| Question |
Answer |
| Geographers look at the world on what 3 levels? |
Local, Regional, and Global Levels |
| Name 4 tools that geographers use in their collection of information and data. |
maps, globes, satellite images, notebooks and audio/video recordings |
| Name the 5 themes of geography. |
human-environment interaction, location, place, movement, region |
| What is a general description of the Climate in the Temperate Zone? |
Sunny, warm summers, and mild wet winters |
| Petroleum |
nonrenewable resource |
| What is the one type of climate that can occur at many different latitudes? |
Highland Climate |
| What is a general description of where we can find most of the world's rain forests? |
on the equator |
| What is a disadvantage of nuclear power |
it produces dangerous waste |
| What can happen to habitats if there is a change in the environment? |
they can be destroyed |
| Which Greek city-state produces some of the greatest pilosophers in history |
Athens |
| Name the sea that is located between Greece and Turkey |
Aegean |
| What battle did Leonidus lead the Spartans in? |
Thermopylae |
| Greece has what 3 types of climate zones? |
Mediterranean, Highland, and Tropical |
| Name the 3 seas that border Greece |
Mediterranean, Caspian, and Adriatic |
| What were the 3 kingdom periods in ancient Egyptian history? |
Old, middle, and new |
| Who kidnapped Helen of Troy |
Paris |
| What product to service industries produce? |
None |
| What was an independent government that rules the country side around it called in ancient Greece? |
city-states |
| What country is located to the west of Spain and lies on the Atlantic Ocean Coast |
Portugal |
| What was the ancient capital of Egypt? |
Memphis |
| What is the importance of the Valley of the Kings in Egyptian history? |
where the pharaohs were buried |
| What Egyptian tomb did Howard Carter discover |
King Tut's |
| What was the mainland of Greece called |
Crete |
| What did the ancient Egyptians call the paper they made from reeds? |
Papyrus |
| What did Greek philosophers, teachers and builders help Alexander the Great spread in the ancient world? |
Greek Culture |
| What countries make up the United Kingdom? |
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales |
| What is the dominant religion in Russia |
Christianity |
| Which Egyptian pharaoh was best known as a great warrior and builder? |
Ramses the Great |
| What body of water separates the United Kingdom from France? |
English Channel |
| Who was the first woman to become a Pharaoh of Egypt? |
Hatshepsut |
| What mountain range separates Europe from Asia? |
Urals |
| Mummification process is associated with who? |
Osiris |
| How did Rosetta Stone help scholars understand ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics? |
It helped historians by giving a Greek translation of the ancient hieroglyphics. |
| When was an olive wreath put on the door of an ancient Greek home |
When a boy was born. |
| What city-state contains the Greek building called the Parthenon? |
Athens |
| What style of government tells you what your occupation will be? |
Communism |
| In a constitutional monarchy who has the real power? |
Parliament |
| In Greek history what style of government had to have a 51% majority vote to approve any action? |
Republic |
| Which style of government believes that the rule should be by the elite? |
Aristocracy |
| What type of ruler do we refer to leaders such as Hitler as being? |
Dictatorship |
John Weidner
on 2009-10-11
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