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100

When a group moves from one place to another, we call that movement this.

What is migration?

100
The line of 0 degrees longitude from which east and west locations are measured.
What is the prime meridian.
100
A dead body kept from rotting by being treated with chemicals and wrapped in cloth is called this
What is a mummy
100
This was a king of ancient Egypt.
What is a pharaoh.
100
The rich black soil of the Nile River was very...
What is fertile.
200

Geographers use lines of latitude and longitude to describe this.

What is location?

200
These lines stretch from the north pole to the south pole.
What are lines of longitude.
200
How long have people lived in Egypt?
What is 5,000 years
200
This is the direction against the flow of the river; at the upper part of a river.
What is upstream
200
How many continents are there?
What is 7.
300
This is an imaginary line which divides the Earth into a Northern hemisphere and a Southern hemisphere.
What is the equator.
300
Name the 2 branches of geography.
What are physical geography and human geography.
300
This is a dry, sandy land with little or no plant life.
What is a desert.
300
This is money paid to support a government.
What is tax.
300
Name the four hemispheres of the Earth.
What is Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western
400
This can determine what kind of plants and animals live in a certain location.
What is climate.
400
Name the two types of location.
What are absolute and relative location.
400
This is a huge stone structure with a square base and four triangle sides that meet in a point at the top. Egyptian rulers were buried in these.
What is a pyramid.
400
This is a grave, usually one that is enclosed in stone or cement.
What is a tomb.
400
Name the 7 continents.
What is Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica.
500
This is a study of Earth's surface, focusing on descriptions of places and the people who live in them.
What is geography.
500
Name the 5 themes of geography.
What are movement, place, location, interaction, and region.
500
This is a writing paper that Egyptians made from water plants of the same name.
What is papyrus.
500
This is a system of writing using pictures or symbols to represent objects, ideas, or sounds.
What is hieroglyphics.
500
Name the 5 oceans and 5 Great Lakes.
What is Southern, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior.