Latitude and longitude
Is the equator a longitudinal or a latitudinal line?
latitudinal
How many continents are there?
7
What is a surplus?
More of a resource than is needed to survive
Why did ancient Egyptian study the stars?
to predict the next flood
what did Sumerians invent?
Cuneiform, the wheel, and the sailboat
What would you use to measure distance east and west of the prime meridian?
longitude
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
What is domestication?
to tame or train animals for human use
How did ancient Egyptians believe in gods?
They believed there was a god in charge for everything
What religion was Israelite's?
Monotheistic
What is another name for latitude lines?
Parallels
which continent is the farthest from the equator?
Antarctica
What is systematic agriculture?
The organized growing of food on a regular basis
What power did pharaohs have?
They had the power to control all of Egypt
What does monotheistic mean?
The belief in one god
what is another name for lines of longitude?
Meridians
Which continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
How did river floods help with farming?
Why did pharaohs have so much power?
People of ancient Egypt believed pharaohs were descendants of gods
Who wrote the first set of laws?
Hammurabi
What divides a globe into Eastern and Western hemispheres?
The prime meridian
Which continent is Greece located on?
Europe
Where were farmers ranked on the social pyramid?
The middle
What geographical feature of ancient Egypt protect them from invasions in the north?
The marshy land of the Nile Delta
What is the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers called?
The fertile crescent