Geography Flashcards

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Definition of Geography

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How the earth’s surface, climate, and landscape affect lifestyle

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Examples of Geography

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Climate, neighboring countries, capital city, major landforms, advantages/disadvantages to geography

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The rivers helped farmers grow crops

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The rivers provided water and made the soil rich.

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The area often flooded

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Flooding made the area good for farming but sometimes dangerous.

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Definition of Religion

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A society’s belief system and its related morals and traditions

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They built big temples called ziggurats.

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Ziggurats were used to worship their gods.

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They believed the gods controlled everything.

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This included things like the weather and crops.

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Examples of Achievements

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Types of structures built, inventions made, and improvements in technology.

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Influence of Past Achievements

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Modern life is influenced by the achievements from the past.

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They developed the first set of laws.

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The first set of laws was called the Code of Hammurabi.