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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is latitude ? | The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator. |
| what is parallel ? | Planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them. |
| When used together, latitude and longitude form a pattern of crossed lines called what? | Global Grid |
| what is longitude? | The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or West. |
| What is meridian? | A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles. |
| What is Global Grid? | Both lines of latitude and longitude used together |
| What is Tropic of Cancer? | the parallel of latitude 23°26ʹ north tropic of Cancer or south tropic of Capricorn of the equator. |
| What is tropic of Capricorn ? | The place at 23° |
| What is torrid zone? | the hot central belt of the earth bounded by the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. |
| What is Arctic circle | The Arctic Circle is the two polar circles and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. |
| What is Antarctic Circle ? | The Antarctic Circle is the most southerly of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth |
| what is temperate zone ? | Each of the two belts of latitude between the torrid zone and the northern and southern frigid zones. |
| What is frigid zone ? | each of the two areas of the earth respectively north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle. |
| what is polar region ? | The polar regions, also called the frigid zones, of Earth are the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles, |
| What is axis ? | An imaginary line about which a body rotates. |
| What is Economy? | The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods. |
| What is civilization? | The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced. |
| What is resource? | A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn by a person or organization to function effectively. |
| What is Social class | A division of a society based on social and economic status. |
| What is fertile crescent? | The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East. |
| What is barter? | Exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money. |
| what is Mesopotamia? | Mesopotamia is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in modern days. |
| What is polytheism? | The belief in or worship of more than one god. |
| What is irrigate? | Supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels. |
| What is ziggurat? | A ziggurat is a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia. |
| What is city-state? | A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. |
| what is cuneiform? | A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. |
| What is empire? | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress. |
| What is ally? | A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose. |
| What is cultural trait? | The examples of cultural traits are almost infinite. |
| What is Hammurabi code? | The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dated back to about 1754 BCE. |
| What is rule of law? | The restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws. |
| What is cavalry? | Cavalry or horsemen are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. |
| What is standing army? | A standing army, unlike a reserve army, is a permanent, often professional, army. |
| What is tribute? | A tribute is wealth, often in kind, that a party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often the case in historical contexts. |
| What is currency? | A system of money in general use in a particular country. |
| What is stele? | the central core of the stem and root of vascular plant, consisting of the vascular tissue and associated supporting tissue. |
| What is import? | An import is a good brought into a jurisdiction, especially across a national border, from an external source. |
| What is export? | An export in international trade is a good or service produced in one country that is bought by someone in another country. |
| What is navigation? | The process or activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route. |
| What is colony? | A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, , and occupied by settlers from that country. |
| What is cultural diffusion? | In cultural anthropology and cultural geography, cultural diffusion, as conceptualized. |
| What is alphabet? | American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mountain View, California. |
| What is cataract? | A group of rocky rapids. |
| What is delta? | The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ( Δ, δ ), transliterated as ‘d’. |
| What is Artisan? | A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand. |
| What is pharaoh? | A ruler in ancient Egypt. |
| What is dynasty? | A succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field. |
| What is bureaucracy? | a system in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. |
| What is a mummy? | A mummy is a deceased human or an animal whose skin and organs have been preserved. |
| What is hieroglyphic? | Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt. |
| What is papyrus? | Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. |
| What is pyramid? | A pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular. |
| What is sculpture? | Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. |
| What is commerce? | The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale. |
| What is ivory? | Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks and teeth of animals. |
| What is interdependence? | The dependence of two or more people or things on each other. |
| What is meroitic script? | The Meroitic script refers to two alphasyllabaric scripts. |
| What is ebony? | Heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree. |
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