Early Humans
The study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools, or pottery.
What is Archaeology.
this is a rich soil that was good for growing crops and helped the early mesopotamians develop agriculture. hint* it was caused by the flooding of the river.
silt
what was egypt nicknamed
the gift of the nile
The tallest peak on Earth is located here in the southern border of the Tibetan Plateau.
What is the Himalayas.
Name the cardinal directions.
Cardinal- NSEW
During this time period, huge ice sheets, called glaciers, covered great stretches of land.
What is the Ice Age.
The two main rivers in Mesopotamia are?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
These waterfalls break up the flow of the Nile.
What is a Cataract.
The Chinese Language is written in what?
What is Pictographs.
Name two countries that border the United States.
- Mexico - Canada
to tame an animal or plant so it can live with people
domesticate
A set of 282 laws established to help govern the empire in a new way. (Eye for an Eye)
What is the Code of Hammurabi.
list 3 ways the nile helped egypt grow into a civilization
Drinking, bathing, crops Food- Hunting in marshes, fish Travel- Trade, war, transportation
Name the two main rivers in China.
What is the Huang He River or Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
The imaginary line that runs around the center of the Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the Equator.
How did peoples lives change during the Stone Age?
They began to use more complicated tools, domesticated animals for food and farmed.
A series of stacked rectangular platforms that formed a huge pyramid-shaped structure.
What is a Ziggurat.
A triangular shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that looks like fingers spread out.
What is a Delta
This was a route that connected China to the rest of the world. This allowed for imported and exported goods.
What is The Silk Road.
Imaginary lines on Earth that between the North and South Poles.
Lines of longitude or meridians.
a group of people with no permanent home that moves from place to place in search of food and shelter
What is the Bering Strait.
This King of Babylon built the Hanging Gardens.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II
name 2 famous kings of egypt?
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This man was a teacher of morals, or deciding what is right or wrong. He valued order, harmony, and ways of making the world right.
Who is Confucius.
list 3 types of physical features?
plains, rivers, oceans, deserts etc..