Map Skills
What are the 4 hemispheres?
Northern Southern Eastern Western
What 3 world religions did we learn this year?
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
What does Mesopotamia translate to?
Between 2 Rivers
What's the term for the area including Ziggurats, farmland, and walls? Example: Sumer
City-State
What country were Salva and Nya from?
Sudan
What 0* line runs side to side?
Equator
What is an Archipelago?
A group of islands
What 2 Rivers did Mesopotamia lie between?
Tigris and Euphrates
What does irrigate mean?
To redirect water to crops
What resource were Europeans seeking in Africa?
Gold
What number comes first when writing a coordinate?
The degree of latitude
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
Absolute is a specific coordinate or address, Relative is a general description.
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
People learning agriculture and how to domesticate animals
What was Hammurabi's code?
The first set of laws written by the King of Babylon
What meeting did European leaders discuss the Scramble for Africa, and when?
The Berlin Conference, 1881.
What is the difference between CE and BCE?
Before Common Era years go from high # to low #, while Common Era years go from low # to high #
What is the difference between Human and Physical geography?
Human characteristics are impacted by people, while Physical characteristics are naturally occurring.
Caliph = Muslim Leader, Sultan = Leader (non-religious)
What body of water was significant to the Phoenicians?
The Mediterranean Sea
How is climate change affecting sea level rise?
Warming of glaciers causes sea level water to rise, and invade African coastlines and fishing ports.
What causes climate change?
Greenhouse Gas
What does GRAPES stand for?
Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economy, and Social Structure.
Shia
What is the difference between Monotheism and Polytheism?
Monotheism: belief in 1 God
Polytheism: belief inn multiples Gods
What are the 3 reasons African Governments were unstable during the Scramble?
1) Lack of modern weapons
2) Didn't have their own economies
3) Didn't have government experience