First test Flashcards

1
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What are two ways to determine a location

A
  1. Absolute location ( coordinates

2. Relative ( reference to something else)

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2
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what separates the north and south hemisphere ?

A

The equater

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3
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What separates the West and East hemisphere ?

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Prime Meridian ( also the largest Longitude )

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4
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What is the name of the Y line for coordinates

A

Longitude

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5
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What is the name of the X line for coordinates ?

A

Latitude ( T looks like x )

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6
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When reading a coordinates what comes first ?

A

The x ( latitude)

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7
Q

1 * is

A

60 minutes=60’

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8
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1 min is

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60 secods= 60”

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9
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What are some countries in the equator

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  1. Brazil
  2. Ugunda
  3. Kenya
  4. Congo
  5. colombia
  6. indonesia
  7. democraic rep of congo
  8. ecudor
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10
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what is confluence ?

A

2 rivers come together

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11
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What are 2 ways to tell how place is ?

A
  1. physical characteristic ( great lake)

2. Human Characteristics ( gangsterS)

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12
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Glashore can help

A

form lanscape.

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13
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Homo sapiens

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  1. we appeared roughly 100,000 years ago
  2. First city app read 8000 BCE
  3. Citiees become more common around 3000 BCE
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14
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Hunters and gatherers became

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  1. Neolithic revolution ( Agriculture revolution)
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15
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What was the earliest city ?

A

Jericho

Had activiest and hierarchy of power relations

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16
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What happened to jericho ? what about their houses

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It got abandoned. There houses were sun-dried for defense.

17
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What were the normal pattern of building for Egypians ?

A
  1. They built and then abandoned

2. Unbaked bricks

18
Q

The egyptians depended on the

A

Nile river ( blue nile + white nile)

19
Q

What is tributary in lakes ?

A

the branches of the river ( contribute )

20
Q

What is Giza and who build them ?

A

Its a huge pyramid, and cheops built them

21
Q

What is miletus known for in the past ?

A

The wealthiest and greatest greek cities

2. Grindlike layout, became basic for roman cities later on

22
Q

What is catal Huyuk ?

A
  1. a city located located in turkey, with roof entrances
23
Q

what is mesopotamia ?

A

Iraq, domesticates crops

24
Q

Where is mesopotamia located ?

A

near Euphrates and Tigris River

25
Q

What are mesopotamia cities

A

Ur ,Uruk, Eridu

26
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Describe mesopotamian city government

A

Theocratic , rules by priest

ziggurats were religious shrines {/}

27
Q

Ur and Uruk system of writing is called ? did they have math ?

A

cuneiform, yes and a code of law

28
Q

What are some charectirsit of Greek cities ?

A
  1. Agora ( public gathering )

2. Stoa ( covered walk way) - president (….)

29
Q

They are three coloms which are they and describe

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  1. Doric ( fat , simple
  2. Ionionstyle ( Fat, decorated slightly)
  3. Carinthain ( shinny, highyl decorated )
30
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Now what is the capital and larges city in greece ?

A

Athenes, one of the oldest cities in history

31
Q

Where was the first settlement of rome in ?

A

Palatine Hill - then republic

32
Q

What is the sooty of romulus and Remus ?

A

2 boys, abandoned, raised by sheworfl, Romuls kileld remus= names Rome after him

33
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Who became the first emperor of roman republic ?

A

Augustus

34
Q

Roman architecture included

A

coloms

The Rome forum ceremonial square

35
Q

What is gulf of gunia

A

where prime meridian and equator meet (water)

36
Q

Anthens brought what type of government ?

A

Democracy, sssa

37
Q

What was the roads like in the old days

A

cobble stones , they gel slow down the inner city traffic

38
Q

Roman adueducts

A

bring drinking wage to the people ( edu) water

39
Q

Sewage system in rome clocka maxima

in germany

A

caka

cologne