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S.S. Review
Reviews many concepts in 6th grade Social Studies curriculumn
vocab word | definition |
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latitude | (blank) |
latitude | lines that circle the globe east-west. |
democracy | type of government where people vote for leaders |
landform | anything on the earth such as mountains, rivers, hills and deserts |
peninsula | an area of land nearly surrounded by water, usually 3 sides |
geography | the study of the earth and its features |
prehistory | time before writing was invented |
cuneiform | early form of writing made up of lines and wedge-shaped sybmols |
history | time recorded events |
surplus | when there is more of what is needed or required of an item |
longitude | lines that circle the globe north-south |
artisan | a person who specializes in one type of work or trade |
resource | things found in the environment that are useful for everydeay living |
vassal | a person who promises to be loyal to a lord in exchange for protection |
mummy | a perserved corpse in ancient Egypt |
pharaoh | an absolute ruler of ancient Egypt |
immortal | when someone never dies and the soul lives on forever |
inflation | when money is worth less than its value |
mercenary | a soldier who works only for pay |
feudalism | a policital system in medieval times |
guild | an association of people who have the same trade |
chivalry | when a knight shows helpful qualities |
afterlife | a life or existance believed to follow death |
social pyramid | a pyramid that defined social classes |
specialization | when people are able to do different jobs in the new stone age |
domestication | the training of wild animals for labor |
ziggurat | a temple to the gods found in mesopotamia |
barter | the act of trading without the use of money |
city-state | a city with its own government,, religion and laws |
climate | the weather experienced over a long period of time |
polytheism | the belief in many gods |
pyramids | a temple to the gods in ancient Egypt |
legacy | artifacts or stories passed down from generation to generation |
culture | the shared customs, values, and beliefs of a group of people |
nomad | a person who has no single settled home |
hieroglyphs | picture writing found in ancient Egypt |
monotheism | belief in one god |
Hammurabi | king of ancient Babylon; responsible for the first code of law |
Menes | a king in ancient Egypt who was responsible for uniting upper and lower Egypt |
Nile river | a river found in ancient Egypt that flooded yearly |
silt | rich soil good for farming |
dynasty | a series of rulers who are from the same family |
scribe | a trained reader or writer in ancient times |
papyrus | paper grown from reeds in the Nile Delta |
dictator | a ruler who has absolute power |
irrigation | a system of canals, ditches, or pipes used to transport water |
monarchy | a type of government run by a king or queen |
government | the established form of rule in a place |
Tigris and Euphrates | 2 rivers found in Mesopotamia |
basic needs | things necessary to survive, food, shelter, clothing |
plebeian | common people in ancient Greece |
3 factors that affect climate | latitude, currents, and altitude |
rivers | where early people settled because of the ideal resources it provides |
patricians | wealthy people in ancient Greece |
renewable resources | resources that can be made or grown again |
ice-man | a man studied to learn more about the past |
old stone age | a period of time where people mainly hunted and gathered |
nonrenewable resources | resources, once used up, are gone forever |
reincarnation | coming back to life, mainly believed in Buddhism and Hindusim |
new stone age | a period of time where people began to farm and stay in one place (fire invented) |