History Class
This is the study of past events that have impacted our world, and help us understand why peoples, cultures, and countries are in their current state
History
This skill asks the reader to consider who wrote a document as well as when, why, and for what purpose was it written?
Sourcing
This is a group of countries or regions that are controlled by one ruler, often an emperor
Empire
While history remembers them as the Persian Empire, this is the true name of the empire
Achaemenid
These two rivers ran through the heart of the Achaemenid Empire, also known as the Cradle of Civilization
Tigris and Euphrates
This is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments
Geography
This skill is also known as cross-checking, which asks students to consider details and evidence across multiple sources to strengthen a claim
Corroboration
Sumer
This is the next great king after Cyrus, remembered as the Engineer
Darius I
Conquering of this region along the Nile River in northeastern Africa was instrumental for Cyrus solidifying his power
Egypt
This is the study of governments and politics
Civics
This skill is related to being online, someone who works to discover the differences between news articles and biased advertisements
Good Digital Citizen
This is the first great empire in human history, covering 30 - 50 % of the entire human population of the world in 500 BC
Persian (Achaemenid) Empire
This is the name of Cyrus the Great's son, who helped him establish the empire and ruled after he was killed fighting the Scythians
Cambyses II
This young emperor brought about the end of the Achaemenid Empire, and spread Greek influence throughout the region
Alexander the Great
This is the study of how a society uses it limited resources
Economics
This is the process of finding a source, then tabbing out to a new tab to find other sources to verify the original source
Lateral Reading
This is the Persians long time enemy, fighting in multiple wars throughout their histories
Greece (Athens, Sparta)
Cyrus the Great established his empire after conquering this region, which eventually become the heart of Persia
Babylon, Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian Empire
This is the last king of the Persians, remembered for losing battles against the Macedonians and being killed by his own governor
This is the 5 themes of geography... I'll give you the last one: Human/Environment Interaction
You should always start with lateral reading when verifying a source, but what are the next two steps?
Vertical reading and corroboration
This is the most important geographical feature for all classical empires, with almost all (excluding China) developing along its coastline
This is the homeland of Cyrus the Great and the Persians, which still views Cyrus as the forefather of their country today
Iranian plateau (Iran)
The Royal Roads were an early pioneer of a network of roads stretching across the entire empire, eventually connected to the Roman Roads, and then to this network of roads that stretched across all of Afroeurasia
Silk Roads