Section 1
What are two helpful tools in geography?
maps and globes
What is the name of the line that runs horizontally around the center of Earth?
equator
What are the four cardinal directions?
north, south, east, and west
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
the transition from hunting and gathering to farming
Why did the population of farming societies begin to grow?
farmers could grow enough food to have a surplus; they had more food than needed, so people could be fed
What explains what each shape or symbol used on a map means?
map key
What indicates the orientation of north and other directions on a map?
compass rose
What is a dry region that receives little rainfall and cannot support much vegetation?
desert
Ice Age
What are three ways prehistoric people specialized in providing goods and services?
weavers, pottery, building, merchants, metalworkers, soldiers, priests
What divides a map into sections?
map grid
What is the name of the line that runs vertically between the North Pole and South Pole?
The Prime Meridian
What is half of a sphere; one of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator or by the prime meridian?
hemisphere
Why were hunters and gatherers able to stop wandering from place to place?
the earth grew warmer, they could grew crops and learned to farm.
What are four things prehistoric people used to barter with each other?
cattle, pigs, textiles, silk, wool, pottery, baskets, foods
What are three types of landforms that make up physical geography?
lake, river, plain, mountain, desert, ocean
What tells what information is shown on a map?
map title
What describes a location on Earth's surface in relation to the equator?
lines of latitude
What does it mean for a plant or animal to be domesticated?
to tame in order to keep or grow, as with a wild animal or a wild plant
Explain why prehistoric people who specialized in different things were interdependent.
They depended on each other for food, clothing, and tools; they traded goods and services they didn’t produce themselves.
If a country is in low latitudes, what type of climate would the country have?
very warm
What are the four intermediate directions?
northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
What describes a location on Earth's surface in relation to the prime meridian?
lines of longitude
How did the domestication of plants and animals change the way prehistoric people lived?
They didn’t have to gather food every day because they could grow crops and eat their animals, they had food in the winter, they could stay in one place.
How did these parts of life change for prehistoric people in the Agricultural Revolution?
How Did People Spend Their Time:
people had time to specialize because they didn’t have to spend all of their time looking for food.