Social Studies Trimester 1 Flashcards
prehistory:
the time before writing:
hominid:
early human ancestor
Donald Johanson found ____
Lucy
homo habilis=
handy man
homo erectus=
upright man
Homo erectus can…
control fire
Homo sapiens=
wise men
Paleolithic Era:
Old stone when stone tools were used
society:
a community of people who share a common culture
hunter-gatherers:
people who hunt animals and gather plants, seeds, etc
ice age:
freezing time
land bridge:
strip of land connecting 2 continents
Mesolithic Era:
Middle Stone Age
Neolithic Era:
New Stone Age
Latitude:
how N and S equator places
cartographer:
map maker/studier
the equator is…
0 degrees latitude
Inset Map:
where in the world an area is located
Longtitude:
E and W
Prime Meridian:
0 degrees latitude
srait:
narrrow body of water connecting other bodies
delta:
where rivers deposit silt
archaeology;
study of the past
primary resource:
event with someone who took part in/witnessed an event
secondary resource:
someone who gathered info on an event
Before the common era abreviation:
BC
AD=
Common era
anno domini means
In the Year of the Lord
countryside areas:
rural
a city, it’s center, and rest:
city-state
city areas:
urban
the foundation of sumerian society:
Religion
Some Sumerian women can be important leaders T or F
True
The army of ___ ____ ______ defended all city-states of Sumer and conq N Mes
Sargon the Great
____ was a legendaryn figure
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar both…
used chariots
The…. gave Mesopatania its name
Tigris+Euphrates River
N meso was:
mountanious
S meso was:
a plain
The _____ were skilled in ironwork
Assyrians
Old Kingdom time:
2.7kBC-2200BC
Pharoah who ruled in 2.5kBC:
Khufu
people from rich and powerful families:
nobles
royalty or people of wealth and power:
elites
hierogylphics:
one of the 1st writing systems
papyrus:
a longlasting material for writing
only ____ and _____ were allowed in temples
pharoah-priests
_____ were the majority of Egypt
slaves
Menes was the ___ Pharoah
1st
Mene was responsible for increasing trade in ____
Egypt
Egypt was able to built a lot from ______
taxes
South Egypt=______ ____
North Egypt=______ ____
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Kush was _____ of Egypt
south
____ and _______ traded together
Kush and Egypt
The Rosetta stone was discovered by _____
British soldiers
hieroglyphics used ____ symbols
600+
The ______ ______ had a lot of gold
Nubian Desert
Papyrus came from…
the Nile
Greece is a __
peninsula
the Meditaranean Sea is..
south of Greece
The _____ were great shipbuilders
Minoans
The ____ were not considered Greek, since they didn’t speak the language
Minoans
polis:
Greek city-state
The Greeks created city states for…
economic support
acropolis:
marketplace
City states started in the ______ ____
Classical Age
The Fertile Crescent had lots of ____-
silt
