8th Grade - Topic 1

An area settled and ruled by a government of a distant land....

• Colony
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

A device made of cord and string with knots that stood for quantities....

• Abacus
• Quipu
• Sundial
• Astrolabe

To travel all the way around the world....

• You need to dig a hole through the earth
• You need to fly straight up into the sky
• You need to travel in a straight line
• You need to circumnavigate the globe

Sun dried bricks..

• clay

• adobe

• Amon Ra

• Stone Hinge

An excess, or extra amount.

• Surplus
• Deficit
• Equilibrium
• Scarcity

a relationship between people who share a common ancestry.....

• Friendship
• Business Partnership
• Kinship
• Roommates

The top of a feudal system of government

• King or Monarch
• Knight
• Vassal
• Serf

Way of life developed by people

• Culture
• Climate
• Geography
• Economy

A group of two or more related families

• Tribe
• Clan
• Community
• Kinship

A navigational instrument used to determine latitude.

• Compass
• Sectant

• Telescope
• Barometer