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Mid-term Exam Review Geography Terms Archipelago Bay Canal Cape Channel Delta Desert Glacier Gulf Harbor Island Isthmus Lake Mountain Mountain Range Mouth (of a river) Oasis Peninsula Plain River Strait Swamp Tributary Valley Volcano Key Idea and Concepts Be able to describe each of these features. Know real examples of each of these features. Focus on examples we have looked at in the different units. Map Skills Longitude Latitude Equator Prime Meridian Compass Five Themes of Geography Key Ideas and Concepts Be able to locate and identify these items on a map. Be able to describe each item. Know the five themes of Geography and be able to identify examples. Early Man Artifact Culture Hominid Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age Homo Sapien Technology Australopithecines Homo habilis Homo erectus Neanderthal Cro-Magnon Nomad Hunter-gatherer Neolithic revolution Slash and burn farming Domestication Key Ideas and Concepts Know the characteristics of each age. Know the characteristics of each species of early man. Where were each species located? Where did they move? How did they get food? What are the five characteristics of civilizations? Know examples of the five characteristics of Civilization. River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamia Civilization Artisans Cuneiform Ziggurat Mesopotamia Tigris Euphrates Fertile Crescent Irrigation Silt Sumer Ur City-state Polytheism Akkadians Sargon of Akkad Ammorites Semitic people Marduk Code of Hammurabi Hittites Indo-European people Kassites Assyrians Ninevah Babylon Sargon II Chaldeans Nebuchadnezzar II Key Ideas: Where did civilizations first begin and why? What are the five characteristics of a civilization? Know examples of each. Why is it called the Fertile Crescent? What did the first city-states look like? How were they designed? Why? What are the important characteristics and achievements of each of the Mesopotamian Empires? Who are the important people from the Mesopotamian Empires? Why are they important? What is the Code of Hammurabi and why is it important? Egypt Nile Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Libyan Desert Nubian Desert Cataracts Delta Menes Pharaoh Pyramid Mummification Hieroglyphics Papyrus Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom Hyksos Hatshepsut Thutmose III Nubia Ramses II Kush Piankhi Meroe Thebes Giza Libyans Key Ideas and Concepts: Why did civilization develop and thrive here? How did the Nile flood and what effect did it have on the people? What role did religion play in Egyptian society? What was government like in Egypt? Describe the social structure of Egypt. What led to the decline of Egypt? Indus River Valley Indus River Ganges River Hindu Kush Karakoram Himalayan Range Subcontinent Monsoons Citadel Aryans Caste System Untouchables Mauryan Empire Asoka Religious tolerance Tamil Gupta Empire Patriarchal Matriarchal Mahayana Theravada Silk Road Indian Religions Hinduism Vedas Upanishads Moksha Reincarnation Karma Brahma Vishnu Shiva Mahavira Buddhism Siddhartha Gautama Buddha Enlightenment Four Noble Truths Eight Fold Path Nirvana Dharma Key Ideas and Concepts: Why did civilization develop here? How were cities designed in Indus? What were the natural barriers? Where did the settlers come from? How did the religions begin? How does each religion believe one reaches the ultimate goal? What is the caste system, where did it come from, and how did it affect society? China Loess Oracle bone Mandate of Heaven Dynastic cycle Feudalism Xia Dynasty Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty Confucius Filial piety Bureaucracy Laozi Daoism Legalism Yin and yang Qin dynasty Shi Huangdi Autocracy The Great Wall of China Key Ideas and Concepts: Why did civilization develop here? How was society set up? Describe the main points of ideas of Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. What affect did the different philosophies have on society? Phoenicians Where were the Phoenicians from? What were the Phoenicians known for? What did they do? Be able to give several examples. Persia Cyrus the Great Cambyses Darius Satrap The Royal Road Zoroaster Key Ideas and Concepts: How did each ruler of the Persian Empire rule? Who did they treat their subjects? What is the Royal Road and why was it important to the Empire? Describe the main beliefs of Zoroaster. Ancient Greece Crete Minoans Mycenaean Dorian Homer Polis Acropolis Monarchy Aristocracy Oligarchy Hoplites Phalanx Tyrant Helot Sparta Athens Peloponnesus Troy Key Ideas and Concepts: How and where did Ancient Greek civilization start? How were the poleis set up?
