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Semester Final WH
Semester Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| History | The Record Of Past Events |
| Prehistory | The Time Before Written Records |
| Hominids | A Group That Includes Humans And Closets Relatives |
| Ice Age | A Period Of Time When Much Of The Earth And Earth's Water Was Frozen |
| Paleolithic Age | The Earliest Period Of Human History. Called The Stone Age |
| Nomad | A Tribe That Travels With Migrating Animal Herds To Survive |
| Artifact | An Object Made By A Person In History For A Purpose |
| Archaeologist | A Scientist Who Finds And Studies Artifacts Left Behind By Past Peoples |
| Anthropologist | A Scientist Who Studies Culturals And Behaviors Of Past Peoples |
| Radiocarbon Dating | A Way Of Measuring The Radioactivity Of Historic Artifacts To Determine How Old They Are |
| What Event Led To The Development Of Permanent Settlements? | The Event That Led To The Development Of Permanent Settlements Was Agruculture |
| Cuneiform | The Writing Invented By Sumerians |
| Fertile Crescent | The Area In The Middle East Shaped Like A Quarter Moon Where The Earliest Civilization Developed |
| What Where Some Of The Sumerians Inventions? | Some Of The Inventions Of The Sumerians Were The Wheel, Sail Boat, Plow, And Writing |
| What Are The Names 5 Seas In The Kingdom Of Mesopotamia? | The 5 Seas Are The Black Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caspen Sea, And Aral Sea |
| Define Astronomer | A Person Who Keeps Track Of The Sun, The Planets, And The Stars |
| How Did King Ashurbanipal Help Historians? | King Ashurbanipal Help Historians By Creating A Library |
| Who Was Zoroaster? | Zoroaster Was A Religious Leader That Preached Good And Evil |
| Pharoh | An Egyptian Ruler |
| Mummify | To Wrap A Dead Body In Strips Of Cloth To Keep The Body From Decaying |
| Hieroglyphics | A Kind Of Picture Writing In Egypt |
| Papyrus | A Reed From The Nile River Used To Make Paper |
| Hinduism | The Main Religion Of India |
| Buddhism | Religion In India. Growing Out Of The Teaching Of Siddhartha Gautama |
| How Did The Nile River Effect Egyptian Life? | Nile River Effected Egyptian Life By Allowing Agriculture, And Trading Over Long Distances. |
| What Year Did The Trojan War Begin? | The Trojan War Began in 1200 B.C. |
| When Did Homer Write The Iliad And The Odyssey? | Homer Wrote The Lliad And The Odyssey In 750 B.C. |
| Who Was The Main Character In The Odyssey? | The Main Character In The Odyssey Was Odysseus. |
| What Happened To Odysseus When He Returned To Ithaca? | Odysseus Was Turned Into A Old Man To Hide Himself. He Was Able To String A Bow That No Other Man Could. He Was Then Able To Kill Off Opposers. |
| Name 3 Trails Odysseus Went Through To Return Home To Ithaca. | -Cyclopes,Trapped In Cyclopes Cave -Sirens,Was Tied To The Mast Of His Ship -Poseidon,Sunk His Ship And Left Him Alone -Hades,Had To Cross The Underworld -Betrayed,By His Crew With The Wind Bag -Calypso,A Goddess Who Wanted To Marry Him Who Kept |
| Mediterranean | Body Of Water On Which Greece Is Located |
| Iliad | Poem That Tells Us About The Trojan War |
| Peninsula | Geographic Shape Of Greece |
| Helen | Trojan War Was Fought Over This Woman |
| Name A Greek God And Describe Who He Or She Was. | Hades Was The Greek God Of The Underworld And Death |
| Where Did Spartan Men Live Until The Age Of 60? | Spartan Men Lived In Military Camps Until Age Of 60. |
| Thermopylae | The Battle Of 300 Spartans |
| What Did Philippines Do? | Ran 25 Miles From Marathon To Announce The Athena Victory. |
| Philosopher | A Person Who Tries To Find Truth By Asking Questions |
| Socrates | Taught People To Ask Themselves Why They Believed What They Believed. Started "Know Thyself" |
| Plato | Taught People Should Use Their Minds Rather Than Their Feeling When Governing. Opened A School That Lasted 900 Years. We Will Study His Ideas Today |
| Aristotle | Pupil Of Plato-Wrote Important Works On Astronomy, Biology, Ethics, Logic. Physics, And Politics |
| Sparta | A City-State Located On A Peninsula In Southern Greece |
| Describe The Myth Of The Founding Of Rome. | Two Brothers, Romulus And Remus Were Left On A River Bank.They Were Found By She Wolf And Raised As Her Own.Romulus Killed Remus And Named Himself King.He Then Found Rome. |
| Plebeian | The Working Class Citizens Of The Roman Republic |
| What Were The "Laws Of The 12 Tablets"? | The Roman Senates Tablet Of Laws That All Must Follow. Placed In Marketplace For All To See. |
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