{"id":140,"date":"2017-10-01T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T19:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/maflahi\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2020-01-27T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:35:05","slug":"vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/maflahi\/vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chapter 1 Vocabulary<\/h3>\n

Archaeologist<\/strong>: an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind.<\/p>\n

Historian:\u00a0<\/strong>an expert who studies and records the past.<\/p>\n

Geographer:\u00a0<\/strong>an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features.<\/p>\n

Artifact: <\/strong>an object made or used by people in the past.<\/p>\n

Prehistoric:\u00a0<\/strong>before written history.<\/p>\n

Ritual:\u00a0<\/strong>relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony.<\/p>\n

Chapter 2 Vocabulary\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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  1. Migrate <\/strong>To move from one geographic region to another<\/li>\n
  2. Anthropologist <\/strong>A scientist who studies human development and culture<\/li>\n
  3. Hominids <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>An early ancestor of Humans<\/li>\n
  4. Capability<\/strong>Ability or skill<\/li>\n
  5. Skeleton<\/strong>The bones that make up the body of a person or animal<\/li>\n
  6. Trait<\/strong>A special feature or characteristic<\/li>\n
  7. Intelligence<\/strong>A strong mental ability to reason and gain knowledge<\/li>\n
  8. Community <\/strong>A group of people who live in the same area and are united by common interests<\/li>\n
  9. Contribute \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>To give, along with others, to a common cause<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Chapter 3:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Agriculture:<\/strong> the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals.<\/p>\n

    Catal Hoyuk:<\/strong> a Neolithic town discovered in central Turkey<\/p>\n

    Domesticate<\/strong>: to train a wild animal to be useful to humans<\/p>\n

    Fertile Crescent:<\/strong> an arc-shaped region in southwest Asia, with rich soil<\/p>\n

    Neolithic Age:\u00a0<\/strong>the later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8000 B.C.E. to 3000 B.C.E<\/p>\n

    Nomad:<\/strong> One who moves from place to place with no permanent home<\/p>\n

    Paleolithic Age:<\/strong>\u00a0 .the first period of the Stone Age called the Old Stone Age. From about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.<\/p>\n

    Resource:<\/strong> something that can be used to fulfill a need<\/p>\n

    Trade:<\/strong> the business of buying and selling or exchanging items<\/p>\n

    Chapter 4: The Rise of Sumerian City-States<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Mesopotamia:<\/strong> in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates River<\/p>\n

    Tigris River:<\/strong> one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf<\/p>\n

    Euphrates:<\/strong> one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf<\/p>\n

    Sumer:<\/strong> an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared<\/p>\n

    Irrigation:<\/strong> a means of supplying land with water<\/p>\n

    Levee:<\/strong> a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks<\/p>\n

    Silt:<\/strong> fine particles of rock<\/p>\n

    City-state:<\/strong> an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government<\/p>\n

    Chapter 5: Ancient Sumer<\/h2>\n

    Civilization:<\/strong> A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure<\/p>\n

    Social structure:<\/strong> The way a civilization is organized<\/p>\n

    Technology:<\/strong> The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes<\/p>\n

    Merchant:<\/strong> A person who makes money by selling goods<\/p>\n

    Artisan:<\/strong> A craftsperson<\/p>\n

    Scribe:<\/strong> A person who writes<\/p>\n

    Ziggurat:<\/strong> An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and shrine at the top<\/p>\n

    Culture:<\/strong> A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or a group of people<\/p>\n

    Cuneiform:<\/strong> Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters<\/p>\n

    Pictograph:<\/strong> A symbol that stands for an object<\/p>\n

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    Chapter 6: Mesopotamian Empires<\/h2>\n

    empire:\u00a0 <\/strong>A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government<\/p>\n

    Tribute:\u00a0<\/strong>Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as sign that the other is superior<\/p>\n

    Economy: <\/strong>The way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants
    \nCapital: <\/strong>A city that is the center of government<\/p>\n

    Code of Laws:\u00a0<\/strong>A collection of written laws and rules<\/p>\n

    Siege: <\/strong>A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender<\/p>\n

    Invader:\u00a0<\/strong>Someone who forces entry into a place where they are unwanted<\/p>\n

    Unify:<\/strong> To join together<\/p>\n

    ch6 illustrated dictionary<\/a><\/p>\n

    Chapter 7-8:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Chapter 7-8:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Nile River:<\/strong> The longest river in the world, flowing through eastern Africa to a delta in northeast Egypt<\/p>\n

    Egypt:<\/strong> A nation in northeast Africa, first settled around 3100 B.C.E.<\/p>\n

    Kush:<\/strong> A society along the Nile River, south of Egypt, from about 2000 B.C.E. to 350 C.E.<\/p>\n

    Mediterranean Sea:<\/strong> A body of water north of Africa<\/p>\n

    Pharaoh:<\/strong> A ruler of ancient Egypt<\/p>\n

    Hatshepsut:<\/strong> The first woman Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt<\/p>\n

    Ramses II:<\/strong> An ancient Egyptian pharaoh, known as “Ramses the Great”; skilled as a military leader; and responsible for building many monuments, including the temple at Abu Simbel.<\/p>\n

    Treaty:\u00a0<\/strong>A written agreement by which two or more states agree to peaceful relations<\/p>\n

    Period<\/strong>: a length of time<\/p>\n

    Accomplish:<\/strong> to complete something successfully<\/p>\n

    Structure: <\/strong>something that has been built<\/p>\n

    Authority<\/strong>: the government or controlling power<\/p>\n

    Reign<\/strong>: the period of time someone rules, usually royalty<\/p>\n

    ch 7-8 illustrated dictionary<\/a><\/p>\n

    Chapter 9: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Social Pyramid:<\/strong> A pyramid outline showing the positions of social classes according to their status in a society<\/p>\n

    Social Class:<\/strong> A group in a society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights.<\/p>\n

    Status:<\/strong> Importance<\/p>\n

    Noble:<\/strong> Of high birth or rank<\/p>\n

    Peasant:<\/strong> A person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners.<\/p>\n

    Afterlife:<\/strong> An existence after death.<\/p>\n

    Hieroglyph:<\/strong> A symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C. E.<\/p>\n

    Supreme<\/strong>: The highest ruling level<\/p>\n

    Occupy:<\/strong> To take up or fill<\/p>\n

    Rigid<\/strong>: Stiff; unable to bend<\/p>\n

    Role:<\/strong> A position based on socially expected behavior<\/p>\n

    Neutral:<\/strong> Not taking sides or getting involved in disagreements<\/p>\n

    ch 9 illustrated dictionary<\/a><\/p>\n

    World Religions Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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    Chapter 20:<\/em><\/h2>\n

    EQ: What do Shang artifacts reveal about this Civilization?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Anyang:<\/strong> Location where ruins were found from the Shang dynasties, China\u2019s first civilization<\/p>\n

    Shang Dynasty:<\/strong> One of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1700 to 1122 B.C.E.<\/p>\n

    Clan:<\/strong> A large group of family members and friends.<\/p>\n

    Bronze:<\/strong> A strong metal alloy made from copper.<\/p>\n

    Military:<\/strong> Relating to the Army.<\/p>\n

    Ancestor Worship:<\/strong> Honoring of ancestors through rituals, such as offering food to the spirits of the dead.<\/p>\n

    Oracle bone:<\/strong> A piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from a king\u2019s ancestors.<\/p>\n

    Chapter 21<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Chapter 24<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

    Silk Road:<\/strong> A network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia<\/p>\n

    Trade route:<\/strong> A network of roads along which traders traveled<\/p>\n

    Caravan:<\/strong> A group of people traveling together.<\/p>\n

    Cultural diffusion:<\/strong> the spreading of cultural traits, such as goods and ideas, from one culture to another, or within one culture<\/p>\n

    Dominated:<\/strong> To have control or power over something<\/p>\n

    Linked:<\/strong> to connect two or more people or things<\/p>\n

    Acquire:<\/strong> To come into possession of something<\/p>\n

    Oxygen:<\/strong> A gas in the air that people and animals need to breathe to live<\/p>\n

    Occurs:<\/strong> To take place<\/p>\n

    Chapter 25<\/h2>\n

    Geography and the Settlement of Greece<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Peninsula: <\/strong>A body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water<\/p>\n

    Aegean Sea: <\/strong>An arm of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece<\/p>\n

    Colony: <\/strong>A settlement under control of a usually distant country<\/p>\n

    Consulting: <\/strong>To get an opinion and information from someone<\/p>\n

    Participate: <\/strong>To take part in something, such as a game or activity<\/p>\n

    Chapter 26<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    The Rise of Democracy<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Monarchy:<\/strong> A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person<\/p>\n

    Aristocrat:<\/strong> A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society.<\/p>\n

    Oligarchy:<\/strong> A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people.<\/p>\n

    Tyranny:<\/strong> A government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king.<\/p>\n

    Democracy:<\/strong> A government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representative.<\/p>\n

    Citizen:<\/strong> A person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation.<\/p>\n

    Assembly:<\/strong> A group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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    Three Chinese Philosophies\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Zhou Dynasty:<\/strong> A line of rulers in China, from about 1045 to 256 B.C.E.<\/p>\n

    Mandate of Heaven:<\/strong> A power or law believed to be granted by a god<\/p>\n

    Feudalism:<\/strong> A system of government based on landowners and tenants<\/p>\n

    Confucianism:<\/strong> A Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior<\/p>\n

    Civil servant:<\/strong> A person who works for a government<\/p>\n

    Daoism:<\/strong> A Chinese Philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature<\/p>\n

    Yin and Yang:<\/strong> The Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature<\/p>\n

    Legalism:<\/strong> A Chinese philosophy that emphasizes strict obedience to laws<\/p>\n

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