30 questions
Globe
a type of map
a spherical scale model of the Earth
a flat model of the Earth
Lines divide the Earth into halves, the halves are called
hemispheres
boxes
latitude
How many Hemispheres are there?
The line that divides the Earth into Easter and Western Hemispheres is known as the
Prime Meriden
The Equator
latitude
The line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres is the
Equator
Prime Meridian
Longitude
Lines that go North and South, from pole to pole are
latitude
Equator
Lines that go East and West are, parallel to the Equator.
longitude
Prime Meridian
Physical Maps show
country borders
land and water features
roads and streets
Political Maps show
land and water features
names and borders of countries
roads and streets
A map showing natural resources would be
a political map
a a physical map
a special purpose map
A ____ is a measuring line that tells you the distances represented on a map.
key
map
A ________ shows you north, south, east, and west.
map
the years before the birth of Jesus are known as _____________ or "before Christ."
AD
BC
CE
The years after are called ___________________,or anno domini. This phrase comes from the Latin language and means "in the year of the Lord."
BC
AD
AB
The remains of plant and animal life that have been preserved from an earlier time
artificat
fossil
pizza
objects made by people
artifacts
fossils
pizza
sources are created after an event. They are created by people who were not part of the historical event.
Primary
Secondary
Maps
firsthand pieces of evidence. They were written or created by the people who saw or experienced an event
Primary
Secondary
Pizza
Paleolithic Age is also known as the
Bronze Age
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Why was the Stone Age called the Stone Age?
made tools and weapons out of stone
lived in stone buildings
used pizza stones
Why was fire important for Paleolithic people?
scare animals, making tools and making pizza
warmth, cooking, light
pizza, pizza, pizza
By what methods did Paleolithic people get food?
hunting and gathering
calling Pizza Hut
farming
What is a nomad?
people who make pizza
people who move from place to place
people who live in tall buildings
to tame animals for human use
pizza
cooking
domesticate
The Neolithic Age is also known as the
Bronze Age
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
a mixture of tin and copper
gold
silver
bronze
Times of extreme cold when sheets of ice covered parts of the Earth
cold age
frozen age
ice age
What age had the development of agriculture that allowed people to live in once place?
Bronze Age
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
People were nomadic, moving from place to place looking for ________.
dogs
pizza
food
The United States is in which 2 Hemispheres?
North, South
North, West
East, South