Geography/ Social Studies concepts
100 years
century
Describes the purpose of the map
Map title
Organized growing of food on a regular schedule.
Systemic agriculture
Examples are cuneiform,sailboats,bronze,wheel and axel,and wooden and plow.
Sumerian inventions
A Ka (soul) lived eternal life in the tomb and in the Field of Reeds, kingdom of god Osiris, lived in the afterlife
Ancient Egyptian beliefs in the afterlife.
Firsthand evidence of a written event in history
Primary Source
10 years
decade
An amount that is left over after a need has been met.
surplus
Unique monotheistic religion that worshiped only Yahweh
How israelites are different from mesopotamia and other people from ancient civilizations.
Nile River Delta; Cataracts, "red land"; Sahara desert
Natural barrier that protected Egypt from invasions in the north, South, east and west
Distance East of West of the prime meridian measured by a set of imaginary lines, or meridians, that run north to south from Earth's poles
Longitude
a list of map symbols that tells what each symbol stands for on a map.
Map key
When people take animals to help them survive and tame an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.
Domestication
Geography,Religion,Achievements,Politics,Economics, Social Structure.
G.R.A.P.E.S
Pharaoh- very top, most powerful individual
Small group of high ranking government officials & priests
Scribes, artisans, merchants
Peasants & slaves- largest group at the bottom
Ancient Egyptian social class pyramid
The distance North or South of the equator measured by a set of imaginary lines,or parallels that run east to west around the Earth.
Latitude
drawing on a map that shows cardinal and intermediate directions
compass rose
People that move place to place as a group to find food and berries.
Nomad
harsh
''an eye for an eye'' and ''a tooth for a tooth'' which means they would take out your eye if you were a slave you would get your eye taken eye same thing with your tooth.
The first written law code & punishments
Central to daily life, influencing nearly every aspect of society from Pharaoh's rule to the every day life of citizens.
Pharaoh was son of Re, Sun God
Role of religion in ancient Egyptian life
1000 years
millennium
unit of measurement on a map, such as an inch, that represents distance on the Earth
map scale
The act of training for a particular job.
Specialization
Gave silt which made the soil fertile helping the people of Mesopotamia
Flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
When the ruler is both the political (government) and religious leader
Theocracy