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Horizons 3rd grade 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 13 COLONIES | Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, south Carolina, Maryland, Delaware |
| ANCIENT | A TIMER VERY LONG AGO |
| COLONY | SETTLEMENT THAT IS RULLED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY |
| REVOLUTION | A FIGHT FOR A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT |
| EXPLORER | A PERSON WHO GOES TO FIND OUT ABOUT A PLACE |
| LANDMARK | A NATURAL OR HUMAN FEATURE THAT HELPS PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY |
| DECADE | 10 YEARS |
| CENTURY | 100 YEARS |
| MILLENIUM | 1000 YEARS |
| CONTINUITY | CONTINUING WITHOUT CHANGE, REMAIN THE SAME |
| GHOST TOWN | CITY WITH BUILDINGS BUT NO PEOPLE LIVE THERE |
| CAUSE | AN ACTION OR EVENT THAT MAKES SOMETHING HAPPEN |
| EFFECT | RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED |
| ORAL HISTORY | A STORY OF THE PAST THAT IS SPOKEN RATHER THAN WRITTEN |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY | GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST` IN THE THE HISTORY OF A COMMUNITY |
| ARTIFACT | AN OBJECT THAT WAS USED BY PEOPLE IN THE PAST |
| COLONY | REGION THAT IS RULLED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY |
| SETTLERS | THE FIRST PEOPLE TO LIVE IN A NEW PLACE |
| FACTORY | A BUILDING IN WHICH PEOPLE USE MACINES TO MAKE GOODS |
| CIVILIZATION | LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN A WELL O9RGANIZED WAY |
| MODERN | THE TIME WE LIVE IN TODAY |
| INVENTION | SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE FIRST TIME |
| PYRAMID | TOMB OR BURIAL PLADE FROR DEAD KINS AND QUEEN OF EGYPT |
| PHARAO | ANCIENT EGYPTIAN KING (KHUFU) |
| REPUBLIC | CITIZENS VOTE FOR LEADERS TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEM IN THE GOVERNMENT |
| EMPIRE | ALL OF THE LAND AND PEOPLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF A POWERFUL NATION |
| SOME OF THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF A COMMUNITY | |
| JAMESTOWN COLONY | FIRST LASTING ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA, FIRST SETTLEMENT BUILT BY THE ENGLISH, RULED BY ENGLISH, 1ST SETTLERS WERE 105 MEN AND BOYS, LED BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, LANDED NEAR JAMES RIVER (NAMJE TO HONOR KING JAMES 1) |
| WHAT HAPPENED IN MISSISSIPPI IN 1969 THAT CHANGED THE CITIES ALONG THE COAST | HURRICANE CAMILLE (UNPLANNED CHANGE) |
| HOW DID LOUIS PASTEUR BRING BETTER HEALTH TO THE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD | DISCOVERED THAT MOST DISEASES ARE CAUSED BY GERMS.HELPED PEOPLE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP CLEAN. dISCOVERED A WAY TO KILL GERM IN MILK, BY PASTEURIZING (UNSEEN CHANGE) |
| WHO HAD THE WORLD'S FIRST DEMOCRACY | GREECE |
| IN A DEMOCRACY, CITIZENS | VOTE TO MAKE DECISIONS |
| SILVER CITY, IDOAH | BECAME A GHOST TOWN AFRTER THE GOLD AND SILVER RUSH ENDED (FAST CHANGE) |
| CAUSE AND EFFECT | IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE PAST, YOU CAN PREDICT HOW IT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. (EXAMPLE, BAD WEATHER, HURRICANES) |
| CAUSE AND EFFECT (STEP TO UNDERSTAND) | 1. LOOK FOR THE CAUSE 2. LOOF FOR THE EFFECT, 3. THINK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED |
| LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY | FAMILY, NEIGHBOR, OLDER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO TELL STORIES (ORAL HISTORY), LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMUNTY GOVERMENT, ASK QUESTIONS, AND INTERVIEW, LOCAL MUSEUMS, OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSPAPERS, LIBRARY |
| LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY | THE NAME FO YOUR CITY MAY TELL YOU ABOUT ITS FOUNDERS. STREETS MAY BE NAMED AFTER LEADERS LANDMARKS |
| POWHATAN | LEADER OF A GROUP OF NATIVE AMERICANS LIVING I VIRGINA NEAR JAMESTOWN. (MADE OF OF MORE THAN 30 TRIBES) |
| JAMESTOWN | SETTLERS FOUND THAT THE LOCATION WAS NOT GOOD. MOSQUITOES FROM THE SWAMPS CARRIED DISEASES. NOT MUCH DRINKING WATER, MANY SETTLERS DIED. SETTLERS CAME FOR MANY REASON, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, ADVENTURE OF LIVING IN A NEW PLACE |
| 1ST GLASS FACTORY BUILT IN VIRGINIA | 1609 |
| TOBACCO | BEST MONEY MAKER IN VIRGINIA |
| FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN | SETTLERS CAME ON SAIL BOATS, LANDED AT JAMES RIVER, BUILT A FORT FACING THE RIVER, MANY SETTLERS DIED FROM DISEASES FROM MOSQUITOS, POWHATAN NATION LIVE FOR CENTURIES AROUND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, 1968 GOVERNMENT BUILDING BURNS |
| B.C. | BEFORE CHRIST |
| A.D. | AFTER DEATH |
| ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA (ASIA) | WORLD'S EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONS BEGAN IN SOUTHWEST ASIA. SUMER-WORLD'S FIRST CITIES |
| SUMERIANS INVENTED THE WHEELED CART. | SUMMARIENS INVENTED WRITING. THEY FIRST WROTE WITH PICTURES (PICTOGRAPH) LATER THEY USED THE CUNEFORM SYMBOLS THAT STOOD FOR SOUNDS. |
| PYRAMIDS (EGYPT) | BUILT OVER 4500 YEARS AGO. MADE BY STACKING STONE BLOCKS IN LAYERS. THE GREAT PYRAMID TOOK 20 YEARS TO BUILD, WITH 10,000 PEOPLE WORKING ON IT ALL OF THE TIME |
| CHINA INVENTED FIREWORKS 1000S OF YEARS AGO. (ANCIENT CHINA) | CHINESE INVENTED PAPER AND PRINTING (ANCIENT CHINA) INVENTED WOODEN PRINTING BLOCK |
| (GREECE) ATHENS GREECE WAS MOST INPORTANT COMMUNTIIES. ALL FREE MEN OVER THE AGE OF 18 COULD TAKE PART IN THE DEMOCRACY OF ATHENS. WOMEN, CHILDREN AND SLAVES COULD NOT. | PEOPLE OF ATHENS LOVED ARETS AND LEARNING, STILL KNOW FOR ITS SCUPTORS, POTTERS, BUILDERS AND WRTIERS |
| THE LARGEST BUILDING IN THE ACROPOLIS (RELIGIOUS CENTER) | PARTHENON |
| (ANCIENT ROME) ROMAN CIVILIZATIONS FORMED MANY TINY VILLAGES SCATTERED OVER THE TIBER RIVER | PEOPLE OF ROME CREATED THE WORLD'S FIRST REPUBLIC. ROME GREW TO BECOME ONE OF THE RICHEST CITIES IN THE WORLD |
| MALI | GIANT EMPIRE IN AFRICA, WAS AMONG THE RICHEST IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. WAS AN IMPORTANT TRADING CENTER. TRADERS EXCHANGED GOLD AND SILVERS FOR SALT AND CLOTH THAT CAME BY CAMEL CARAVAN (GROUP OF TRAVELING TRADERS) FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST. |
| WHAT CAUSED MALI TO FAIL AS A TRADING CENTER | HAD NO SEAPORT OR GOOD ROADS, DRY WEATHER MADE FARMING DIFFICULT AND THERE ARE FEW NATURAL RESOURCES. TODAY MALI IS AMONG THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES |
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