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SOL vocabulary
brief definitions of SOL vocab for World History I Roper
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| material object shaped by a human | Artifact- |
| - developed by human group living together | Culture |
| - Tamed | Domesticate |
| preserved bone or object | Fossil- |
| Early man | Hominids- |
| Middle stone age | Mesolithic Era – |
| New stone age | Neolithic Era- |
| wanderer | Nomadic- |
| Old Stone Age | Paleolithic Era- |
| Time before writing | Prehistory- |
| highly organized society | Civilization - |
| capital in Mesopotamia 1st written law code | Babylon- |
| "Enlightened One" Sidartha Gautama | Buddah |
| waterfall prevented navigation | Cataract- |
| Sumer early form of gov’t/city & land surrounding it | City-state- |
| Flood plains where river meets larger body of water Egypt | Delta- |
| rule by succession of family | Dynasty- |
| From Persian Gulf to Med Sea arc thru Mesopotamia | Fertile Crescent- |
| Egyptian picture writing | Hieroglyphics- |
| Egypt closest to Mediterranean Sea | Lower |
| Greek meaning between 2 rivers, Tigris & Euphrates (Sumer) | Mesopotamia |
| ancient capital of Egypt of Menes | Memphis |
| Egyptian reed used for paper | Papyrus |
| RITZ -roads,imperial beauracracy, tolerance,zoroasterism | Persians- |
| Egyptian ruler, regarded as God, “great house” | Pharaoh |
| ACT alphabet, colonies, trade/merchant/sailors located on Mediterranean Sea | Phoenicians |
| tomb for Pharoah’s | Pyramid |
| Cradle of Civilization/ 1st River valley | Sumer- |
| River valley in Iraq, Mesopotamia rivers | Tigris-Euphrates- |
| - Nubia southern Egypt is called | Upper Egypt |
| Indo European invaders of India | Aryan- |
| Siddartha Gautama /Enlightened One” | Buddah- |
| rigid social system of Hindu | Caste system – |
| Chinese philosopher taught code of politeness/Filial Piety/ respect for elders & ancestors | Confucius- |
| Fulfillment of ones moral duty in life | Dharma- |
| Cycle of life from rising to the top to decline | Dynastic Cycle- |
| Family passage of rule | Dynasty |
| respect for family/ role model | Filial Piety- |
| Holy river of Hindu & Buddhist | Ganges river – |
| transportation of goods from china to Middle east (silk) | Great Silk Road – |
| Mathematics, medicine, 0, textiles | Gupta Golden Age – |
| separates India & china | Himalayas- |
| Major River valley of China | Hwang He - |
| 1st river valley civilization in India(Mohenjo-Daro) | Indus – |
| present condition represents past life | Karma- |
| pass to India thru Hindu Kush, used by Aryans & Alexander the Great to invade India | Khyber Pass- |
| founded Taoism/Daoism | Lao Tzu- |
| chosen by gods / divine (china) | Mandate of Heaven- |
| went out to spread religion(sent by Asoka) | Missionary - |
| early Indus river civilization, not sure what happened | Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa – |
| seasonal winds bringing rain good for trade | Monsoon- |
| final stage of buddhist term for state of Enlightenment | Nirvana- |
| the transmigration of the soul(Budhism/Hinusim) | Reincarnation – |
| Emperor Chin united china built great wall | Shi Huandi – |
| Buddha/ “Enlightened One” | Siddhartha Guatama – |
| India is a | Subcontinent- |
| religious book of Aryans for the religion Hinduism | Vedas – |
| Fort on hill in Athens | Acropolis - |
| One of Greek greatest tragedy playwrights in Golden Age | Aeschylus- |
| public meeting place in Greek city-states | Agora- |
| created Hellenistic Empire by conquering Persia, Egypt wanted to merge with Greek culture | Alexander the Great – |
| lever & pulley | Archimedes- |
| rule by nobles /free landowning | Aristocracy – |
| Greek philosopher taught Alexander, Science of Biology | Aristotle |
| Free male landowner in Greece | Citizen |
| plays that make fun of ideas | comedy |
| Greek & Macedonian military formation with spears & shields | phalanx |
| Fort or city-state | Polis |
| Long poem that describes the adventure of a hero | Epic |
| lengendary story usually containing a superhuman character | Myth |
| Public meeting place large square surrounded by shops& gov't buildings | Agora |
| A ruler who takes power by force | tyrant |
| A form of government in which the citizens take part | Democracy |
| A lover of wisdom | Philosopher |
| used to explore human problems | Tragedy |
| Home of the Greek Gods | Mount Olympus |
| Earliest greek civilization located on Crete | Minoan |
| Took over after the Minoans due to tidal wave of natural disaster Homer wrote about them | Mycaneans |
| 1st democracy rivaled Sparta | Athens |
| Militaristic city-state rival was Athens | Sparta |
| Increased the power of the middle & lower classes, cancelled the debts of the poor & made slavery for debt illegal | Solon |
| Came up with a strict code of laws with harsh punishemnt | Draco |
| War between the Persians and Greeks in which the Persians were defeated but the city of Athens was destroyed | Persian War |
| War between Athens & allies against Sparta & allies, Athens was defeated | Peloponessian War |
| sculpted big statues like the statue of Athena in the Parthenon | Phidias |
| Early plain column | Doric |
| Greek Column with eyes | Ionic |
| Greek column that was decorated | Corinthian |
| pulley & lever | Archimedes |
| Father of Medicine | Hippocrates |
| organized geometry into a logical system | Euclid |
| the pythagoras's theorum about the relationship of the sides of a triangle | Pythagoras |
| find happiness in the simpler things in life | Epicurean |
| Zeno urged people to to avoid desires & disappointments by accepting colmly whatever life brings | Stoicism |
| title meaning successor to the prophet | Caliph |
| Mosque that is holy in Jerusalem to both Muslims & Jews | Dome of the Rock |
| journey of Muhammad to Mecca | Hajra |
| the monotheistic religion founded by Muhammad | Islam |
| Struggle in God's service | Jihad |
| Holy book of Islam | Quaran |
| Holy city which all Muslims must pilgrimage | Mecca |
| the Muslim calender began with Muhammad's conversion of people in ______ "city of the Prophet" | Medina |
| Muslim place of worship | Mosque |
| Prophet of Islam, founded Islam | Muhammad |
| Someone who is following of the teachings of the Quaran | Muslim |
| the Muslims who believed that the son in law of Muhammad should be the successor, more radical | Shi ites |
| Turkish ruler | Sultan |
| Followers ot the teachings of the Quaran who believed Abu Bakr should be Muhammad's successor, traditionl | Sunni |
| Allah, Prayer, Alms, Fast, Pilgrimage | 5 Pillars of Islam |
| Elected head of monastery | Abbott |
| Charles Martel the Hammer Defeated the Moors at the | Battle of Tours |
| The rules for the monastery are from this saint | Benedict |
| the family name of the descendants of Chalremagne | Carolingian |
| Feudalism, crowned Emperor of the Romans, AAchen, education & conquest | Charlemagne |
| "The Hammer" defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours | Charles Martel |
| United the lFrankish tribes in Gaul, had soldiers baptized | Clovis |
| the attempt of conquest of the Holy Lands from the Muslims | Crusades |
| Time after the Fall of Rome with little learning | Dark Ages |
| The political system formed for porotection using mutual agreements between lords & vassals | Feudalism |
| Grant of land | Fief |
| northern Renaissance began | Florence, Genoa, Venice |
| sent missionaries to England to convert people | St Augustine |
| The buying & selling of church positions | Lay investiture |
| Signed the Magna Carta fiving of king's rights | King John |
| 1st European to discover America (Viking) | Lief Ericson |
| artist, Mona Lisa, Last Supper | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Master of the Manor | Lord |
| great charter limited rights of king | Magna Carta |
| economic system of feudalism which was self sufficient | Manor |
| sculptured David, artist- Sistine Chapel | Michaelangelo |
| From the Fall of Rome to the Renaissance | Middle Ages |
| places of refuge for monks, It was a place that the monks copied manuscripts, took care of orphans, farmed and provided other services | Monasteries |
| the time before nations which was made up states that were not united | nation-states |
| "Mayor of the Palace" made king | Pepin the short |
| Father of humanism | Petrarch |
| Pope | Pope Leo |
| Delivered the speech that launched the Crusades | Pope Urban II |
| French for "Rebirth" time of great advancement following the Middle Ages | Renaissance |
| Muslim leader that recaptured Jerusalem ffrom Crusaders | Saladin |
| Laborer on Manors | Serf |
| time period where the English were trying to take over French lands | 100 years War |
| person who recieved a grant of land from a lord | vassal |
| Scandinavian raiders & traders, called Norsemenseafarers | Vikings |
| Mountains to north of Italy in middle of Europe | Alps |
| The followers of Christ | apostle |
| Roman bridges used to bring water to towns & cities | Aqueduct |
| Leader of Huns from asiatic steppe | Atilla the Hun |
| Above the priest | Bishop |
| the greek founded colony on the Boporous strait | Byzantium |
| North african empire defeated by the romans in the Punic Wars | Carthage |
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