Map Skills/Geography
What are the cardinal directions?
North,South,East,West
describe how Old Stone Age people got there food?
Hunting and gathering
what continent is Mesopotamia located on
Asia
what does G.R.A.P.E.S stand for
Geography,Religion,Achievments,Politics,Economics, Social Structure,
where is Egypt located
Africa
what are the intermediate directions
Northeast,Northwest,Southeast,Southwest
what is another name for Old Stone Age?
Paleolithic age
what does monotheistic mean
believed in one god
What are pyramids?
they are immense tombs for the pharohs when they die
What is the map title used for?
purpose of the map
what is a nomad?
A person who traveled place to place to get food
what does polytheistic mean
believed in many gods
Describe how the Nile River affected life in ancient egypt
The Nile gave them fertile soil for farming,water for food,drinking,bathing,transportation
what is the map key used for?
The symbols on the map mean
What is systematic agriculture?
the organized growing of food on a regular basis
what was the area between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river?
The Fertile Cresent
What does theocracy mean?
A government where the same person is both the poltical and religous leader
what is the map scale used for?
the distance between 2 points
what is domestication?
to tame or train animals or plants for human use
who was responsible for the first written law code
Hammurabi
What did Narmer achieve?
He united Upper and Lower Egypt and began dynastic rule