The Class (movie)
Skills of a Historian
Modern Civilization
Mesopotamia
Miscellaneous Civilization
100

The film, The Class, takes place in this European capital. 

What is Paris? 

100

In the BACK of your binder you should have a handout that begins with this skill of a historian that involves asking who wrote something and when and where they did so. 

What is SOURCING? 

100

We read an article about this advanced transportation technology that comes in one and two wheel varieties. 

What are micromobility devices?

100

This is the commonly used nickname for Mesopotamia and also a useful tool for parents (three words). 

What is the "cradle of civilization?"

100

Civilization has this many features, including government writing. 

What is seven? 

200

This character just wanted to know why his grade dropped; then all hell broke loose. 

Who is Rabah? 

200

This word means the same thing as trustworthy or credible. Not everything we see on social media is this. 

What is "reliable?" 

200

In order to power artificial intelligence, these places suck up a lot of resources, makes lot of noise,  and grab a lot of attention, especially at election time. 

What are data centers? 

200

Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers. 

What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

200

Thanks to the surplus of food provided by farmers, the rest of us can do other things for a living. This is a term for those other things (three words). 

What is "division of labor?"

300

Khoumba was worried (with good reason) that Souleymane would be expelled and sent back to this African country. 

What is Mali?

300

When people is the neighborhood see students leaving school every Wednesday at 12:30 instead of 3:30 it's important that they know this (one word). 

What is context? 

300

This home of the performing arts here in DC has become so controversial that it has been shut down for the time being.

What is the Kennedy Center? 

300

John Green, the narrator of the Crash Course video we watched, loves Mesopotamia for these two reasons. 

What are WRITING and TAXES? 

300

We read about this main idea that early civilizations - including Mesopotamia - developed in valleys near these. 

What are rivers? 

400

This student tried to separate Souleymane and Mr Marin just before Khoumba's injury. 

Who is Carl?

400

In the movie, The Class, the principal had to _______________________ what he heard from the class reps with what he heard from other students in Mr Marin's class. 

What is "corroborate"?

400

This type of doctor takes care of kids and is worried about the high # of them getting hurt on e-bikes. 

What is a pediatrician? 

400

The expression, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" comes from this famous set of laws written by a Mesopotamian ruler. 

What is Hammurabi's Code? 

400

We made illustrations of this place, which is Mesopotamia's home (two words). 

What is the "fertile crescent?"

500

Souleymane used this word to describe what he felt Mr Marin was trying to get by saying bad things about him. 

What is "revenge?"

500

We haven't discussed this skill as much as the others, but we did it the other day with the e-bike article (two words). 

What is "close-reading?"

500

In the United States, we don't have a Hammurabi, but we do have this law-making body that works here in DC and may have to increase regulations on e-bikes. 

What is Congress? 

500

Jesus may have borrowed the idea of portraying himself in these two roles from Hammurabi, who lived thousands of years before him. 

What are SHEPHERD and FATHER? 

500

Mesopotamia wasn't alone. Early civilizations also developed in these three modern-day countries. 

What are Egypt, India, and China?