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Black History
100
connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.
What is Maritime
100
a piece of land protruding in a large body of water. (typically surrounded on 3 sides)
What is a Peninsula
100
Type of government that is ruled by a King or Queen. Power can only be transferred by bloodline.
What is a Monarchy
100
What TWO things do citizens have in Ancient Greece?
What are Rights & Responsibilities
100
wealthy land owner who often influence/worked in government. Upper class people in ancient society
What are Aristocrats
100
was a minister, a leader in the civil rights movement and a supporter of Black nationalism. He urged his fellow Black Americans to protect themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary,” a stance that often put him at odds with the nonviolent teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
200
the system in a country that involves making, buying, and selling goods.
What is Economy
200
a piece of land completely surrounded by water.
What is an Island
200
Style of government where the ruler is a mean/evil dictator with unlimited power.
What is Tyranny / a Tyrant
200
Who are eligible to be citizens in Ancient Greece
What are
FREE
Land owning
Men
200
List at least 4 Key Figures from ancient Israel
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Moses
King Saul
King David
King Solomon
200
the first Black player to compete in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
300
a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control
What is colony
300
What is the land directly east of ancient Greece?
What is the Asia Minor / Anatolia
300
Why did early civilizations need government?
to manage resources and protect the kingdoms.
300
List at least 3 rights of citizens:
Voting
Defending their Polis
Hold public office
Defending themselves in court
300
Name the TWO rivers that provided fertile soil for agriculture in Ancient China
Yellow River (Haung He)
Yangtze River (Chang Yang)
300
born in 1867 on a cotton plantation in Louisiana and became fabulously wealthy after developing a line of Black hair care products.
Madam C.J. Walker
400
a Greek city-state
Polis
400
The larger peninsula of Ancient Greece
What is the Balkan Peninsula
400
Style of government that is ran by a few elders who make decisions for the land.
What is an oligarchy.
400
Why did ancient Greeks choose to colonize certain areas? Where did they colonize? and What issues could they face while doing so?
- because they needed the resources
- Along the Mediterranean region
- impeding on someone else's land
400
What is the number Pooh Shiesty said to call for his "bluff" in "FDO"
901 375 0762
400
the relocation of more than 6 million Black Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970.
The Great Migration
500
the center of commercial commerce and political debates.
What is Agora
500
The southern most peninsula of ancient Greece
What is the Peloponnesus Peninsula
500
Style of government where citizens get to vote on policies.
What is Democracy
500
How did ancient Greeks feel about their native Polis?
a sense of belonging / Strong allegiance / Loyal
500
What impact did the supreme court case Brown vs. Board of Education have on the United States at the time.
It led to the desegregation of American schools. By ruling "separate but equal" was unconstitutional.
500
To marginalize Black people, keep them separate from white people and erase the progress they’d made during Reconstruction, “___ ____” laws were established in the South beginning in the late 19th century.
Jim Crow