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History
7th Grade
01/05/2011

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History

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The written and other recorded events of people.

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Pre-History

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Before history the events in the period of time before writing was invented. 

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Archaeolgist

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A scientist  who examines ovjects such as bones and tools to learn about past peoples and cultures. 

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Geography

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Study of the earths surface and the processes that shape it.

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Hominid

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a Modern human or member of an earlier group that may have included ancestors or relatives of modern humans. 

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Nomad

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A person with no permanent home who moves from place to place in search of food, water, or pasture.

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Domesticate

 

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To adapt wild plants for human use; to tame wild animals and breed them for human use.

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Irrigation

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A method of supplying land with water through a network of canals.

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Surplus 

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more of a thing or product than is needed.

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Artisan

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a skilled worker who practices a trade, such as jewelry making, ceramics, or sculpture; in Aztec society, artisans were the third most important class, under the royal or religious leaders and warriors.

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Civilization 

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A society  with cities, a central government  run by offical leaders, and workers who specialize in certain jobs, leading to social classes; characterized by writing, art, and architecture.

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Scribe

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in ancient civilizations, a specially trained person who knew how to read, write and keep records.

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Fertile Crescent

 

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A region in Southwest Asia; site of the worlds first civilizations.

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City-State

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A city that has its own independent government and often controls much of the surrounding land; Aksum was one of East Africa's  ancient city states. 

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Polytheism

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The belief  in many gods.

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Myth

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a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains people's beliefs. 

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Caravan

Definition

 

 

a group of traders traveling together. 

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Bazzar

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a market selling different kinds of goods. 

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Cuneiform

Definition

 

 

A form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines;  used to write several languages of the fertile Crescent.

 

 

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Cataract

Definition

 

 

A large waterfall or steep rapids.

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Delta

Definition

 

 

A triangular plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water.

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Pharaoh

Definition

 

 

a king of ancient Egypt.

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Dynasty 

 

Definition

 

 

A series of rulers from the same family.

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Regent 

 

Definition

 

 

Someone who rules for a child is old enough to rule.

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Afterlife

Definition

 

 

A life after death.

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Mummy

 

Definition
A dead body preserved in life like condition.
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Silt

Definition
A fine soil found on a river bottom.
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Pyramid
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A huge building with four sloping triangle shaped sides; built as royal tomb in egypt.

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Giza
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Hieroglyphs

 

Definition

 

 

a kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas or things and others stand for sounds.; the written signs and symbols used by the Egyptians the Mayan people and other groups.

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Papyrus

Definition

 

An early form of paper made from reed like plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile Delta.

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Astronomer

Definition

 

 

a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky.

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subcontinent

 

 

Definition

 

 

a large landmass that juts out from a continent.

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Monsoon

Definition

 

 

A strong, seasonal wind that blows across East asia.

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Citadel.

Definition

 

 

A fortress in a city.

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migrate

 

Definition

 

 

to move from one place to settle in another.

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Caste

 

Definition

 

 

a social class of people

 

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Brahman.

 

Definition

 

 

a single spirtitual power that Hindus believe lives in everything.

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Avatar

Definition

 

 

A representation of a Hindu god or goddess in human or animal form.

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Reincarnation

Definition

 

 

The rebirth of the soul in the body of another living being.

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Dharama

Definition

 

 

The relgious and moral duties of Hindus.

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Meditate.

 

 

Definition

 

 

To focus to the mind inward in order to find spiritual awareness or relaxation.

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Nirvana

Definition

 

 

The lasting peace that Buddhists seek by giving up selfish desires.

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Missionary

 

Definition

 

 

a person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others.

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Convert

 

Definition

 

 

to change one's beliefs; in particular to change from one religion to another.

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Tolerance

Definition

 

 

The acceptance of differences.

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Loess

Definition

 

 

a yellow-brown soil.

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Philosophy

 

 

Definition
a system of beliefs and values.
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Confucius

Definition

 

 

Chinese philosopher whose teachings greatly influenced China.

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Currency

 

Definition

 

 

the kind of money used by a group or nation.

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Silk Road

Definition

 

 

a chain of trade routes stretched from China to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Silk

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A valuable cloth originally made only in china from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms.

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Epic

Definition

 

 

a long poem that tells a story

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Acropolis

 

Definition

 

 

The fortifield hill of an ancient greek city the acropolis of Athens when spelled with a capital A.

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Asristocrat

Definition
a member of a rich and powerful family.
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Tyrant

Definition
a ruler in ancient Greece who took power by force with a support of the middle and working classes.
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Demoracy

Definition

 

 

a form of government in which citizend govern themselves.

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Tribute.

Definition

 

 

a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation  by a weaker one.

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Immortal

Definition

 

 

Someone or something that lives forever

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Oracle

Definition
in ancient Greece a sacred site where a god or goddess was consulted any priest or priestess who spoke for other gods.
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Philiosopher

Definition
someone who uses reasons to understand the world; in Greece the earliest philosophers used reasons to explain natural events.
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Tragedy

Definition

a type of serious drama that ends in disaster fror the main character.

 

 

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Athens

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a city state in ancient
Greece the capital of modern-day Greece

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Agora

 

 

Definition
a public market and meeting place in anciend Greek city;the agora of Thens when spelled with a captial A
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Vendor

Definition

a seller of goods.

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Slavery

Definition

 

 

the conition of being owned by and forced to work for someone else 

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Helots

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A member of a certain class servants in ancient sparta

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Peloponnesian War

Definition

 

A war fought for 27 ears between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece alliances formed on both sides meant that almost every Greek city state was involved in the war.

 

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Plague

Definition

 

 

A wide spread disease.

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Blockade

Definition

 

 

an action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies.

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Barbarian.

 

Definition

 

 

a wild and uncivilized person.

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Alexander the Great.

Definition

 

 

the king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C; conqueror of Persia and Egypt and invader of India.

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Rebublic

Definition

 

 

a type of government in which citizens who have the right to vote select their leaders.

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Patrician

Definition

 

 

a member of a wealthy, upper class family in Roman Republic.

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Plebeian

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an ordinary citizen in the ancient roman republic.

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Consul

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one of two officials who led the ancient roman republic.

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Veto

Definition

 

 

the rejection of any planned action rule by a person in power the Latin word for "forbid"

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Dictator

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a ruler who has total control of the government 

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Province

Definition


a unit of an empire the roman empire each one having a governor supported by an army.
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Colosseum 

Definition

 

 

a large arena built in Rome around A.D. 70; site of contests and combats  between people and animals.

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Aqueduct

Definition

 

 

A structure that carries water over long distances.

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Monotheism

Definition

 

 

the belief in one god

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Arch

Definition

 

 

a curved structure  used as a support over an open space as in a doorway.

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Census

Definition

 

 

an official count of people in living in a place.

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Villa

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a country estate usually owned by a wealthy family; an important source of food and wealth for Ancient Rome.

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Circus

Definition

 

 

An arena in ancient Rome; also the show held there.

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Knight

Definition

 

 

a man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier. 

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Medieval 

 

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Referring to the Middle Ages. 

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Manor

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a large estate often including farms and a village ruled by lord.

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Serf

 

 

Definition

 

 

a farm worker considered part of the manor on which he or she worked.

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Gladiator

Definition

 

 

in ancient Rome a person who fought to the death in arena to entertain the public; usually a slave.

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Clergy.

Definition

 

 

persons with authority to perform religious services.

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Excommunication

Definition


expelling someone from the Church
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Apprentice

Definition

 

 

an unpaid person training in a craft or trade.

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Chivalry

Definition

 

 

The code of honorable conduct for knights.

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Troubadour

 

Definition

 

 

a traveling poet and musician of the middle ages 

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Crusades

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a series  of military expeditions launched  by Christian  Europeans to win the holy land back from Muslim control.

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Jerusalem

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a city in the holy land regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews 

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