Stone Age
What are 3 materials used for tools?
Wood, bone, & stone
Which hemisphere do we live in?
Northwest
Which cardinal direction does the Nile flow?
North
What word means someone who travels from place to place without a home?
nomad
How do you write a coordinate for longitude and latitude properly?
(45'N, 65'W)
What word means when animal leather is used for clothing or shelter use?
Hide
List all 7 continents IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
What is the cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing?
Hieratic
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the name of the 0 degree latitude line and the 0 degree longitude line?
lat= Equator, long = Prime Meridian
List the 3 time periods of the Stone Age
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
How many oceans are there and how many continents are there?
5 & 7
What does the word pharaoh translate to AND what were they considered to be?
The area that Mesopotamia and its cities like Sumer was located in was called this because of the shape of the land.
Fertile Crescent
Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast are an example of which type of directions?
Intermediate Directions
What allowed ancient man to stop migrating and settle in one place?
agriculture
List the oceans
Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern
List 4 roles in ancient Egyptian society and place them in order from highest to lowest on a Hierarchy pyramid.
priests, nobles, government workers,
artists, craftsmen, merchants
farmers & servants
In which modern Asian country is Mesopotamia located in?
Iraq
How many time zones are there and how much time is between each?
24, 1 hour
During one of the Ice Ages, it is assumed that the ancient modern people traveled through a frozen waterway down into the Americas. What is this frozen water way called?
The Bering Strait
Explain how mountains and earthquakes are formed.
Tectonic plate movement, occurs at the boundaries,
What were the jars called that were used to store organs during the mummifications process?
Canopic Jars
List 3 of the 5 Traits of a Civilization
Advanced Cities
Advanced Technology
Complex Institutions
Record Keeping
Specialized Workers
List 4 of the 5 parts of any map
Compass Rose, Title, Key/Legend, Grid, & Scale