Midterm Review: Vocabulary Part II

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Across
  1. 3. Type of map that shows measurable data such as elevation, average temperature or population density.
  2. 5. Type of map that shows the natural features of the Earth's surface such as mountains, rivers and deserts.
  3. 8. The name geographers give to the land bridge that once connected Asia to North America during the last ice age.
  4. 10. The Mesopotamian afterlife.
  5. 11. The first Egyptian Pharaoh.
  6. 14. Type of map that shows things designated by a government such as national boundaries and capital cities.
  7. 16. Possibly the world's first emperor, a Mesopotamian king who took over Sumerian city-states by force.
  8. 17. Persian emperor who united his vast empire with roads, laws, and a postal service.
  9. 18. Means "great house" and was the title given to ancient Egyptian kings.
Down
  1. 1. The soul according to the ancient Egyptians.
  2. 2. A ghost or demon of the ancient Mesopotamian religion who would haunt the living.
  3. 4. King of Babylon who created the world's first written law code.
  4. 6. Lines that run vertically on a map and measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
  5. 7. Symbolized by a white feather, the perfect order of the universe according to the ancient Egyptian religion.
  6. 9. Phonetic writing system created by the ancient Sumerians.
  7. 12. The Chaldean king who, according to legend, built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife.
  8. 13. Built by the peoples of ancient Mesopotamia, a large building used as a temple and fortress.
  9. 15. Lines that run horizontally on a map and measure the distance north or south of the Equator.