Map Skills/Geography
What is a map title?
A map title tells you what the map is about.
What was another name for the Paleolithic Age?
Another name for the Paleolithic Age was "Old Stone Age".
Polytheism is the belief in more than one god.
How were the Israelites different from the Mesopotamians and other ancient civilizations?
The Israelites were monotheistic, unlike other ancient civilizations which were polytheistic.
What is a map key?
A map key is a list of symbols that tells you what each symbol on the map means.
How long is a decade? How long is a century? How long is a millennium?
A decade is 10 years. A century is 100 years. A millennium is 1000 years.
What continent is Mesopotamia on?
Mesopotamia is located on the continent of Asia.
What is a map scale?
A map scale is a unit of measurement that is on a map that tells you how far something is in real life.
What is surplus?
Surplus is more of something than is needed to survive.
What is the land in between the Tigris and Euphrates river called?
The land in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is called "The Fertile Crescent".
A compass rose is a circular drawing on a map that tells you each cardinal direction and sometimes, it includes the intermediate directions.
What was a nomad? Why were Paleolithic people nomads?
A nomad is someone/ a group of people who move from place to place for food and water. Paleolithic people were nomads because they only hunted and gathered so they would follow the animals for food.
How did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers benefit the people of ancient Mesopotamia?
It provided rich, Fertile soil called silt. The Egyptians predicted when it would flood based on the stars and learned how to protect themselves from it.
What geographical features protect Egypt in the north, south, east, and west?
North: The Nile Delta/ dangerous, sticky mud.
South: Rough dangerous cataracts (Really dangerous rapids).
East+West: Hot sandy deserts.
How many continents are there? What is each continent called?
There are 7 continents. They are called North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, and Australia.
How did Surplus effect the lives of the Neolithic people?
It gave people food when farmers couldn't produce enough, it allowed people to stay in one place/ not be nomads anymore, and it gave people more time to specialize. When more people specialized, more trades happened and new technologies were gained.
What were some Sumerian inventions?
The Sumerians invented cuneiform, the wheel, the 12-month calendar, the sailboat, the wooden plow, and bronze
What people were in each classes in the Egyptian social pyramid?
Pharaohs+his family, and nobles made up the upper class.
Craftsmen made up the middle class.
Slaves, unskilled workers, and criminals made up the lower class.