Geography\map skills
How many continents are there?
Name them.
7
North America,South America,Asia,Europe,Africa,Antarctica
What is another name for the Old Stone Age?
Paleolithic
what continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
What does the word polytheistic mean?
A belief in more than one god.
What continent is Egypt located on?
Southeast Africa
What is a map title\legend?
Describes the purpose of the map.
Describe how Old Stone Age people got food.
They hunted and gathered
Name some Sumerian inventions.
Sailboats,wooden plows,wheel,cuneiform,bronze.
what does the word monotheistic mean?
A belief in one god.
How did the Nile River affected life in Ancient Egypt?
The Nile River helped people drink,bathe,irrigate,and fish. Fertile Soil for Farming,transportation, ability to trade, and protection in the north(Delta) and south(cataracts).
Restate the question
What is a Map Key? What is another word for it?
A Map Key is a list of symbols that explain what the symbols on shadings. Another word for Map Key is Map legend.
what is systematic agriculture? Describe how this great revolution changed their lives. Restate
Systematic agriculture is farming and\or growing crops. Early humans had surplus and free time to specialize, They also didn't have to move from place to place.
what does the acronym G.R.A.P.E.S stand for?
Geography,Religion,politics,economic,Social structure
What are Israelites best known for?
founders of the religion of Judaism
what geographical feature (or natural barrier) protected Egypt from invasions in the north? Restate each question.
In the south?
In the east and west?
In the north is the Delta.
In the south is the Cataracts
In the east and west is deserts.
what are the lines of latitude? Longitude?
RESTATE.
Lines of longitude run from North to South pole.
Lines of latitude measure how far from the equator a place is.
What is domestication? how did it help neolithic people? RESTATE
Domestication is taming an animal and\or keeping it as a pet. It helped neolithic people because or by making it easier to farm
What was the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Called?
Why was it called this? Restate
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rive Is called the Fertile Crescent. It's called the Fertile Crescent because of its rich soil.
The Israelites were named after their ancestor, Jacob/Israel, who was the grandson of Abraham.
Ancient Egyptians believed the god weighed what in the human body to see if the person would be allowed into the afterlife?
The heart
When reading a timeline between two events in the SAME time period you must...
When computing the number of years between two events in the DIFFERENT time periods you must...
RESTATE
When reading a timeline between two events in the Same time period you must subtract.
When computing the number of years between two events in the DIFFERENT time periods you must add.
What is specialization? What are some examples that early people did since they had surplus and free time to learn new skills? Restate the entire question.
Specialization is a job. Some examples that early people did on their free time is art,monuments, weapon maker,pottery,and jewelry maker.
Name the Mesopotamian empire that created writing.
Sumerians.
The Nile is the world’s longest river – to the nearest kilometer how long is it?
6,650