Word Wall Trashketball

Timelines

1

 Before Common Era; All years prior to year 1

 BCE

2

Common Era; All years after year 1 

CE 

3

A line used to list events and/or years in chronological order 

 Timeline

4

A period of 10 years  

Decade 

5

A period of 100 years 

Century 

Maps

1

Tool used to measure directions on a map, including north, south, east, and west 

Compass Rose 

2

 Tool that lists and explains the symbols and use of color on the map

 Map Key

3

Half of the earth; divided between north and south, or east and west

 Hemisphere

4

Measures distance north or south of the Equator 

Latitude 

5

Tool used to show the ratio between a unit of length on the map and a unit of distance on the earth

 Scale

Mesopotamia

1

The crescent-shaped region of the Middle East where civilizations first began 

 Fertile Crescent

2

Set of laws written by the Babylonian king of Mesopotamia; included "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" 

Code of Hammurabi 

3

Mesopotamia's form of writing; written on clay tablets 

Cuneiform 

4

System of levees and canals used to bring water from water to farms 

Irrigation 

5

Large city areas surrounded by farming communities; each contained their own king, military, and gods.

 City-State

Egypt

1

 Geographic features that serves as the source of life for Egypt; flows south to north into the Mediterranean Sea

 Nile River

2

 Egyptian form of writing; over 700 letters and symbols

 Hieroglyphics

3

 Term used for the male or female leader of Egypt

Pharaoh 

4

 Periods of unity in Egyptian history; Old, Middle, and New _______.

 Kingdom

5

The way that a society divides itself into levels based on power, wealth, and responsibility

Social Classes 

Grab Bag

1

The dividing line that goes between east and west; divides earth between northern and southern hemispheres

Equator 

2

 Egyptian belief in life after death

Afterlife 

3

 The dividing line that runs between North Pole and South Pole; divides earth between eastern and western hemispheres

 Prime Meridian

4

Egyptian practice of drying and wrapping a body in order to preserve it; meant to prolong a person's journey into the afterlife

 Mummification

5

Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region are the ____ _________ ____ _______________. 

 Five Themes of Geography