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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what lines run east and west around the earth? | latitude |
| latitude and longitude for a pattern crossed lines what is it called? | global grid |
| what two lines run north and south around earth? | meridian and longitude |
| what is another name for longitude? | parallel |
| what is another name for meridian? | longitude |
| what is it called in the north hemisphere about latitude 23 n? | Tropic of cancer |
| south of the equator, at about latitude 23 s, what is it called? | Tropic of Capricorn |
| what is the section of earth between Tropic of cancer and Tropic of Capricorn what is it known as? | Tropical zone |
| what is another name for Tropical zone? | Torrid zone |
| what is the latitude called? | Arctic circle |
| what is another name for Arctic circle? | Antarctic circle |
| what is known as the zones north? | Frigid zones |
| what is another name for frigid zones? | Polar regions |
| what is between Tropic of cancer, Antarctic circle and Tropic of Capricorn what is it known as? | Temperate zone |
| what is it called when imaginary line goes between the north pole the south pole? | Axis |
| what is a system that a community uses to produce and distributing good and services? | Economy |
| what is it called when a complex society that has cities, well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills? | civilization |
| what is it called when a supply of something that can be used as needed? | Resource |
| what established or set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world? | Religion |
| what are groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society? | Social classes |
| what is the region of the middle East that stretches in large, crescent-shape curve form the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean sea? | Fertile Crescent |
| what fertile crescent includes a wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq? | Mesopotamia |
| what did Sumerians use technology or supply water to, their crops? | Irrigate |
| what is the independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory? | City-state |
| what is a trading system in which people exchange good directly without using money? | Barter |
| what is it called when the belief is more than one god? | Polytheism |
| what is a pyramid-shaped brick towers known as? | Ziggurats |
| what writing system did the Sumerians create? | Cuneiform |
| what is the state containing several countries known as? | Empire |
| what is a independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal? | Ally |
| what is an idea or way of doing things that common in a certain culture? | Cultural trait |
| what is a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire? | Hammurabi's code |
| what was the idea that all members of society-even the rich and poor had to do? | Rule of law |
| what soldiers who fight while riding horses? | Calvary |
| what is a permanent army of professional soldiers? | Standing army |
| what is a payment made to show loyalty to a strong power? | Tribute |
| what is money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins? | Currency |
| what is a carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end? | Stele |
| what is a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country? | Import |
| what is a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders? | Export |
| what became experts at___or the art of steering a ship from place to place? | Navigation |
| what is a area ruled by a distance country? | Colony |
| what is the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another? | Cultural diffusion |
| what is small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound? | Alphabet |
| what river in ancient times roared through six____, or groups of rocky rapids? | Cataracts |
| what is an area of sediment- soil or minerals carried by water- deposited at the mouth of the river? | Delta |
| what is or skilled workers who practice a handicraft? | Artisans |
| what is or a king, of a united Egypt? | Pharaoh |
| what is a ruling family? | Dynasty |
| what is or system of offices or officials that handle the business of government? | Bureaucracy |
| what is a body preserved by a special process? | Mummy |
| what is a drawing or symbol that represents a word or sound? | Hieroglyphic |
| Egyptians invented a material similar to paper what was it? | Papyrus |
| what is the structure with triangular sides? | Pyramid |
| what is a statue or other free- standing piece of art made of clay, stone, or other material? | Sculpture |
| what is the study off structure of the body and its organs? | Anatomy |
| what is the buying and selling of goods and services? | Commerce |
| what is a hard white material made from these tusks? | Ivory |
| what is or dependence by each country or group on the other? | Interdependence |
| what did the Nubians create one of the world's first alphabets? | Meroitic script |
| what is a black wood from west Africa, and elephants tusks, valued as a source of Ivory from east and central Africa? | Ebony |
| what is the largest country in Asia | China |
| what is a yellowish brown soil that blows in from the desert? | loess |
| what is platforms of earth that look like stairs? | Terraces |
| what cuts through the China plain? | Huang river |
| historians trace human settlement and culture in china to the__? | North China plain |
| what is the country's capital, located on the north tip of the plain? | Beijing |
| what wall is it within its riverbank? | Levees |
| what region is in south east in china? | Guangxi Zhuangzi |
| what is it called when farmers in this region use cultivation system? | Double cropping |
| what mountain ranges to the north and south? | Tibetan Plateau |
| what is the pictures that represent words and characters in the Chinese? | Pictograph |
| what dynasty began in 1760 and between 1500 B.C? | Shang Dynasty |
| what was the period during tools and weapons were made? | Bronze age |
| a Zhou leader's army conquered the armies of the last Shang ruler, and then what began? | Zhou dynasty |
| what did____ make silk worms? | Silk |
| in the second century China had only one way to connect with the rest of the world on land- the___? | Silk road |
| what dynasty became ruler of the kingdom in china in 238 B.C.? | Qin dynasty |
| what dynasty began in 220 A.D.? | Han dynasty |
| who was the ruler that ruled 141-87 B.C.? | Wu Di |
| what was the practice of using skills and talent to work in the government? | Civil service |
| what was commonly used during the Shang dynasty to predict the future? | Oracle Bones |
| what did the Qin dynasty's name change in to? | Shi Huangdi |
| what did china build that was being build for over a thousand years? | Great Wall |
| what people did or go between sellers and buyers? | Middlemen |
| in China who was known as Kung Fuzi orr master Kung? | Confucius |
| what was revived older Zhou texts as well as, such as the____? | book of documents |
| what was a collection of sayings by Confucius that were written down by his students? | Analects |
| what was a way of thinking and living continued to develop centuries after Confucius died? | Confucianism |
| what is the belief in finding the way or the dao, of the universe? | Daoism |
| what was great teacher of Daoism and taught before Confucius | Laozi |
| what dynasty suffered through nearly four centuries of unrest? | Sui dynasty |
| what is considered one of China's greatest dynasty? | Tang dynasty |
| who came power in the early years of the tang dynasty? | Wu Hou |
| In 960 what dynasty united warring groups and established a strong central rule? | Song dynasty |
| what was or universal rule? | Genghis Khan |
| who was Genghis Kan's grandson? | Kublai Khan |
| what conquest marked the beginning of China's first ruler? | Yuan dynasty |
| what dynasty came to power in 1368? | Ming dynasty |
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