Social Studies Flashcards
The 7 continents are:
Europe, Antarctica, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, North America
4 main directions are:
North(N), East(E), South(S), and West(W)
Eastern hemisphere:
Up and down
Northern hemisphere:
Side to side
Latitude:
Rows
Longitude:
Columns
Equator:
Imaginary lines that separate the two hemispheres.
Meridian:
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth.
Paleolithic Age:
Stone Age
Did the Paleolithic Age have cities?
No
Nomads:
Early people
Did nomads travel in groups?
Yes
Where did nomads live?
In caves
Where was the Paleolithic Age, and how old was it?
In Africa around 300,000 years ago
Neolithic Age:
Bronze Age
How long ago was the Neolithic Age?
10,000 years ago
What two things got invented?
Bartering(trading) and farming
How do you make bronze?
Copper + tin
What was Mesopotamia?
Iraq
What were the people of Mesopotamia called?
Sumerians
What was the river called?
The Tigris-Euphrates River
What were early humans called?
Homosapiens
Hominidae means:
Human-like
What did homosapiens eat?
Fruit
They worked in:
Quadrupeds(groups of four)
Bipedalism:
Walking on two legs
Main river of Egypt:
Nile
Delta:
Where land meets water
Most of Egypt was a:
Desert
Pharaohs were buried in:
Pyramids
The place in a pyramid where pharaohs were buried is called a:
Tomb
Ka:
Force of life
Pyramids were tilted:
45 degrees
Nobles:
Rich and powerful families
Ra:
Underworld
The Indus River Valley is in:
India
The Huang Ho RIver Valley is in:
China
City-states:
Parts of a city
Mohenjo Daro is in:
India
The Indus Valley has the:
Fertile Cresent
The three dynastys of China were:
Zhou, Qin, and Han
