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1
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Fifth largest continent (14 million square kilometers) Most isolated

and inhospitable areas in the world

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ANTARCTICA

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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHIC:
(Jericho, Israel)
Weaved cloth and fishnets
Made receptacles, pots,
jars, and dishes

A

NEOLITHIC

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Fourth largest continent (17 million square kilometers)

Generally tropical in nature

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SOUTH AMERICA

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  • the exact position of any point on the surface of the
    earth as determined by the coordinates
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Absolute Location

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Egyptians developed a form of picture or symbol writing known as __________made up of
about 800 picture-symbols.

A

hieroglyphics

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  • (9000 BCE) At the West bank of Jordan River the city of Jericho was a
    thriving farming community. It has massive stone walls and tower structure to guard
    against flooding
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The City of Jericho

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Largest continent and the most populated continent

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ASIA

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Assimilation - complete adaption of new culture and rejection of old one

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Nebular Hypothesis - The sun and planets were formed through a process called_______________
. Matter collected into dense clumps and disk combined the influence of
gravity and friction

A

ACCRETION

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10
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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHICS:
Sedentary form of living
Domesticated animals
Engaged in hunting,

A

MESOLITHIC

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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:“Age of Reptiles”

A

MESOZOIC

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  • leaving your own country for another permanently
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Emigration

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  • Also known as Human Geography. Studies the world, its people,
    communities
A

Cultural Geography

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14
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“The Walking Man”
walks upright
More human-like
qualities

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HOMO ERECTUS

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Indicates the humanity’s impact on the environment

A

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT -

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second largest and populous (30.3 million square kilometers)

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AFRICA

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17
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Emergence of first amphibians:
Lobefins
Emergence of Pangaea
Therapsids - reptiles who
utilize internal heat from
digesting food in order to keep
themselves warm

A

PALEOZOIC

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Sunni Ali - attacked and conquered
Timbuktu.

A

SONGHAI -

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19
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The extinction was caused by
global warming that left ocean
animals unable to breathe.

A

THE GREAT DYING

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  • arriving in another country to live permanently
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Immigration

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21
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  • god of the Sky
A

2.HORUS

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  • a great influencer of Muslim
    made Timbuktu major center of Muslim
    scholarship
A

Mansa Musa

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23
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“The Wise Man”
The species where
modern humans
beings belong to

A

HOMO SAPIEN SAPIEN

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24
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  • A slab of black rock carved in three languages was discovered -
    Hieroglyphics, Aramaic and Greek.
A

The Rosetta Stone

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25
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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHICS:
People used flaked or
crude tools and weapons
Made arts in making
pictures on the wall
Formed families

A

PALEOLITHIC

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26
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is the lifeline of Egypt.

A

The Nile River

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27
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction
An asteroid impact Extinction on
the planet created a dust cloud
that blocked sunlight for several
months killing almost all species.

A

MESOZOIC/

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28
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The evolution of Adaptation humans is one of _____________where one common
ancestor gave rise to several varied descendants.

A

ADAPTIVE RADIATION

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29
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He is famous for building the Great Pyramid at Giza.

A

Khufu -

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30
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second smallest continent (10 million square kilometers) Small but

with great historical significance

A

EUROPE

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31
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The Formation of Life and the Emergence of Earth

A
  1. The first signs of life emerged from oceans which is a one-
    celled organism called PROKARYOTES.
  2. Formation of the Inner layers of the earth.
  3. Continental Drift Theory - explains that the tectonic plates
    float above the molten layers beneath the earth and drift into
    different directions.
32
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1 - United Upper and Lower Egypt

A

.King Menes

33
Q

god of the Dead and the Underworld

A
  1. OSIRIS -
34
Q

Societies progress into civilizations through a series of challenges
that may be physical or social in nature.

A

THE CHALLENGE- RESPONSE THEORY

35
Q

The most complete and largest neolithic settlement found

A

Çatalhöyük (7000 BCE)

36
Q

Studies the natural sciences and deals with the studies of processes
and patterns in natural environment.

A

Physical Geography -

37
Q

smallest continent (7.6 million square kilometers)

A

AUSTRALIA AND
OCEANIA

38
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  • The commercial
    center in Africa
A

TIMBUKTU

39
Q
  • A process of gradual changes in the characteristics of organisms over time
    leading to great diversity among creatures. (SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST)
A

EVOLUTION

40
Q

“The Thinking Man”

A

HOMO SAPIENS

41
Q

THE CHALLENGE- RESPONSE THEORY by___________

A

Arnold J. Toynbee (1943)

42
Q

PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHICS:Practice their own
religion
Developed language
Learned to make fire
Made clothes

A

PALEOLITHIC

43
Q

MR. HELP

A

MOVEMENT
REGION
HUMAN
ENVIORNMENT
LOCATION
PLACE

44
Q

PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Dinosaurs were widespread
and the first mammals
appeared
Nyasasaurus parringtoni

A

MESOZOIC

45
Q

PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHICS:
fishing, and pottery
making
Dogs became part of
man’s life

A

MESOLITHIC

46
Q

It refers to the characteristics of and interactions among locations close to
each other.

A

REGION

47
Q

PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:THE GREAT DYING
The extinction was caused by
global warming that left ocean
animals unable to breathe.

A

PALEOZOIC

48
Q

describes our universe forming from a sudden and rapid
expansion from which all known matter is said to have emerged.

A

Big Bang Model -

49
Q
  • The king or ruler of Egypt and seen as a god
A

The Pharaohs

50
Q
  • When Pharaohs die, the pharaoh was mummified
    and buried in a beautiful chamber along with his belongings.
A

MUMMIFICATION

51
Q

god of the Sun

A
  1. RA -
52
Q

It is the discipline that studies the human and natural components of
our planet.

A

Geography

53
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Relative Location - The position of an area in relation to any number of
landmarks.

A
54
Q

PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Emergence of chordates -
animals with simple spinal cord
Arthropods - creatures with
joined exoskeleton

A

PALEOZOIC

55
Q

Third largest continent (24 million square kilometers)

A

NORTH AMERICA

56
Q
  • Gold production and Traders
A
  1. MALI
57
Q
  • This assumes that modern humans evolved exclusively
    in Africa and their way out of the continent through various regions in the world.
A

“Out of Africa Adaptation Model”

58
Q

An asteroid impact Extinction on
the planet created a dust cloud
that blocked sunlight for several
months killing almost all species.

A

Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction

59
Q
  • richest man in the world at the time
A

2.Thutmose III

60
Q

The Dark Continent
Portuguese began exploring
Africa on the 15th century
“Cradle of Humankind”

A

Africa

61
Q

It refers to travel and how people, products and ideas move from one
place to another.

A

MOVEMENT

62
Q

PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Primates and Cetaceans or
whales emerged
First Hominids emerged (1st
human species)

A

CENOZOIC

63
Q

PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Creation of several mountain
ranges: Himalayas, Alps and
Pyrenees
Arctic Ice thickens

A

CENOZOIC

64
Q

“The Handy Man”
Larger brain and less
ape-like face,
powerful hand

A

HOMO HABILIS

65
Q

PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHIC:
Learned to plant
(Agriculture)
Learned to herd animals
settled in one place and
formed a community

A

NEOLITHIC:

66
Q

The Egyptians wrote on ____________, the earliest form of paper

A

Papyrus

67
Q

King Tut or “The Boy Pharaoh”

A

King Tutankhamen -

68
Q

It refers to the human and physical characteristics of a location includes all
natural and human-made features.

A

PLACE

69
Q
  • adaptation process when two cultures meet
A

Acculturation

70
Q
  • god of Preserving the Dead
A

1.ANUBIS

71
Q

grew near the marketplace of the gold
traders. A king ruled the central government.

A

GHANA -

72
Q

PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Emergence of Laurasia and
Gondwanaland

A

MESOZOIC

73
Q

The sun and planets were formed through a process called
ACCRETION. Matter collected into dense clumps and disk combined the influence of
gravity and friction

A

Nebular Hypothesis -

74
Q

The relationship INTERACTION between humans and the environment and
how each is mutually affected by such relationship.

A

HUMAN-
ENVIRONMENT

INTERACTION

75
Q

PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:“Age of Mammals”

A

CENOZOIC

76
Q

t - She was one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs

A

3.Hatshetput

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