Map Skills/Geography
What are the basic cardinal directions?
North, East, South, West
What is another name for the Neolithic and the Paleolithic Age?
New Stone Age and Old Stone Age.
What continent was Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
What does "monotheistic" mean?
The belief in one god
What was the difference between the floods of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the Nile River?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers had unpredictable floods, meanwhile the Nile River had seasonal predictable floods.
What is a map key? What is another name for it?
Shows what the symbols on a map represent. Also known as a legend or a map legend.
Being able to grow and renew food allowed them to settle.
What material did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers provide?
The floods provided silt, a rich, fertile material good for farming.
How were the Israelites different from other ancient civilizations?
They were monotheistic people.
What protection did the Nile River serve in all directions of the compass rose?
Delta marshes in the north, dangerous cataracts in the south, scorching-hot deserts in the east and west.
What do you do when you are trying to compare the elapsed time between two events in a different time period?
You add both events' dates together, giving you the total elapsed time.
Why were Paleolithic people nomads?
When food ran out in a specific area, such as animals and plants, Paleolithic people had to move.
Who was responsible for the first written law code and how were their punishments like?
Hammurabi was responsible, and their punishments were harshly revolved around the idea that if you commit a harmful act on someone, that act will come back to bite you.
Who defeated Judah? Who led them?
The Chaldeans lead by Nebuchadnezzar
Narmer/Menes united both Upper and Lower Egypt, and he also began dynastic rule.
What are lines of latitude? What is the famous line of latitude?
Imaginary lines that run east to west on the globe and measure their distance from the equator, the most famous line of latitude.
What is systematic agriculture and how did this change the lives of Neolithic people?
Systematic agriculture is the organized growing of crops on a regular basis. It allowed Neolithic people to specialize, trade with other civilizations, and settle.
What was the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers called and why was it called this?
The area was called the Fertile Crescent because of silt that washed onto the land through river floods, making the land good to farm.
Why did the Israelites migrate to Egypt? Who led them out through an "exodus"?
They migrated to Egypt because of a severe drought bringing famine to their home. They were led out of Egypt by an Israelite named Moses.
What power did pharaohs possess and why were they so unbelievably powerful and respected?
They were believed to possess a special power which was that anyone that touched the pharaoh except his/her own family would instantly die. Pharaohs were also gods on Earth that protected Egypt. They were also believed to be descendants of gods.
What is a map scale? A compass rose? Map title?
A map scale is a unit of measurement representing the distance between two points on a map. A compass rose shows the cardinal and intermediate directions on a map. A map title shows the topic of what the map is about.
How did Paleolithic and Neolithic people get their food?
Paleolithic people got food by hunting down animals and gathering berries and nuts until there was no food in the area, leading them to wander. Neolithic people got food by systematic agriculture, trading, and hunting occasionally.
What were some Sumerian inventions? (Name at least 5 inventions)
The oldest known form of writing called cuneiform, wooden plows, sailboats, wheels, bronze, a 12-month calendar based on cycles of the moon, and the potter's wheel.
What were the first 5 books of the Old Testament? What does the Torah hold records of? What are the Mosaic Laws?
The first five books of the Old Testament include Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The Torah holds records of Jewish history and the Mosaic Laws, which are laws Jews are to live by.
How important was religion in Ancient Egyptian life?
Egyptians believed that their gods controlled natural forces and activities. Egyptians also believed that they would not be able to go to the afterlife if their body was destroyed, so embalming was invented to preserve dead bodies well. Pharaohs played a role ancient Egyptian religion as gods on earth, which led them to be very powerful and respected.