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Midyear review
Chapter 1-4 & Mapping Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| latitude | distances measured in degrees north to south starting with the equator |
| longitude | distances measured in degrees east to west starting with the Prime Meridian |
| scale | feature on a map that relates to actual distances on Earth's surface |
| legend | key |
| history | study of the past |
| culture | knowledge, belief, customs and values of a group of people |
| society | a community of people with a common culture |
| civilization | a complex society that includes surplus, division of labor, social hierarchy, government and highly developed culture |
| hunter-gatherers | people who hunt animals and gather plants |
| domestication | process of changing animals and plants (taming them) |
| agriculture | farming |
| fossil | imprint, bone of once living thing |
| artifacts | objects made/used by humans |
| archaeology | the study of the pasted based on objects left behind by humans |
| primary source | information made by someone who witnessed an event |
| secondary source | gathering information about an event (NOT witnessed) |
| geography | study of earth's physical and cultural (human) features |
| silt | a mixture of tiny rocks & soil |
| irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
| canals | human made waterways |
| surplus | more than needed/extra |
| division of labor | special jobs |
| rural | countryside |
| urban | city |
| city-state | political unit made up of city & countryside |
| empire | territories under 1 ruler |
| monarch | king/ruler |
| pharaoh | king or ruler of Egypt |
| polytheisim | belief in many gods |
| priests | a person who performs religious ceremonies |
| scribe | writer |
| social hierarchy/classes | division of society by rank or class |
| cuneiform | Sumerian wedged-shape writing (1st writing system) |
| pictographs | picture symbols |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system |
| alphabet | set of letters that form words |
| cataracts | rapids |
| delta | triangular-shaped marshy wetland |
| dynasty | series of rulers from same family |
| afterlife | life after death |
| mummy | specially treated bodies wrapped in clothe |
| mummification | process of embalming/preserving bodies |
| pyramids | triangle shaped Tombs |
| papyrus | paperlike material made from reeds |