Final Exam Flashcards
Which theme of geography describes a point on earth by using natural or human-made features?
Place
Which type of graph is best for showing change over a period of time?
Line graph
Lines which go from East to West and are parallel, or never touch, are __________?
Latitude
Which theme of geography tells where things are on the Earth?
Location
What is the name for the special latitude line at 0 degrees?
Equator
Which type of map shows human-made features such as cities, states, and countries?
Political Map
Lines which go from North to South and touch at the poles are __________?
Longitude
Timelines help arrange events in chronological order. Chronological means __________?
In the order in which things happened
Which theme of geography compares two or more areas that have the same natural features or human characteristics?
Region
What is the name for the special longitude line at 0 degrees?
Prime Meridian
Prehistory is the period of human existence before the invention of _________.
Writing
The Paleolithic people were able to survive because they used ________.
Fire
What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Age?
Farming
What has its own government but is not part of any larger unit?
City-State
The first civilizations arose ___________ because the conditions for farming were good.
in the river valleys
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often became ___________, holding high positions in society.
Scribes
What is a caravan?
Group of traveling merchants
The _________ in Babylon are known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Hanging Gardens
Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and the ___________.
Persian Gulf
The Chaldeans contributed the __________ to our modern calendar.
Seven-day week
Papyrus was used to make _____________.
Sandals, Paper, and Rafts
The Hyksos were able to beat the Egyptians because they had _______________.
Iron weapons
During the embalming process, internal organs were placed in ____________.
Canopic Jars
How many miles long was the Nile River?
4,000 miles
How many dynasties ruled during Ancient Egypt?
31
The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt was __________.
Ahmose
Also known as Menes, he united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Narmer
The woman pharaoh who concentrated on building the Egyptian economy was ______________.
Hatshepsut
The Israelites believe they are descended from this man.
Abraham
One of the most important ideas spread by the Phoenicians was ___________.
the alphabet
According to the Hebrew Bible, God promised to give the land of _____________ to the descendants of Abraham.
Canaan
What name is used to describe both the descendants of Abraham and their language?
Hebrew
What Jewish holiday celebrates the escape from Egyptian slavery?
Passover
A government in which appointed officials are responsible for different areas or departments is a ___________.
Bureaucracy
In Chinese written language, what are characters which represent ideas?
Ideographs
In Chinese written language, what are characters which represent objects?
Pictographs
_____________ is a metal alloy, or mixture, of copper and tin.
Bronze
What important trade route linked China to Constantinople?
Silk Road
Name the early Chinese thinker who created Legalism.
Hanfeizi
Ancient Egyptian astronomers studied the stars to ___________.
A. predict the flooding of the Nile River
B. align the pyramids to true North
C. create an accurate calendar
D. All choices are correct.
All choices are correct.
The Egyptian civilization was different from the Mesopotamian civilizations because ________.
Egyptians were protected from their enemies by geography.
The purpose of a pyramid was to ________.
protect the body of the pharaoh and store items needed for the afterlife.
Which was not an advance of Egyptian math or science? A. number system based on 60 B. number system based on 10 C. 365-day calendar D. herbal medicine and brain surgery
number system based on 60
Why were pharaohs embalmed?
so their bodies would be preserved and ready for the pharaoh in the afterlife
What crops did the Egyptians grow?
Flax, wheat, and barley
Which early Chinese thinker believed in putting family and community first and that people should be honest, hard-working, and responsible?
Confucius
Which was not a social class in early China? A. Farmers B. Merchants C. Land owners D. Philosophers
Philosophers
Which of the following statements about the Great Wall of China is true?
A. The Great Wall of China is also called “The Wall of Graves.”
B. The Great Wall kept people from invading and taking over China.
C. The Great Wall is about 4,000 miles long
D. The Great Wall is the only man-made object seen from the mars.
The Great Wall is about 4,000 miles long
Which of the following is not a Chinese invention? A. Movable type printing B. Gunpowder C. Farming D. Paper
Farming
How did the natural features on China’s borders make an impact on China?
They isolated China from the rest of the world.
