Vocabulary
A tool for navigation with a magnetized needle that points north. 🧭
What is a compass?
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River.
The world's largest continent by both land area and population.
What is Asia?
Greece is a country on this continent.
What is Europe?
A large body of salt water that covers most of Earth's surface. 🌊
What is an ocean?
A visual representation of an area; it can show countries, oceans, and roads.
What is a map?
This massive desert covers most of North Africa?
What is the Sahara Desert?
These seasonal winds bring heavy, predictable rains to South Asia, which are crucial for farming. 🌧️
What is a monsoon?
This type of landform is surrounded by water on three sides, and much of mainland Greece is one.
What is a peninsula?
A piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
One of the world's seven large, continuous expanses of land.
What is a continent?
A fertile spot in a desert where water is found, allowing plants and trees to grow.
What is an oasis?
A large, cold desert in northern China and southern Mongolia.
What is the Gobi Desert?
Besides its mainland, Greece is made up of thousands of these landforms completely surrounded by water.
What are islands? (A group of these are called an Archipelago)
A landform surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
The process of supplying land with water through pipes and man-made channels in order to grow crops.
What is irrigation?
This King of the Mali empire was once considered the richest man who ever lived.
Who is King Mansa-Musa?
Japan and the Philippines are examples of this type of large island chain.
What is an archipelago?
Ancient Greeks were skilled sailors and this type of person, who buys and sells goods for profit.
What is a merchant?
A very dry area of land that receives little to no rain.
What is a desert?
The process of growth and change, such as a country building more homes and roads.
What is development?
These two valuable natural resources were a major reason for the creation of the Trans Sahara trade route.
What are gold and salt?
This river runs through India and was important for development.
What is the Indus River?
Much of the geography of Greece rocky and not suitable for farming because of these.
What are mountains?
A chain or cluster of islands.
What is an archipelago?