Map skills/ geography
What are the cardinal directions?
north, south, East, west
How did old stone age people get food?
the hunted and gathered and became nomads.
What 2 rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is monotheism
The belief in one god
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa.
What are the intermediate directions?
northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest.
what is a nomad?
A vagabond.
A person who moves from place to place looking for food
Whats is another name for Mesopotamia?
the fertile crescent.
Why were the Isralites different than other ancient civilizations?
They were monotheistic and the others were polythestic
What protected Egypet on the east and west
The hot deserts
what is a map title used for?
What is a map key used for?
What is a map scale used for?
What is the Compass Rose used for?
To tell what the map is showing.
It Explains what the symbols stand for on the map also called map legend.
It is used to measure the distance between two place on a map.
Its on a map and it shows the cardinal directions.
How did new stone age people get food?
they started systematic agriculture (farming) and some people still hunted and gathered.
What continent is mesopotamia located on?
Asia
Where did the Israelites live?
What are those modern day countrys
They lived in Canaan, that's modern day Lebanon, Isreal, Jordan
what protected Egypt in the north
The Nile delta/marsh land
What are lines of longitude? what's the most famous line of longitude? What's are lines of latitude? What's the most famous line of latitude?
Lines of longitude run from east to west and measure north and south of the equator, they are also called parallels. The most famous line of longitude is the equator. Lines of latitude run from north to south but measure east and west of the Prime meridian. The most famous line of latitude is the Prime Meridian.
whats another name for the New Stone Age
name some Sumerian inventions
Writing, the wheel, wooden plow, bronze, sailboat
Who ruled in c. 1020Bce-1000Bce?
King David, King Saul or King Solomon
King Saul
What protected Egypt in the south?
The cataracts
How many continents are there? name them.
How many years are in a decade, a century, a millennium?
7. Asia, Africa, North and South America, Antarctica,
Europe, and Australia.
10 years, 100 years, 1,000 years
Whats another name for the old stone Age
The Paleolithic Age
what does polytheistic mean?
The belief in many gods.
Who ruled in c. 1000Bce-961Bce?
King David, King Saul or King Solomon
King David
Why did ancient Egyptions study the stars?
To predict the flooding of the Nile.