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level: Level 1 of Chapter 1-3

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Level 1 of Chapter 1-3

Question	Answer
allows scientists to determine the ages of rock strata	radiometric dating
a time in a distant past when there was only one huge landmass	Pangaea
first posited by German meteorologist Alfred Wegener	continental drift
Wegener's theory on continental drift is today considered as two aspects of the wider phenomenon known as	plate tectonics
a large landmass on the surface of the earth	continent
according to creation theorists. God created everything	creationism
is the textbook on the science of creationism	bible
which means "southern ape from the afar"	Australopithecus afarensis
generally believed to have been the first true human / "handy man"	Homo habilis
refers to human family	Hominid
literally means "erect man"	Homo erectus
man the wise; thinking man	Homo sapiens
which was a process whereby flint was heated up to make it more workable	Annealing
the earliest ancestors of modern humans	Paleolithic Age
the discovery of the secrets of agriculture / The most significant landmark of __ is the Agricultural revolution.	Neolithic Age
Process by which cultural ideas spread to different groups of people and to different places.S	Cultural diffusion
the transition from stone implements to the use of metals was pivotal to growth of civilizations	Metal Age
Code of Hammurabi consisted __ regulations pertaining to socio-economic concerns of people.	282
the discovery of mixing copper and tin, however, was groundbreaking because it produced a tougher metal	bronze
traditionally believed to be the birth of Jesus Christ	Common Era
meaning "the year of our Lord"	Anno Domini
rooted in historical theory / it reflects our priorities, our values	Periodization
is the study of the patterns and processes of human (built) and environmental (natural) landscapes	Geography
or human geography that deals with human culture and its impact on the earth	Cultural Geography
that studies the natural features of the earth	Physical Geography
determines where a particular place can be found	location
refers to the exact point where a place is	absolute location
provides a pinpoint accuracy in locating a specific place	Global Positioning System (GPS)
describes the human and physical characteristics of a location	place
that describes and analyzes how humans adapt to their environment	Human Environment Interaction
this explains how people, ideas, and animals move from one place to another	Movement
refer to the physical features of the earth's surface	Landforms
refers to the regular pattern of weather conditions in a particular place	climate
is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time such as the temperature	weather
refer to wind that blows predominantly from a single general direction	prevailing winds
refer to steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator	trade winds
is a particular way of life of a certain group	Culture
is an advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society	civilization
is the oldest civilization ever discovered	Sumer
meaning "the land between two rivers"	Mesopotamia
they worshipped many gods / religion of the peoples of Mesopotamia	Polytheistic
Gods whose capable of human passions and weaknesses.	anthropomorphic
the struggle of the king to escape death is recounted in the dangerous journey he made to find Utnapishtun	Epic of Gilgamesh
meaning "big man"	Lugal
a copy of which was found at Susa, the capital of ancient Elam	Code of Hammurabi
meaning wedge	cuneus
the empire was divided into provinces called	Satrapy
were believed to have come from somewhere northeast of the black sea	Hitties
who developed their own distinct language known as Indo-European	Aryans
it was based on the belief of one God	Monotheism
is the first five books of the bible	Torah
is at 0 degree longitude that runs through Greenwich, England	Prime Meridian
is the point of reference that divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres	Equator
at 180 degrees longitude as its endpoint	International Date Line (IDL)
significant to the Hebrews was the religion that they practiced known as	Judaism
supposedly written by Zoroaster himself because the sacred book of the followers of his faith	Zend Avesta