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7th Grade Europe
| 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 |