Geography
How many continents are on planet Earth?
Seven (7)
What are people that move from place to place to find food called?
Nomads
What is the belief in MORE than one (1) god?
Polytheism
What is the world’s longest river?
Nile River
What continent is China located on?
Asia
What imaginary line circles the Earth like a belt?
Equator
Paleolithic people would travel in groups of _______________________ members.
20-30
Mesopotamia began between these two (2) rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
What influenced EVERY aspect of Egyptian life?
Religion
What are the two (2) rivers that helped the survival of ancient China?
Yellow and Yangtze
The Equator separates the Earth into what two (2) hemispheres?
Northern and Southern
What was the MAIN ACTIVITY for people during the Paleolithic Era?
Finding food
What is a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero?
Epic
King __________________________________was only 10 years old when he became pharaoh.
Tutankhamun
What made farming so difficult in ancient Greece?
The hilly (mountainous) terrain made farming difficult.
Imaginary lines that circle the Earth from North to South pole are called what?
Longitude Lines
To tame an animal and keep it as a pet or for farm produce.
Domesticate
Cuneiform
Waterfall or rapids in a river are called...
Cataracts
Which ancient Greek city-state developed Democracy?
Athens
Name the five (5) oceans on planet Earth
Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern.
Paleolithic people used fire for many things. Name the four (4) uses of fire:
Warmth, light, cooking, and to scare away animals.
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes or streams is called what?
Irrigation
To preserve a body from decaying is called...
Embalming
Polis was the Greek word for what?
city-state