Unit I: Geography and Ancient Civilizations in the World

Question 1

What do you call the earth’s special shape?

Answer 1

geoid

Question 2

The crust is divided into plates creating the________.

Answer 2

continents

Question 3

It is a theory stating that the earth’s plates have been slowly drifting apart over the course of time.

Answer 3

Continental Drift Theory

Question 4

Alfred Wegener is the father of geography.

true or false

Answer 4

False. The father of geography is Eratosthenes, the first person to study geography.

Question 5

Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

Answer 5

Alfred Wegener

Question 6

The northern hemisphere is also known as______.

Answer 6

land hemisphere

Question 7

The southern hemisphere is also known as_______.

Answer 7

water hemisphere

Question 8

What are the three main factors responsible for life in earth?

Answer 8

Distance from the sun, atmosphere, water.

Question 9

What is the average temperature on earth?

Answer 9

17°C

Question 10

Why is earth called the blue planet?

Answer 10

Because the earth consists of 71% water, therefore making it look blue.

Question 11

What is life on earth called?

Answer 11

Terrestrial Life

Question 12

The earth’s structure consists of the _______, ________, and _________.

Answer 12

crust, mantle, and core

Question 13

What does the Greek word geographia mean?

Answer 13

Geo means land and graphein means to write. When put together, it means to write about land or description of the earth.

Question 14

It is the study of earth and its people.

Answer 14

Geography

Question 15

A long period of mankind’s past and evolution that stemmed from almost 2.5 years ago

Answer 15

Prehistory

Question 16

It is the study of living organisms

Answer 16

Biology

Question 17

It is the study of plants

Answer 17

Botany

Question 18

It is the study of earth’s physical features

Answer 18

Geology

Question 19

It is the study of animals.

Answer 19

Zoology

Question 20

It refers to the evolution of humans’ biological aspects.

Answer 20

Sapientization

Question 21

These are tools or objects used by humans in the past.

Answer 21

Artifacts

Question 22

These are the bone remains of humans and animals.

Answer 22

Fossils

Question 23

A place where archeologists found artifacts or fossilis.

Answer 23

Archeological Dig

Question 24

It is the science that uses the growth rings of trees to find out events from about 5000 BCE.

Answer 24

Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)

Question 25

It is a method invented by William Frank Libby that uses radiocarbon to determine events from 1500 CE to 40000 BP or beyond.

Answer 25

Radiocarbon Dating

Question 26

It can estimate events from 20000 BP to 2.5 million BP and earlier.

Answer 26

Potassium-Argon Dating

Question 27

Who introduced the three-age system to categorize prehistory?

Answer 27

Christian Jurgensen Thompsen

Question 28

What are the three main ages during prehistory?

Answer 28

Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age

Question 29

What are the three stages of stone age?

Answer 29

Paleolithic Mesolithic Neolithic

Question 30

It is the longest stage in the period of mankind. It was also the period of evolution of apes to humans

Answer 30

Paleolithic

Question 31

One of the earliest hominids is called______.

Answer 31

Australopithecines

Question 32

They looked more human and used the Oldowan Tools.

Answer 32

Homo Habilis

Question 33

They were around during 1.5 million BP.

Answer 33

Homo Erectus

Question 34

When in the paleolithic period did they began preserving food and burying the dead?

Answer 34

Middle Paleolithic

Question 35

It is the type of stone tool usually associated with the Neanderthals.

Answer 35

Mousterian

Question 36

It is created by humans during upper paleolithic to prove their craftiness.

Answer 36

Venus figurines

Question 37

They replaced the Neanderthals when they went extinct.

Answer 37

Cro-Mangons

Question 38

The last ice age happened around_______.

Answer 38

20 000 BP

Question 39

It is the transition stage from hunting to farming

Answer 39

Mesolithic Period

Question 40

This is the last stage of the stage of stone age where pottery began and tools evolved

Answer 40

Neolithic Period

Question 41

It is one of the Neolithic cities that emerged in the Asia Minor.

Answer 41

Çatal Hüyük

Question 42

It is a type of stone used to make tools in the Neolithic period.

Answer 42

Obsidian

Question 43

It is usually associated with living in the city.

Answer 43

Urban

Question 44

It refers to having good manners/ etiquettes; know what is right or wrong.

Answer 44

Civilized

Question 45

It is the center of ancient civilization.

Answer 45

Mesopotamia

Question 46

It is the region where various people like Sumerians, Akkads, Urs, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans emerged.

Answer 46

Fertile Cresent

Question 47

What are the standards of a civilized nation?

Answer 47

``` Government Economy Religion Writing System Advance Technology ```

Question 48

The word Mesopotamia was coined from the words 'meso' meaning between and 'potanos' meaning river. What language are those words?

Answer 48

Greek

Question 49

It is the area in Mesopotamia from Jazirah to Baghdad.

Answer 49

Upper Mesopotamia

Question 50

It is the area in Mesopotamia from Baghad to Persian Gulf.

Answer 50

Lower Mesopotamia

Question 51

This is the first writing system which was made in Sumer.

Answer 51

Cuneiform

Question 52

Who was the person who led the Akkadian Empire?

Answer 52

King Sargon I

Question 53

The Akkadian Empire is also known as_______.

Answer 53

Iraq

Question 54

It was a small, but powerful empire. It collapsed due to famine and the attack of the Elamites.

Answer 54

City of Ur

Question 55

It symbolizes the connection of humans to gods.

Answer 55

Ziggurats

Question 56

It is the oldest language recorded in history

Answer 56

Sumerian Language

Question 57

He is the ruler of Babylon.

Answer 57

Hammurabi I

Question 58

He is the pioneer of Assyria.

Answer 58

Tiglath-Pileser

Question 59

It is also referred to as the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

Answer 59

Chaldea

Question 60

The Indus Valley is now known as_______.

Answer 60

Pakistan

Question 61

__________ is in the northern Punjab and _________ is in the southern Punjab

Answer 61

Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro

Question 62

What are the natives of India called and who attacked them?

Answer 62

Indo-Aryans (Aryans) are the natives | Dravidians attacked them

Question 63

What are the three important features of a dynasty?

Answer 63

bronze metallurgy writing system organization in the states of cities

Question 64

It was a dynasty established in the valley of Huang He and had an advanced silk industry.

Answer 64

Shang Dynasty

Question 65

It is the longest dynasty in China.

Answer 65

Zhou/Chou Dynasty

Question 66

It was a dynasty led by Shi Huang Di, one of the strictest ruler in the history of China.

Answer 66

Qin Dynasty

Question 67

The word China was derived from the Qin Dynasty | true or false

Answer 67

True