map skills/geography
What are the cardinal directions
north, south, east, west
What does Paleliolithic age mean
Old stone age
What is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates River
The fertil cresant
Where did the Israelites live
Canaan
What continent is Egypt located on
Africa
What are the intermediate directions
Northeast, southeast, Northwest, southwest
What does neolithic age mean
New stone age
What continent is Mesopotamia located on
Asia
What geographic features protected Egypt on the north, south, and east and west.
Nile delta, cataracts, and deserts
How many continents are there and what are they
7 and Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Autralia
What is systematic agriculture
growing food on a regular basis
What does polytheistic mean
belief in more than one god
How were the Israelites different from other civilizations
They were monotheistic
what achievements did Narmer do
United upper and lower Egypt and created dynastic rule
What is a primary source and what is an example of one
first hand knowledge, autobiography
What is domestication
taming animals and using them for farming
Who presented the first set of laws
Hamarabi
What does G.R.A.P.E.S mean
geography, religion, achievements, politics, economics, social structure
Why did the Egyptians study the stars
to see when the flooding of the Nile happened and the directions of the pyramid
What is a map key and what is another name for it
symbols and another name for it is a map legend
What is specialization
focusing on one job
How did the flooding of the two rivers help the people of mesopotamia
it left rich soil
Who conquered Israel in 722BCE
Assyrians
What does theocracy mean
a government which the same person is both the political and religious leader