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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did the first civilizations arise? | south waster Asia. |
| How did Mesopotamian farmers use the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to solve the problem of low rainfall? | They settled on the plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. |
| What was one of the major steps toward the rise of civilization in southern Mesopotamia? | irrigation systems |
| What is latitude? | lines of latitude run east and west around Earth. |
| What is parallels? | they are also called parallels because the lines are always parallel, or the same distance apart. |
| What is longitude? | lines of longitude, or meridians, run north and south around Earth. |
| What is meridians? | another word for longitude. |
| What is global grid? | when used together, latitude and longitnde form a pattern of crossed lines called a global grid. |
| What is latitude 23 degrees north ? | Tropic of Cancer |
| What is latitude 23 degrees south? | Tropic of Capricorn |
| In between Tropic of Cancer, and Tropic of Capricorn is? | Tropical zone |
| A other word for Tropical zone is? | Torrid zone |
| What is latitude 66.5 degrees south? | Arctic Circle |
| A anther word for latitude is? | Antarctic Circle |
| A anther word for Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle is? | Frigid zones |
| A anther word for Frigid zone is? | polar regions |
| A anther word for all the part of the Earth is? | Temperate zone |
| A imaginary line that goes around the Earch | is axis |