Unit I: Geography and Ancient Civilizations in the World Flashcards
What do you call the earth’s special shape?
geoid
The crust is divided into plates creating the________.
continents
It is a theory stating that the earth’s plates have been slowly drifting apart over the course of time.
Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Wegener is the father of geography.
true or false
False. The father of geography is Eratosthenes, the first person to study geography.
Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wegener
The northern hemisphere is also known as______.
land hemisphere
The southern hemisphere is also known as_______.
water hemisphere
What are the three main factors responsible for life in earth?
Distance from the sun, atmosphere, water.
What is the average temperature on earth?
17°C
Why is earth called the blue planet?
Because the earth consists of 71% water, therefore making it look blue.
What is life on earth called?
Terrestrial Life
The earth’s structure consists of the _______, ________, and _________.
crust, mantle, and core
What does the Greek word geographia mean?
Geo means land and graphein means to write. When put together, it means to write about land or description of the earth.
It is the study of earth and its people.
Geography
A long period of mankind’s past and evolution that stemmed from almost 2.5 years ago
Prehistory
It is the study of living organisms
Biology
It is the study of plants
Botany
It is the study of earth’s physical features
Geology
It is the study of animals.
Zoology
It refers to the evolution of humans’ biological aspects.
Sapientization
These are tools or objects used by humans in the past.
Artifacts
These are the bone remains of humans and animals.
Fossils
A place where archeologists found artifacts or fossilis.
Archeological Dig
It is the science that uses the growth rings of trees to find out events from about 5000 BCE.
Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)
It is a method invented by William Frank Libby that uses radiocarbon to determine events from 1500 CE to 40000 BP or beyond.
Radiocarbon Dating
It can estimate events from 20000 BP to 2.5 million BP and earlier.
Potassium-Argon Dating
Who introduced the three-age system to categorize prehistory?
Christian Jurgensen Thompsen
What are the three main ages during prehistory?
Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
What are the three stages of stone age?
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
It is the longest stage in the period of mankind. It was also the period of evolution of apes to humans
Paleolithic
One of the earliest hominids is called______.
Australopithecines
They looked more human and used the Oldowan Tools.
Homo Habilis
They were around during 1.5 million BP.
Homo Erectus
When in the paleolithic period did they began preserving food and burying the dead?
Middle Paleolithic
It is the type of stone tool usually associated with the Neanderthals.
Mousterian
It is created by humans during upper paleolithic to prove their craftiness.
Venus figurines
They replaced the Neanderthals when they went extinct.
Cro-Mangons
The last ice age happened around_______.
20 000 BP
It is the transition stage from hunting to farming
Mesolithic Period
This is the last stage of the stage of stone age where pottery began and tools evolved
Neolithic Period
It is one of the Neolithic cities that emerged in the Asia Minor.
Çatal Hüyük
It is a type of stone used to make tools in the Neolithic period.
Obsidian
It is usually associated with living in the city.
Urban
It refers to having good manners/ etiquettes; know what is right or wrong.
Civilized
It is the center of ancient civilization.
Mesopotamia
It is the region where various people like Sumerians, Akkads, Urs, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans emerged.
Fertile Cresent
What are the standards of a civilized nation?
Government Economy Religion Writing System Advance Technology
The word Mesopotamia was coined from the words ‘meso’ meaning between and ‘potanos’ meaning river. What language are those words?
Greek
It is the area in Mesopotamia from Jazirah to Baghdad.
Upper Mesopotamia
It is the area in Mesopotamia from Baghad to Persian Gulf.
Lower Mesopotamia
This is the first writing system which was made in Sumer.
Cuneiform
Who was the person who led the Akkadian Empire?
King Sargon I
The Akkadian Empire is also known as_______.
Iraq
It was a small, but powerful empire. It collapsed due to famine and the attack of the Elamites.
City of Ur
It symbolizes the connection of humans to gods.
Ziggurats
It is the oldest language recorded in history
Sumerian Language
He is the ruler of Babylon.
Hammurabi I
He is the pioneer of Assyria.
Tiglath-Pileser
It is also referred to as the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Chaldea
The Indus Valley is now known as_______.
Pakistan
__________ is in the northern Punjab and _________ is in the southern Punjab
Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro
What are the natives of India called and who attacked them?
Indo-Aryans (Aryans) are the natives
Dravidians attacked them
What are the three important features of a dynasty?
bronze metallurgy
writing system
organization in the states of cities
It was a dynasty established in the valley of Huang He and had an advanced silk industry.
Shang Dynasty
It is the longest dynasty in China.
Zhou/Chou Dynasty
It was a dynasty led by Shi Huang Di, one of the strictest ruler in the history of China.
Qin Dynasty
The word China was derived from the Qin Dynasty
true or false
True
