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Ancient Egypt
Economics
Geography
Culture
Silk Road
100
What major land feature did Egypt settle around or near?
Egypt settled around the Nile River.
100
What two goods were traded in Ancient Africa that allowed Islam to spread throughout the continent?
Gold and salt
100
What is geography?
Study of the earth's surface.
100
Which factor of culture deals with money?
Economics
100
How did the silk road begin?
Europeans saw Persians wearing silk and knew that they didn't make it-- they ventured out to try and find the source of this amazing fabric.
200
The Nile River does this annually:
The Nile River floods annually.
200
The value of a trade good is determined by what?
The supply of that good (how much of it there is) and the demand of that good (how much it is needed).
200
Gold is a finite resource because of what reason?
It is a nonrenewable resource - it is from outer space!
200
The land, the climate, and the weather are all parts of which factor of culture?
Geography
200
The secret to the production of what valuable good was punishable by death in China?
Silk was kept a secret.
300
Why is Upper Egypt located at the bottom part of the map of Ancient Egypt?
The Nile River flows North being a lower elevation.
300
Besides goods, what other important things are traded when two country's trade?
Ideas, religion, inventions
300
Why were the deserts important to Ancient Egypt?
The provided protection from invaders.
300
The rules, norms, laws, and leaders all effect a culture in what way?
Political
300
What major man-made landmark helped protect travelers along the silk road?
The Great Wall of China
400
Besides water, what did the annual floods bring to help farmers?
There was silt left behind creating fertile soil for growing crops.
400
What two civilization did Ancient Egypt trade with?
Kush and Canaan
400
Name at least three things that a civilization must consider when starting a civilization.
Ongoing food source, water, protection, resources for trade, routes for transportation and trade.
400
Culture is influenced by interactions with other people and other civilizations. What is this referred to?
Social influences
400
What three major regions exchanged goods and ideas along the silk road?
Asian, African, and European regions.
500
What does watering of land means through canals or pipes?
This means irrigation.
500
When two societies rely on one another for a resource, it is called what?
Interdependence
500
What is another term for "farming"?
Agriculture
500
Commonly accepted expectations are referred to as what?
Cultural norms
500
Because of the silk road, this religion spread into China from India.
Buddhism