Water Bodies
The names of the FIVE major oceans of planet Earth.
What are: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern (in any order)
Ancient Mesopotamia was located roughly in which modern day country?
What is Iraq?
Ancient Greece was made up primarily of islands and this landform (a strip of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides).
What is a peninsula?
A book of maps.
What is an atlas?
Soil that is rich in nutrients and able to produce (which often leads to successful farming).
What is fertile?
This narrow strip of water connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
The Sphinx is located in this modern day country.
What is Egypt?
A group or chain of islands.
What is an archipelago?
The holy book for the religion of Islam.
What is the Koran/Qur'an?
This era began over 2 million years ago. It ended around 8000 B.C. (when the Ice Age ended).
What is the Old Stone Age (or Paleolithic Era)?
This body of water separates Africa and Europe.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The city of Jerusalem is important to the 3 major monotheistic religions of the world. Jerusalem is located in which modern day country?
What is Israel?
A narrow strip of land that connects two bigger pieces of land; a land bridge.
What is an isthmus?
A fancy nametag in Ancient Egypt. (Hint: You were supposed to make one of these as an assignment using hieroglyphics.)
What is a cartouche?
The belief in multiple different gods and goddesses.
What is polytheistic?
These two rivers formed the boundaries of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates? (or visa versa)
The Indus River Valley Civilization was located in India and which other modern day country?
What is Pakistan?
A sandbar lying just beneath the surface of the water, usually filled with aquatic life.
What is a reef?
Objects (tools, pottery, even cave drawings) made by people long ago.
What are artifacts?
The time before the advancement of writing.
What is pre-history (or prehistoric)?
A fan or triangle-shaped deposit of sand and other debris at the mouth of a river. (Hint: It is also the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet.)
What is a delta?
Alexander the Great's father, King Phillip II was from this modern day country.
What is Macedonia?
A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, down a mountain, or through a valley.
What is a glacier?
Traditions that developed over many years. (Hint: If you know how to make your great-grandpa's meatball recipe.)
What is a legacy?
Examples are diaries, journals, blogs, speeches, etc.
What are primary sources? (Secondary sources are textbooks, atlases, etc.)