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FINAL EXAM part one
Mr.Young
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06/01/2005

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Glaciers
Definition
great ice sheets
Term
mountains
Definition
highest of worlds landforms
Term
plateaus
Definition
raised areas of flat or almost flat land
Term
plains
Definition
large area of flat rolling land
Term
FIVE elements of geography
Definition
Location , Place , Human/Enviroment Interaction , Regions , Movement
Term
What happens at the edge of tectonic plates ?
Definition
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Term
Renewable resources
Definition
replacable natural resources
EX- soil
Term
Non-Renewable Resources
Definition
non-replacable natural resources
EX- coal
Term
history
Definition
time where important things are written down or recorded
- sequential records
Term
pre history
Definition
time before written records
Term
cartography
Definition
the art of making maps or charts
Term
equator
Definition
dividing border or the northern and southern hemisperes

0 DEGREES LATTITUDE
Term
Prime meridean
Definition
dividing border of the eastern and western hemispheres

0 DEGREES LONGITUDE
Term
suburb
Definition
residential area : the area outside of a city
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Urban
Definition
city area - or city like area
Term
SEVEN continents
Definition
North America , South America , Asia , Africa , Antartica , Europe , Australia
Term
Why were some regions isolated from others ?
Definition
MOUNTAINS AND OCEANS
Term
Mesopatamia was located in what present day country ?
Definition
IRAQ
Term
What was Hamurabli best known for ?
Definition
his written code of law
Term
What were the three most known inventions of the mesopitamians ?
Definition
wheel , plow , sailboat
Term
What is the difference of Upper and lower egypt?
Definition
Lower is in the North
Upper is in the South
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What was the capitol of the New Kingdom?
Definition
Thebes
Term
What were the main responsabitlities if the pharoah ?
Definition
Building Graineries , religious rituals , and irriagtion system
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What was the kingdom called after Ahmose drove out the Hyksos?
Definition
The New Kingdom
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List some main contributions of ancient egypt
Definition
Medicine and math
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The oldest civilazation in India is along what river?
Definition
The Indus River
Term
What was at the center of an early chinese city?
Definition
a palace and a temple
Term
What are the works of art from the shang period?
Definition
sculptures , cups , fancy vessles
Term
The eastern valley civilaztions include what two rivers?
Definition
INDUS RIVER
HUANG-HO RIVER
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Who were the greatest sailors in the ancient world ?
Definition
The Phoenicians
Term
What is the minoans word for double ax ?
Definition
lABYRINTH
Term
WHO WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT GOD OF THE MINOANS?
Definition
THE GREAT GODDESS ,
MOTHER EARTH
Term
ILLIAD , TELLS A STORY OF A WAR BETWEEN WHOM?
Definition
MYCENIANS
AND
TROJANS
Term
WHAT DOES MEGARON MEAN?
Definition
CENTRAL ROOM OF A FORTRES OR PALACE
Term
AGORA
Definition
ANCIENT GREEK MARKETPLACE WHERE CITIES DEVELPOED
Term
ACROPOLIS
Definition
FORTIFIED HILL0
Term
POLIS
Definition
GREEK CITY STATE
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CRITERIA TO BE A GREEK CITY STATE CITIZEN
Definition
HAD TO BE BORN THERE
BE AND ADULT
BE A MALE
BE FREE
Term
PAPYRUS
Definition
EGYPTIAN PAPER
Term
WHO FOUGHT IN AND WON THE BATTE OF MARATHON?
Definition
ATHENS
v.s. } ATHENS WON
PERSIANS
Term
DELIAN LEAGUE
Definition
DEFENSIVE LEAGUE RAN BY ATHENS
TURNED INTO ATHENIAN EMPIRE
Term
PERICLES
Definition
"FIRST CITIZEN OF ATHENS"
MADE ATHENS CENTER OF ART
Term
GREEK COMEDIES MADE FUN OF WHOM?
Definition
POLITITIONS
POLIS LEADERS
Term
ORACLES
Definition
GREEKS THROUGH WHOM THE GODS SPOKE
GAVE ADVICE ABOUT THE FUTURE
Term
WHAT DID OLYMPIC WINNERS GET?
Definition
OLIVE LEAF WREATH
FREE MEALS FOR LIFE
POEMS ABOUT THEM
PARADES FOR THEM
Term
GOLDEN AGE
Definition
PERIOD AFTER GREEKS DEFEATED THE PERSIANS
Term
HIPPOCRATES
Definition
FATHER OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE
CREATED THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH
Term
ARISTOTLE
Definition
THE MASTER OF THEM THAT KNOW
GREEK SCIENTIST AND PHILOSAPHER
Term
WHO WAS ALEXANDER'S FIRST GREAT VICTORY OVER ?
Definition
PHILLIP II OF MACEDONIA
PERSIAN EMPIRE
Term
WHO DID GREEK CITY STATES COME UNDER CONTROL OF BY FIRST CENTURY B.C. ?
Definition
THE ROMANS
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