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Geography
Sources, Bias, Terms
Mixed Bag
Clothing
Education
100
Name of rivers in Mesopotamia, Rome, Egypt civilisations
Tigris and Euphrates, Tiber, Nile
100
What is the difference between history and archaeology?
History = written evidence, Archaeological = artefacts/objects
100
Name the four major Rivers that we have been taught about?
Tigris, Tiber, Euphrates, Nile
100
What the main clothing of Mesopotamia was made of
Wool
100
Name of Spartan military school?
agoge
200
What is the fertile crescent?
The area of fertile land between that covered Mesopotamia - it was called this because it looked like a crescent.
200
What is evidence?
What a source becomes after is it used to prove an argument.
200
Which civilisation had an area that consisted of small islands?
Greece
200
Which civilisation used flax for their basic clothing materials
Egypt
200
Age boys were sent to school in Athens and Sparta?
7 years
300
Name for a Greek City-State?
Polis
300
What is a primary source and 1 example?
A source that is written at the time
300
What do mesos and potamos mean?
Mesos = middle Potamos = river
300
This greek civilisation had only the bare necessities for clothing
Sparta
300
What did women in Rome learn?
Basic reading and writing Household duties - spinning wool, cooking, cleaning etc
400
1 way in which the geography of Egypt influenced types of food and clothing?
Hot, dry climate - crops grown
400
When you have the same or similar evidence from different sources supporting a theory, it is called?
Corroboration
400
How many civilisations were sea faring nations and who were they?
Rome, Greece
400
What is a stola and what civilisation is it from?
The dress of a Roman woman.
400
What did women in Athens learn?
Basic reading and writing, household duties, singing, music
500
1 way in which the geography of Rome influenced their civilisation?
Trade, seafaring Food
500
Four types of bias
Deliberate distortion Cultural bias A purpose in mind (motive) Limited access to evidence
500
Why is learning about geography important to ancient civilisations?
Geography determines where people live, what they eat, what they wear and to a certain extent occupations.
500
One accessory that Egyptian women wore?
Jewellery, headress, makeup , kohl
500
Name of teacher for boys in Rome?
magister or litterator, pedagogue