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What word did geography originate from
Geographia = writing describing the earth
Large unbroken landmass surrounded by water
Continent
Lowest point on earth
Dead sea West Asia
highest point
Mount Everest in Nepal
longest river on earth
Nile river (4160 miles long)
Weather Pattern/ longer period
Climate
Substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
Natural resources
natural resources are
Renewable
examples of nonrenewable resources
Oil and gas
is there summer in the Philippines
No
Condition of place/ shorter period of time
Weather
response to environment
Adaptation
growth and destiny
Population
describe peoples way of life/ could be material
Culture
reflects identity of a culture/ reason why we have novel,poem
Language
cornerstone of culture
Language
answers basic questions of life
Religion
Rules on wearing clothes and eating
Customs and Traditions
Distinct Physical Characteristic, group of people
Race
Common cultural identity, certain group possess
Ethnicity
Old world
Europe
New world
America
Europe was named after
A Phoenecian princess who is the consort of Zeus
What seperates Europe and Asia
Ural Mountain Range
The United Nations divided Europe into
4 continents
Why did the United Nations divide Europe into 4 continents
Statistical convenience
What sea seperates Europe and Africa
Mediterranean Sea
What ocean separates Europe from America
Atlantic ocean
What ocean separates Asia from America
Pacific ocean
A country which contributed massively to the world/ system of writing law/science/governance
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia has 2 rivers which are
Tigris and Euphrates
India/ Pakistan
Indus river
China
Huang Ho and Yangtze
Modern day IRAQ
Mesopotamia
Land between 2 rivers
Mesopotamia
Birthplace of civilization
Fertile Crescent
Hebrews are from
Israel
Lydians are from
Turkey
Phoenicians are from
Lebanon
Gift of Nile
EGYPT
Empties in Mediterranean Sea
Egypt
Rise of Pharoah
Great house
Ancient writing system of Egypt
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
Predecessor of paper
Pyramids for after life
engineering feat
3 pyramids are
Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure
Embalming
Mummification
Who had higher status in society back then in Ancient Egypt
Women
With hundreds/ thousands of gods
Polythiest
Made Cueiform/Ziggurat/ city states
Sumerians
Cuneiform
System of writing
Ziggurat
Temple
First known emperor
Akkadian
Made Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian
From Turkey ( use Irons)
Hitties
Library with over 300,000 clay tablets
Assyrian
Royal Roads
Assyrian
Hanging garden of Babylon
Chaldeans
Persian are from
Iran
Satrap/ Satrapy
Refined
duality of good and bad
Zoroastrianism
Witnessed expansion of Egypt to Somalia
Queen Hatshepsut
Amenhotep III or
Akhenaton
Father of Amenhotep III
King Tutankhanum
Believed to be brother of Moses
Ramese II
Last ruler of New Kingdom but greatest pharoah
Ramese II
Ended in 4th century/ native ruler in Egypt
Alexander the Great
Descendant of Alexander’s general Ptlolemy Soter
Cleopatra VII
Serpent of Nile/ Macedonian Greek roots
Queen Cleopatra
Married 2 brothers/ well educated
Queen Cleopatra
Most noted icon of Ancient Egypt
Queen Cleopatra
Inspiration of modern day alphabet
Phoenecian
Purple dye/ excellent sea surfers
Phoenecian
5th largest economy
India
Scheduled flooding
careful city planning
Trading partners
Harappa and Mohenjorado
No place of worship/ indicated equality
Mohenjorado
Drastic climate change that caused famine or flooding
True
Aryans are from
Iran
Practiced by 900m followers, 95% live in India
Hinduism
Brahma
Creator
Vishnu
Preserver
Shiva
destroyer
Brahmins
knowledge
Kshatriyas
Defense
Vaishyas
Sustenance
Shudras
service
Dalit
poor
Caste ( Race System)
No social mobility
Cycle of birth and death/ reincarnation
Samsara
Moksha
freedom for reincarnation
Middle Kingdom
China
Longest existing civilization/ discovered gunpowder, paper and compass
China
Longest river
Yangtze River
center of the world
China
River that fuels China’s agriculture/ known for flooding
Huang Ho
Huang Ho known as
Sorrow of China
Scourge of the Han People
Ancestor god called Shang - Ti
Shang Dysnasty
Relied on oracle bones
Shang Dynasty
Oracle bones are
Ox’s blade
Overthrown by Zhou Dynasty/ Mandate of Heaven
Zhang Dynasty
Explains why China’s history revolves around dynasties
Dynastic Cycle
Greece is
Mountanious
Arable meaning
Plantable
Excellent farmers/ craftsmen
Minoan
Mainland/ Immortalized Iliad and Odysseus
Mycenaean
Basic unit of government
City States
Capital of Greece
Athens
Where boys picked up debating
Agora ( public market)
You can be an Athen if you are a woman, slave or foreigner
False, only men
Laconic
Spoke few words
Highly militaristic
Spartans
Troy
City in Turkiye
Which king ran the marathon
Persian King Darius
Athens fastest runner
Phedippides
Xerxes
Perisa
Leonidas
Sparta
Salamis
Naval battle
Plataea
Land battle
Persia abandoned Greece
True
What league did Athens form
Delian League
Who won the Peloponnesian War
Spartan
Hellenic
Greek Culture
When did Alexander die
33 Babylon
why did Alexander die
Malaria
Who wrote Iliad and Odysseus
Homer
Greek gods and goddesses live in
Mt Olympus
Zeus is the mightiest god
True
Happens every 4 years
olympics
Firm and plain
Doric
Scroll - like
Ionic
Decorated with Acanthus leaves
Corinthians
draconian
severe
solon
law maker
Law Maker who introduced octracism
Cleisthenes
Father of Athenian democracy
Cleisthenes
octracism = banished/ baked clay
True
First democracy recorded
Athenian
Term for Asia, Europe and Africa
Old World
Who said Democracy is not for everyone
Plato