Unit 1: Pre history

Question 1

Latitude/ Longitude

Answer 1

latittude is the horizontal position (east/west) on a map, while longitude is the vertical ( north/ south) distance used to determine coordinates or map and the Earth

Question 2

Absolute vs Relative Location

Answer 2

Absolute location is exact while relative location is aproximate

Question 3

5 themes of geography

Answer 3

location, place, region, movement, human environment interaction.

Question 4

prehistory

Answer 4

is the period of time before written records

Question 5

old stone age

Answer 5

Age of hunter-gathers use of stone tools/ paleolithic

Question 6

New stone age

Answer 6

Lasted from 1000BC- 2200BC aka neolithic era, people began farming/ Neolithic

Question 7

Paleolithic Era

Answer 7

humans were nomadic/ old stone age

Question 8

neolithic

Answer 8

new stone age

Question 9

5 advancements of the paleolithic Era

Answer 9

clothing, fire, tools, shelter, and language

Question 10

Agricultural revolution

Answer 10

domestic farming

Question 11

mesopotamia

Answer 11

earliest human civilization. Created writing and many advancements such as the wheel

Question 12

Hammurabi

Answer 12

The king of babylon and famous for Hammurabi’s code

Question 13

Cuneiform

Answer 13

Earliest form of writing from the mesopotamians

Question 14

Neanderthals

Answer 14

important since they were the first to bury the dead made bone flute

Question 15

Ziggurats vs Pyramids

Answer 15

Temples in the middle of Mesopotamian cities as were centered around religions, while pyramids were used a burial sites

Question 16

Theocracy

Answer 16

a system of government where priests rule in the name of god

Question 17

polytheism

Answer 17

belief in one or many gods

Question 18

Tigris and Euphrates

Answer 18

religious river in the fertile cresent of mesopotamia

Question 19

monotheism

Answer 19

belief in a single god