1st Semester Exam Review 1

Why might prehistoric people have moved to new locations?

400 Stanaford Road is an example of

belief and worship of only one God

an agreement between people, groups, or countries

anything that can be used by people

a time period of great success

an Egyptian soul that lives on after death

ultimate peace in Buddhism

a flat representation of earth

a professional writer in ancient history

a collection of stories that explain events, beliefs, and behavior

the idea that all people are born bad and must be controlled through strict laws and harsh punishments

the first form of paper

tombs for Egyptian kings

the study of the past

Another name for the north pole

the countryside

a professional army that trains even when there is not war

northeast, southeast, northeast, southeast

a member of the highest social class of Greece that inherited their status

someone who makes things by hand

time period when people learned how to farm

government with a ruler with all power and no limits

imaginary lines on the earth running north to south

a group a places that share the same characteristics

a person who takes power illegally

exchanging goods for goods

military formation where soldiers line up closely together

Which of these people might need asylum?

the effects that good and bad actions have on a persons life

a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

a long line of rule from the same family

Hurricane Katrina killed 1,836 people in 2005. This is an example of

strict social structure of ancient India

What measures absolute location?

agriculture

People that move to a new country by choice are called

What time zone are we located in?

no government

a prediction

coordinates are measured in

an account of an event by someone who witnessed the event

the time period before written record

democracy

a way of supplying water to an area of land

the study of earth

belief and worship of many gods

the study of the past based on things people have left behind

government ruled by a few powerful people

The Mercator Projection is the only accurate map

the exact location on earth

mixture of salt and baking soda used to preserve bodies

a period of 100 years

government with a king or queen

north, southwest, east, northeast

the time period when humans began using metal for the first time

a temple in Mesopotamia

a system of communication - spoken, written, gestures

weather pattern of a place over a long period of time

Egyptian writing

a group of regions that are controlled by one powerful government

trade route from Asia to the Fertile Crescent

how people are ordered in social by order of importance

north, south, east, west

What do compasses use to find north?

What was the impact of the agricultural revolution?

an independent city with its own government and economic system

a way of thought

Myrtle Beach is hot, sandy, and crowded in the summer. This describes the

the highest point in a Greek city-state

a map that shows boundaries of states and countries

an organized society with many working parts

Geographers study (two possible answers)

the making of tools and techniques to make human life easier

city

an object made by humans in the past

Greek marketplace

moving from place to place

a map that shows earth's features like rivers and mountains

one of the 7 largest pieces of land on earth

currency has to do with

the ratio of distance on a map compared to real life distance

religious belief that things in nature have spirits

the first written language

government where people vote for other people to make decisions for them

how money and resources are divided out to society

a member of something

the boundary on earth from which each calendar day starts

What are the lines on this globe called?

half of the earth

a triangle shape at the end of a river

a social class that is richer and has more power than the rest of society

the laws of the land the people that oversee them

urns used to store organs

Finding Seattle, Washington by its latitude and longitude is using which theme of geography?

buying and selling

deep concentration

How did people survive in the Old Stone Age?

an Egyptian king