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S.S Review*
Review for Social Studies Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The knowledge belief, customs, and values of a group of people | Culture |
| A prat or imprint of something that was once alive | Fossil |
| An object created & used by humans | Artifact |
| Is the time before there was writing | Prehistory |
| A community of people who share a common culture | Society |
| A mixture of fertile soil that can make ideal soil for farming | Silt |
| A way of supplying water to an area of land | Irrigation |
| The worship of many gods | Polytheism |
| Long poems that tell the stories of heroes | Epics |
| The Science of building | Architecture |
| A pyramid shaped temple in Sumer | Ziggurat |
| Strong rapids | Cataracts |
| Triangle shaped area of land made of soil by a river | Delta |
| A series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty |
| A rich powerful person | Noble |
| A specialty treated body wrapped in cloth for preservation | Mummies |
| A huge triangular shaped tomb built by the Egyptians. | Pyramid |
| Paths followed by traders | Trade Routes |
| One of the first woman rulers, dressed as a man | Queen Hatshepsut |
| Egyptians writing system | Hieroglyphics |
| A stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics | Rosetta Stone |
| A tall, four-sided pilar that is pointed on the top | Obelisk |
| A large landmass that is smaller than a continent | Subcontinent |
| Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet & dry seasons | Monsoons |
| The most important language of ancient India | Sanskirt |
| The largest religion in India today | Hinduism |
| The effects that good or bad actions have on a persons soul | Karma |
| Going without food | Fasting |
| Nirvana | A state of perfect peace |
| The focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas | Meditation |
| People who work to spread their beliefs | Missionaries |
| A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha | Buddhism |
| A shot to help heal someone | Inoculation |
| The study of the stars & planets | Astronomy |
| Used to predict the future | Oracle Bones |
| People of high rank | Lords |
| Farmers with small farms | Peasants |
| The belief that people were bad by nature and need to be controlled | Legalism |
| A barrier that linked earlier walls across China's northern frontier | Great Wall of China |
| Uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day | Sundial |
| The practice of serting needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease of relive pain | Acupuncture |
| A soft bright, highly valued fabric | Silk |
| A 4,000 mile long network of trade routes | Silk Road |
| The Greek word for city-state | Polis |
| A high hill | Acropolis |
| A type of government in which people rule themselves | Democracy |
| Rich landowners | Aristocrats |
| People who have the right to participate in government | Citizens |
| A leader who held power through the use of force | Tyrant |
| A government in which only a few people have power | Oligarchy |
| Greek like | Hellenistic |
| Rulers with almost absolute power | Dictators |
| People elect leaders to govern | Republic |
| Common people | Plebeians (pee-ons) |
| Nobles | Patricians |
| Officials | Magistrates |
| The two most powerful magistrates in Rome | Consuls |
| a council of wealthy & powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders | Roman Senate |
| To prohibit | Veto |
| The Roman's language | Latin |
| A method to balance power | Checks and Balances |
| Rome's public meeting place | Forum |
| A religion was based on the life of Jesus of Nazareth | Christianity |
| A type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross | Crucifixion |
| Were religious men who lived apart from society in isolated islands | Monks |
| Communities of monks | Monasteries |
| The worship of one god | Monotheism |
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