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What is the name of the line at 0 degrees latitude?
Equator
Hemisphere
Prime Meridian
Projection
What is the name of the line at 0 degrees longitude?
Equator
Hemisphere
Prime Meridian
Projection
The _______________ means the action of converting a round globe into a flat map.
Hemisphere
Longitude
Projection
Latitude
A ____________ can be described as half of the earth.
Latitude
Longitude
Hemisphere
Projection
What does archaeology mean?
Is the study of the past by looking at what people left behind.
The study of the human culture.
The study fossils.
What does PALEONTOLOGY mean?
Is the study of the past by looking at what people left behind.
The study of fossils.
The study of the human culture .
What does anthropology mean?
Is the study of the past by looking at what people left behind.
The study of fossils.
Is the study of the human culture
Primary Source is .....
A document or written work created after an event.
A personal attitude about people or life
First hand evidence of an event in history.
Secondary Source is ......
Firsthand evidence of an event in history.
A document or written work created after an event.
An explanation of the meaning of something.
What does the abbreviation B.C mean in History?
Before Christ
Before Common
Before Common Era
What does the abbreviation A.D mean in history?
Before Christ
Before the common era
Anno Domini- "In the year of the Lord"
What is an Era?
A period of 1000 years
A long and distinct period of history
A period of 100 years
What does the abbreviation B.C.E mean in history?
Common Era
A time period equivalent to “AD”
Before the Common Era
What does the abbreviation C.E mean in history?
Before Christ
Common Era
A time period equivalent to “BC”
“Prehistory” existed before which event?
Fall of Rome
The first writing system was invented.
Farming begins.
The Paleolithic Age was also called ......
The New Age
The Old Age
The Old Stone Age
The New Stone Age
The Neolithic Age was also called.....
Stone Age
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
The New Age
What is a Nomad?
People who traveled from place to place to survive.
People who established in a place to survive.
People who like to take vacations.
Paleolithic people first used tools made of...
bronze
copper
sticks and stones
The Neolithic Age was also called.....
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Stone Age
The New Age
What was the most important event of the Neolithic period?
People started using tools.
People domesticate animals.
The agricultural revolution.
The stone revolution.
During the Neolithic people established their villages close to ______________ and ______________.
Rivers and Valleys
Caves and Stones
Mountains and Stones
Caves and Rivers
What was the importance of the Bronze?
They were inexpensive
They were easy to make
Bronze mixed with copper formed tin
Bronze was stronger than copper
What is a disadvantage of the Bronze?
It was stronger than copper.
It was too weak.
It was too expensive.
Easy to use
This picture is an example of a ____________ map.
Physical
Political
Special purpose
Reference
This picture is an example of a _____________ map.
Political
Physical
Special purpose
Reference
According to Geography what is projection?
An estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
A way for Geographers to map a spherical world on a flat surface.
A thing that extends outward from something else.
The action of understanding the maps.
According to Geography what is Distortion?
The action of distorting or the state of being distorted.
Change in the form we analyzed the maps.
Exaggerations, or loss of accuracy, between shapes, sizes, and distances of continents, oceans, and polar regions on a map.
The action of giving a misleading account or impression
A ___________ is the only perfect representation of all of the landmasses and bodies of water.
map
globe
projection
distortion
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
When people started singing.
The Agricultural Revolution was the most important event in history.
a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.
Sumerians developed a form of writing called _____________.
Poem
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphic
Gilgamesh
What is a Ziggurat?
A large temple
A city-state
A large house
A statue
What is the meaning of the word "Mesopotamia"?
The old stone age
between two rivers
The New stone age
in the middle of the Ocean
What is the meaning of the word "Mesopotamia"?
The old stone age
The New stone age
between two rivers
in the middle of the Ocean
Sumerians invented the _____________ and ___________.
wheel and Cuneiform writing
Strong Military and iron weapons
King Sargon and the first empire
Empires and houses
The Hammurabi code was created by the _______________.
Sumerian
Babylonian
Akkadian
Assyrian
How would you describe the religion practiced in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Monotheism
Hinduism
Judaism
Polytheism
The Assyrian developed a/the _____________.
Strong military with iron weapons
wheel and Cuneiform writing
First empire
Hammurabi’s Code of Law
Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. First writing system used by ancient people.
Alphabet
surplus
Cuneiform
Gilgamesh
What did the Egyptians consider the Gift of the Nile?
The fish they were able to catch for food
The fresh water they could use for drinking and bathing
The breeze that helped them to travel upstream
The rich black soil from the Nile flooding
What helped Egyptian farmers grow crops during the dry season?
papyrus
shadoof
hieroglyphics
dynasties
The Nile River's floods provided Egyptians with the ______ they needed to grow crops.
fertile soil
seeds
fresh air
warmth
What does the development of Egypt’s civilization have in common with Mesopotamia?
They both invented the wheel
They both built pyramids
They both mummified humans
They both developed in and around river valleys
Who made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure?
merchants and artisans
the pharaoh and his family
farmers and unskilled workers
Priests and nobles
What was the name of the writing system that the Egyptians develop?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Symbolism
English
The king or _____________ and his family held the highest social position in Egypt.
government officials
artisans
farmers
pharaoh
What was the similarity between the Mesopotamian and Egyptian religion?
They both invented the cuneiform
They both made pyramids
There were both polytheistic
They both believed in the afterlife
What Mesopotamian empire ended up pushing the Kushites out of Egypt?
Assyrians
Akkadians
Sumerians
Babylonians
