate (including his friend Brutus)?
Julius Caesar
What two alliances formed during WWII?
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Who was the first female pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
In this economy, economic decisions (property, production, prices) are made by the government (Hint: Communism)
Command
What two city-states fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta
Who was assassinated?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Pharaoh’s and wealthy individuals would be mummified and placed in a...
Sarcophagus
Government in which a small group of people hold power (Not necessarily elected & usually hold some sort of status)
Oligarchy
Name the famous painters of the Renaissance (Hint: Think of a popular cartoon)
Leonardo Da Vinci
Raphael
Donatello
Michelangelo
Where did the United States drop the atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What plant grew along the Nile? (Used to make paper, cloth, sails, etc.)
Papyrus