Grade 6
This ruler of Egypt had absolute power and was considered a god.
Pharaoh
What government system developed in Medieval Europe based on loyalty to nobles?
feudalism
The Proclamation of 1763 prevented colonists from moving west of which mountains?
Appalachian Mountains
Grade 8 Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Grade 7 This Renaissance artist painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Michelangelo
In Egyptian society, this group was at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
slaves
A peasant bound to the land in the feudal system was called a...
serf
The Dutch West India Company was interested in profits from which trade?
fur trade
Grade 7 Martin Luther posted 95 arguments against Church practices on a church door in what year?
1517
Grade 6 Mesopotamians pressed their writing system into this material and then dried it.
clay
This Egyptian god was believed to control the harvest and eternal life.
Osiris
Define manorialism and its connection to feudalism.
Manorialism is the economic system where nobles own manors and peasants work the land.
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, primarily seeking what?
religious freedom
Grade 7 Name the major movement of the 16th century that divided the Catholic Church.
Reformation
Grade 8 Which event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
What is the name of the wedge-shaped writing system created in Mesopotamia?
cuneiform
Why did feudalism become popular in Europe after Rome fell? Answer
Kings could not protect subjects from invasions, so people turned to local nobles for protection.
The First Continental Congress met in 1774 with delegates from how many colonies?
Twelve colonies
Grade 6 The Maya carved symbols and pictures called this into stone monuments.
hieroglyphics
Grade 6 What term describes a religion with many gods?
polytheism
Explain why the Nile River was more valuable to Egypt than the Tigris and Euphrates were to Mesopotamia.
The Nile flooded predictably, making farming reliable.
Explain the relationship between a lord and serf on a medieval manor.
Serfs worked the land; lords provided food, shelter, and protection.
Explain why Southern colonists established large plantations
The warm climate and fertile soil were ideal for growing cash crops like tobacco and rice.
Grade 8 Where did General Cornwallis surrender, ending the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown, Virginia
Grade 8 What was the colonists' slogan protesting British taxes?
No Taxation Without Representation