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OC Spring Final
Use for Final on 5/31
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define-cataract | steep rapids in a river, a very large waterfall |
| Define-democracy | rule by the people; government by the people |
| Define- tyrant | a person who rules by force |
| Define- aristocracy | rule by the important people |
| Define-delta | a triangle-shaped deposit of soil near the mouth of a river |
| Define-floodplain | an area of low lying ground next to a river, subject to flooding |
| Define-hieroglyph | the Egyptian system of writing using pictures and symbols |
| Define-dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| Define-inundation | the annual flooding of the Nile |
| Define-oligarchy | rule by the few |
| Define-Black Land | the dark rich soil which was great for farming. |
| Define-Red Land | the dry, barren desert land of Egypt |
| Define-pharaoh | a ruler in ancient Egypt, believed to be a god |
| Be able to match names characters from the Golden Goblet to a description of each one. | Ibni, Heqet, Gebu, Thutra, Ranofer, Zau, the Queen, Thutmose, Wenamon, the Ancient |
| Be able to label the following features on a map of Egypt. | the Mediterranean Sea, The Nile River, Upper and Lower Egypt, Thebes, Alexandria, Giza, the Red Sea, and the Sinai Peninsula |
| Choose a character from The Golden Goblet and describe how they were important to the overall plot of the story. | Refine your rough draft that you wrote in class. |
| Describe the best and worst parts of democracy. | Majority decisions reflect a group consensus, but not all majority decisions are good. Not everyone is always allowed to vote, etc. |
| Who decoded the Rosetta Stone | Jean Francois-Champollion |
| What was the Delian League? | The Delian League was an alliance between the Greek city-states to join together if the Persians attacked again. |
| How is democracy in the US and in ancient Greece similar? | they voted, held assemblies to make decisions, and legal citizens could vote. |
| How is democracy different in the US? | In the US, your social status doesn't matter to vote, men AND women can vote, must be 18 to vote, birth place doesn't matter as long as you are a legal citizen |
| How is democracy different in ancient Greece? | women and slaves could not vote, you had to be born in that specific city state to vote, social status mattered |
| Why is the Nile River called "the lifeblood of Egypt?" | The Nile is the lifeblood of Egypt because Egypt is in the middle of the Sahara Desert and water is scarce. The Nile makes life possible in a barren land. Egyptians used it for drinking, bathing, and farming. |
| What are the two way we classify hieroglyphs? | Hieroglyphs are classified into ideograms and phonograms. Phonograms represent sounds and letters while ideograms represent whole words and ideas |
| Define-polis | the Greek word for "city-state" |
| Define-acropolis | the Greek word for the "high ground" that was used for defending the city |
| Define-agora | the Greek word for "central market place" |
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