Geography
What is the name of the latitude at 0 degrees?
The equator
What is another word for farming?
Agriculture
In what region of the world was Mesopotamia?
The Middle East
What was the name of the river that was vital to the Ancient Egyptians?
The Nile River
What is the word for half of the globe?
Hemisphere
What word describes the arts, foods, languages, religions, and way of life of a society?
Culture
Name one of the rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris OR Euphrates
What is the name of a leader in Egypt?
Pharaoh
What do you call the part of the map that tells you which way the cardinal directions are?
Compass Rose
What is the term that describes how a society is organized in terms of the different privileges of its members?
Social Structure
What is it called when one leader or ruler is in charge of a large area and multiple groups of people.
Empire
Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?
They thought they needed it to go to the afterlife.
What is the name of the lines that go north and south around the globe, but measure how far East or West you are from the Prime Meridian?
Longitude
Briefly describe how agriculture led to civilizations.
Farming made people have a surplus (or extra) food so that they had time to spend on other things.
What is an artisan?
A craftsperson, aka merchant, aka tradesperson
What is a treaty?
A type of political agreement between two or more countries.
How many time zones are there on Earth?
24
What is a code of laws?
A set of rules that help people know how their society is being governed (ruled).
What is it called when different people or groups give gifts to a central ruler or government, almost like a tax?
Tribute
What is a capital?
The city that houses the most important government buildings.