1st 9 Weeks Flashcards
(33 cards)
What is the purpose of the scale on maps?
To show distance
0 degrees latitude is known as?
Equator
0 degrees longitude is known as
Prime meridian
What is the purpose of the compass rose on maps?
To show direction(NE,NW,SE,SW)
180 degrees west is known as
International dateline
What happens at the international date line?
Time changes
What European country does the prime meridian run thorough?
England
Which content was the only country in which people weren’t living in by 9000 BC?
Antarctica
Define agriculture
The growing of crops of food,domestication for plants
Define land bridge
A strip of land connecting two contents
Land bridges were used for…
Stone Age people to migrate around the world
Define domestication
Using plants and animals for human benefit
Define distribute
To divide among a group of people
This animal bone was used to build early houses
Mammoth
Define polytheism
The worship of many gods
Define social hierarchy
The division of society by rank or class
The army of ______ defeated all city-states of Sumer and northern Mesopotomia
Sargon
The Sumerians used sharp _____ to make symbols on clay tablets
Styluses
After the death of Sargon,this city-state rose to power
Sumer
Define irrigation
Providing water for plants
Define epics
Long poems that tell stories of heroes
What is an imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of another animal called?a
Sphinxes
First pharaoh of Egypt was
Menes
____ attacked Egypt in the 700’s BC
Kashta