Vocabulary Quiz 1 SS

1. What is irrigation?

• A way of supplying water to an area of land
• The meaning of symbols on a map
• The subject of the map

2. What is a century?

• Anno Domini
• A period of 100 years
• A period of one thousand years

3. What is a millennium?

• A period of one thousand years
• Anno Domini
• A period of ten years

4. What is division of labor?

• A way of supplying water to an area of land
• The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
• The subject of the map

5. What is silt?

• A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
• The meaning of symbols on a map
• The subject of the map

6. What do directions like north, south, east, and west help describe?

• Where one place is in relation to another
• The meaning of symbols on a map
• The subject of the map

7. What does a map scale show?

• Distances on a map
• The direction indicated by arrows
• The subject of the map

8. What is a decade?

• A period of one thousand years
• A period of 100 years
• A period of ten years

9. What is a surplus?

• The meaning of symbols on a map
• The subject of the map
• An amount beyond what is required, excess

10. What are intermediate directions?

• Directions such as Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest
• The position of a point, line, or plane
• Directions such as North, East, South, and West