Names of Units
Big History Facts
Old Vocabulary A
Old Vocabulary B
Old Vocabulary C
100

What was the name of our last unit?

Unit 6: Finder Keepers Losers Weepers

100

What city was at the center of the Roman Empire?

Rome (or Constantinople)

100

This is the 3D map of the world that is a round ball.

What is a globe.
100

This is an answer that you want to prove.

What is a claim.

100

This is a long, loose piece of clothing that was worn by citizens of ancient Rome

What is a toga. 

200

Unit 4a and 4b were about?

The Romans/Rome.

200

What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt?

The Nile River.

200

This is how society is organized with powerful people on top and less powerful people on the bottom.

What is hierarchy.

200

Any language that came from the Roman language of Latin. These are languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian.

What is a Romance Language.

200

This means to break down over time.

What is to deteriorate.
300

What civilization did we study before the Romans in unit 3?

The Ancient Egyptians.

300

What was the kingdom that Charlemagne created?

The Holy Roman Empire.

300

This means "the land between rivers"

What is Mesopotamia.

300

This is a ruler who controls many different kingdoms and nations.

What is an emperor.

300

This is the study of the past from what humans have left behind.

What is archeology.

400

What was the name of Unit 5?

The Dark Ages.

400

We wrote our names in clay using the Babylonian language.   What was that type of alphabet called?

Cuneiform

400

This is another word for awesome.  Mary Poppins uses it quite a bit. 

What is supercalifragilisticexpealodious. 

400

This was the highest political and religious leader in ancient Egypt.

What was a pharaoh. 

400

This is when a government collapses and leaves room for someone else to take over.

What is a power vacuum.

500

Unit 2 was about the first cities and writing in the world.   What was the name of this unit?

Mesopotamia

500

What's one of the rivers that runs through Mesopotamia?

Tigris or Euphrates

500

This was a piece of land given to someone in exchange for military service.

What is a fief.

500

This is when power is changed from one person or group and divided between many people or groups.

What is decentralization. 

500

This is the relationship between the distances on a map and the actual distances in real life.

What is a scale.