Map Skills/Geography
What are the cardinal and intermediate direction?
North, South, East, West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
What is a nomad?
They are people who move around and don't settle in one place
What is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates River called?
It is called The Fertile Crescent
What does Monotheism mean?
Belief in one gods
Who was at the top of the social class pyramid?
Mostly Kings, Priests, and Phoarohs
Name all 7 Continents
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia, Europe
What is surplus?
Surplus is more food than you have or need
What does The Fertile Crescent mean?
It means '' The land between two rivers''
What are the Sumerian inventions
Share the achievements of Narmer
Narmer united upper and lower Egypt and also began Dynasties
Whats a map key?
List of symbols that explains what the symbols stand for
What is Domestication?
Domestication is to tame or train animals for human use
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
How were the Israelite different from Mesopotamians
Because they were Monotheistic when everyone else is polytheistic
What geographical feature protected Egypt from the south ease and west?
Cataracts
What is a primary source?
A primary source is someone who was present when an event happened
What is Systematic Agriculture?
Systematic Agriculture is a fancy word for farming
What does Polytheism mean?
Belief in many gods
Who was the Israelite who led the Israelites out of Egypt into the Sinai Desert
Moses
Describe the ancient Egyptian social class pyramid
Power increases on the top and decreases on the bottom
What does GRAPES stand for?
Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, Social Structure
Describe how Old Stone Age people got there food
The hunter-gatherers hunted their food
How did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers help people of Mesopotamia?
It helped the people get water to live and Fertile soil for farming
Who was King David
King David established Jerusalem and introduced economic prosperity to Israel
Describe how the Nile affected life in ancient Egypt
The Nile helped them have water to drink from, fertile soil for farming, bathing and transportation