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Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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Surplus | An extra supply of somthing like crops that are not needed for food at that time |
Drought | a long period of dry weather |
Who is Khufu | A Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid |
Nile River | The worlds largest river, which flows northward through east Africa |
Nile Delta | Very fertile flat land made of silt left behind when the Nile River drains |
Mediterranean Sea | A large almost land locked arm of the Atlantic ocean touching Europe, Asia, and Africa. |
culture | the way of life of a group of people at a particular time including their daily habits, beliefs and arts |
Artifacts | an object made by someone in the past |
architecture | The science of planning and constructing building |
Civilization | A culture that has developed systems of religion, learning, and government |
Barter | A kind of trade |
Hieroglyphics | The Egyptian system of writing that uses symbols |
Rosetta Stone | A stone that has three languages written in on it. It was used to help interpret hieroglyphics. |
ziggurat | A large Temple located in the center of ancient Sumerian cities. |
Polytheism | The belief in many gods |
Monotheism | The belief in one god |
Abraham | founder of Judaism |
Code of laws | A written set of laws that applies to everyone under government. |
Hammurabi | King of Babylonian creator of code of Hammurabi one of the oldest sets of laws. |
city-state | A self governing city with surrounding land and village. |
Fertile Crescent | A fertile region in southwest Asia including Mesopotamia. |
Monk | A man who devotes his life to a religious group. |
Subcontinent | a part of the world that is isolated from the rest of the continent. |
Buddhism | A religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama which teaches that the most important thing in life is to reach peace by ending suffering. |
Siddhartha Gautama | A India prince that became the founder of Buddhism. |
Himalayas | The highest mountain range in the world and northern border of India. |
Indus river valley | The birth place of India also a very fertile area where farming is good |
Hindu Kush Mts. | Forms part of the border of India |
Pakistan | A nearby country to India |
Meji Restoration | The overthrow of Japans shogun in 1868 and restoration of the power of the empire in Meji |
emperor | The supreme ruler of the empire |
Archipelago | A large group or chain of islands |
Pearl Harbor | A U.S. base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japan in 1941 causing the U.S. to enter World War II. |
Legacies | Anything handed down from the past. |
specialization | Training to do a particular kind of work. |
Role of a pharaoh | To run the country |
Apartheid | A government policy of strict and unequal segregation of the races as practiced in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990's |
Landscape of Greece | mostly rocky land or plateaus |
Oligarchy | A type of government where small groups of citizens do decision making |
Values of city of Sparta | Good armies and strong people |
Athenian VS U.S | Only plebeians and patricians are citizens in Greece. Anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen of that country. |
Olympics | Originally was an athletic competition between city-states in ancient Greece. |
Homer | An ancient Greek poet |
Alexander | King of the Macedonia and conquered Greece, Persia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley |
Aristotle | Greek philosopher who was a private teacher of Alexander. |
Socrates | Greek philosopher who discussed laws, customs, and religion. |
Republic | A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them. |
Plebeians and Patricians | In Rome, plebeians were mostly farmers while patricians were nobles. |
Julius Caesar | The first Dictator of Rome, he was also murdered by a Senator. |
Holocaust | A deliberate killing of 6 million Jews by the Nazis during World War II solely because they were Jewish |
Dictator | A ruler that has abosle power |
Adolf Hitler | A German dictator who started world war 2 |
Technology | The use of skills and tools to meet practical human needs |
Pre-History vs History | pre-history is the period before events were recorded in writing. History is the story or record of what happened in the past |
specialization | To pursue some special line of work |
Apartheid | Any system that separates people according to race or caste |
Trial by jury | A jury is a group of citizens to hear evidence and make a decision in a court of law. |
Egypt contribution to our culture | Geometry and basic math, use of paper |
Mesopotamia-modern-day Iraq/Iran contributions to our culture | Irrigation systems. Crop specialization. |
India/Pakistan contributions to our culture | People began growing rice. Buddhism. |
China contribution to our culture | Seismograph, porcelain, ink |
Japan contribution to our culture | Silk and government |
Greece contribution to our culture | Government, olympics |
Rome contribution to our culture | Government, architecture, law |
Mediterranean Sea contribution to our culture | Trade |