1st 9 Weeks

Question 0

What is the purpose of the scale on maps?

Answer 0

To show distance

Question 1

0 degrees latitude is known as?

Answer 1

Equator

Question 2

0 degrees longitude is known as

Answer 2

Prime meridian

Question 3

What is the purpose of the compass rose on maps?

Answer 3

To show direction(NE,NW,SE,SW)

Question 4

180 degrees west is known as

Answer 4

International dateline

Question 5

What happens at the international date line?

Answer 5

Time changes

Question 6

What European country does the prime meridian run thorough?

Answer 6

England

Question 7

Which content was the only country in which people weren’t living in by 9000 BC?

Answer 7

Antarctica

Question 8

Define agriculture

Answer 8

The growing of crops of food,domestication for plants

Question 9

Define land bridge

Answer 9

A strip of land connecting two contents

Question 10

Land bridges were used for…

Answer 10

Stone Age people to migrate around the world

Question 11

Define domestication

Answer 11

Using plants and animals for human benefit

Question 12

Define distribute

Answer 12

To divide among a group of people

Question 13

This animal bone was used to build early houses

Answer 13

Mammoth

Question 14

Define polytheism

Answer 14

The worship of many gods

Question 15

Define social hierarchy

Answer 15

The division of society by rank or class

Question 16

The army of ______ defeated all city-states of Sumer and northern Mesopotomia

Answer 16

Sargon

Question 17

The Sumerians used sharp _____ to make symbols on clay tablets

Answer 17

Styluses

Question 18

After the death of Sargon,this city-state rose to power

Answer 18

Sumer

Question 19

Define irrigation

Answer 19

Providing water for plants

Question 20

Define epics

Answer 20

Long poems that tell stories of heroes

Question 21

What is an imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of another animal called?a

Answer 21

Sphinxes

Question 22

First pharaoh of Egypt was

Answer 22

Menes

Question 23

____ attacked Egypt in the 700’s BC

Answer 23

Kashta

Question 24

He leader of Aksumite army who invaded in AD 350 was

Answer 24

King Ezana

Question 25

Define Rosetta Stone

Answer 25

A stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics

Question 26

Define papyrus

Answer 26

A long lasting paper like material made from reeds

Question 27

Define obelisk

Answer 27

A tall,four-sided pillar that is pointed on top

Question 28

Define Sphinx

Answer 28

Imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans

Question 29

Why did Egyptians feel it was important to preserve a body after death

Answer 29

• Egyptians believed the body had to be prepared for afterlife before buried
• if body decayed its spirt could not recognize it
• body would be unable to get food & drink to have good afterlife

Question 30

The king who became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature

Answer 30

Gilgamesh

Question 31

Pharaoh best known for monuments built to him was…

Answer 31

Khufu

Question 35

What does building of pyramids tell us about Egyptian society

Answer 35

• The pyramids shape pointing to the skies symbolized the Pharisees journey to the afterlife
• teams of workers dragged the stones on wooden sleds to the pyramid
• the pyramids were built when people of the upper class died