Vocab terms
The study of people, places, and the environment
What is geography?
The land forms on a map are referred to as?
What is a physical feature?
An area in Ancient Greece surrounded by walls for protection, canals for irrigation, and a system of government.
What is a city-state?
A change in a species over time.
What is Evolution?
A government that receives its power from the people.
What is a democracy?
What is republic?
To move from one area in order to settle in another.
What is to migrate?
This resource allowed Egypt to develop into a civilization.
What is the Nile River?
A trade route that connected ancient civilizations.
What is the Silk Road?
From the Greek word meaning people who don't speak Greek; Romans used the term to describe any tribes of people who were not Greco-Roman.
Who are barbarians?
A person who has complete control over a country's government.
Who is a dictator?
Who is a king, queen or monarch?
Who is a emperor?
Who is a pharaoh?
A tool use to locate north, south, east or west.
What the Compass Rose?
What are deserts?
People who never settle in an area; constantly moving from place to place
What is a nomad?
A small farm owner or farm worker
A person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times
What is a serf?
What is a peasant?
A country ruled by royalty such as a king or queen or monarch.
What is a monarchy?
The typical weather for a region over a long period of time.
What is climate?
This body of water connects Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Middle East. It also was used a trade route.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The type of map that shows natural features of the earth such as mountains and water.
What is a physical map?
The three Native American Empires from Central and South American.
Who are the Inca, Maya and Aztec?
Ancient Greece develop this type of government.
What is a democracy?
A person who comes to a country to live there.
What is an immigrant?
A way to read the map.
What is a map key or legend?
Staying in one place.
What is Sedentary?
A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier.
What is knight?
What is vassal?
Government and Religion ruled.
What is a theocracy?