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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where do lines of latitude run? | east and west |
| What is another name for lines of latitude? | parallels |
| Where do lines of longitude run? | north and south |
| What is another name for lines of longitude? | meridians |
| The prime meridian is ___ longitude, all other longitude lines are up to ___ | 0 degrees / 180 degrees |
| When used together longitude and latitude form what? | a global grid |
| What two hemispheres does the equator divide Earth into? | Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
| Latitude lines beside the equator are up to ___ | 90 degrees |
| What are the four hemispheres? | Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Hemispheres |
| In the Northern Hemisphere at 23 degrees north is the ___ | Tropic of Cancer |
| South of the equator at 23 degrees south is the ___ | Tropic of Capricorn |
| The section of Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is the ___ | tropical zone |
| The tropical zone is also known as the ___ | torrid zone. |
| Zones north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle are known as ___ | frigid zones/polar regions |
| Parts of Earth between the Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle are known as ___ | temperate zones |
| What is an economy? | The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services. |
| What is a civilization? | A complex society that has cities and a well organized government. |
| What are resources? | Supplies of something can be used as needed. |
| What is a religion? | A religion is a set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and ruled the world. |
| What is a social class? | Social classes are groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in their own society. |
| What is the Fertile Crescent? | The fertile crescent is a region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean sea. |
| What is Mesopotamia? | A land included in the Fertile Crescent which is a wide, flat plain in present day Iraq. |
| What two great rivers is Mesopotamia between? | Mesopotamia is between the Tigris and the Euphrates. |
| What does it mean to irrigate? | To irrigate is bringing water from the rivers to fields and watering crops. |
| What is barter? | Barter is a trading system where people exchange goods directly without using their money. |
| What is a city-state? | An independent state that includes a city and it's surrounding territory. |
| What is Polytheism? | The belief of several Gods instead of one. |
| What are ziggurats? | Pyramid-shaped brick towers. |
| What is cuneiform? | A system of writing using triangular shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things. |
| What is an ally? | An independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal. |
| What are cultural traits? | An idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture. |
| What was Hammurabi's code? | A set of laws that governed life in Babylonia. |
| What is a rule of law? | The idea that all members of a society, no matter who, must obey the law. |
| What is an Empire? | A state containing several countries or territories. |
| What is a standing army? | A permanent army of professional soldiers. |
| What is a tribute? | A payment made to show loyalty to someone or something of a stronger power. |
| What's currency? | Money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins are used as currency. |
| What is a stele? | A carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end. |
| What is an import? | A good or service sold within a country that is produced in a different country. |
| What is an export? | A good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders. |
| What is navigation? | The art of steering a ship from place to place. |
| What is a colony? | An area ruled by a country that's a great distance from them. |
| What is cultural diffusion? | The spreading of cultural traits from one region to another region. |
| What's an alphabet? | A small set of letters of symbols, each of which standing for a single sound. |
| What is a cavalry? | Soldiers who fight while riding horses. |
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