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Geography Basics
Early Humans
Early Humans Vocabulary
Ancient Egypt
Egypt Vocabulary
100
How many oceans are there in the world?

5

100

What did the earliest humans leave behind that gave us hints about what their life was like?

Cave Paintings

100

Early humans migrated to look for resources. What  does the word migrate mean?

Move around

100

What is the name of the river that Ancient Egyptians settled near?

Nile River

100

Egypt has very little vegetaion. What does the word vegetation mean?

Plant Life


200

What continent do we live on?

North America

200

What development during the Neolithic Era caused people to settle down in one place? 

Farming

200
Neolithic people domesticated animals. What does the word domesticate mean?

Raise

200

What happened when ancient Egyptian pharoahs passed away?

Their bodies were preserved as mummies.

200

What is the name of an Egyptian king?

A Pharoah

300

What is a benefit of a society settling near a mountain?

High Ground

300
What were three of the earliest humans super powers?

Walking on two legs, making tools, making fire, living in groups.

300

The Nile River made travel and trade possible. What is trading?

Exchanging Resources

300
Ancient Egypt spread across two continents. What continents were they?

Africa and Asia

300

One of the worlds first monotheistic religion was founded in Ancient Egypt. What does the word monotheistic mean?

Belief in One God

400

Which geographical feature is used as protection in Egypt? 

A Desert

400
One problem that Sumerians faced was they didn't have space to produce food for all of their people. What did they do to solve this problem?

They moved.

400

Prehistoric historians have a challenging job. Why?

There is no written records from ancient history.

400

What sea lies to the north of Ancient Egypt?

Mediterranean Sea
400

There were five social classes in Ancient Egypt. Who were the lowest class?

Peasants
500

What ocean do we swim in if you go to the beach in New Jersey?

Atlantic Ocean

500

Name three characteristics of a civilization.

Social Structure, Arts, Religion, Government, Technology, Writing, Stable Food Supply

500
Scribes had an important jobs to ancient governments. Why?
They wrote down important laws.
500

People in Ancient Egypt settled near the Nile River for five reasons. What were they?

1. Hygiene

2. Hydration

3. Agriculture

4. Fish and Food

5. Travel and Trade

500

My favorite _____________ is decorating the Christmas tree with my family and drinking hot chocolate.

tradition