Semester 1

Intro to Social Studies

100

This is the study of the physical features of the earth, and human activity as it affects and is affected by the earth

Geography

200

This is the historical thinking skill that considers who wrote something, when it was written, and why it was written

Sourcing

300

This historical thinking skill considers when something was written, and what was going on at that time that may reflect on the author's perspective

Contextualization

400

This is the skill of finding new online sources to prove your online source either true or false, usually by opening a new tab on your web browser

Lateral reading

500

This is what C.O.R. stands for, which helps students analyze online sources and prove their reliability

Civic Online Reasoning

Greece and Persia

100

This is the great king of Persia who started the empire, famous for freeing the Jewish people from their captivity in Babylon

Cyrus the Great

200

This Persian king was known as the engineer, he established the system of government in Persia, built the Royal Roads, and many other feats of science and architecture

Darius the Great

300

While Athens, Sparta, Corinth, etc. were all located in modern day Greece, they were not united politically, leading historians to refer these societies as THIS

City-states

400

This was a series of wars fought between Athens and Sparta, named after the plains just outside of Sparta

Peloponnesian Wars

500

This is the name of the Greek polymath responsible for a theorem that helps find the missing side of a right triangle (a^2 + b^2 = c^2)

Pythagorus

Rome and Han China

100

This is the name of the modern day country and peninsula Rome was established on in Western Europe

Italy

200

Rome was initially THIS form of government, before Julius Caesar marched his army into Rome and established the empire

Republic

300

The rule of Augustus Caesar marked the beginning of 150 years of peace for the interior of Rome, known as THIS in Latin

Pax Romana

400

This first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi, famously died because he drank a potion that contained mercury, as he was constantly in pursuit of a potion that granted THIS

Immortality

500

This school of thought which was developed by a Chinese philosopher was nearly destroyed during the book burnings as the Qin Dynasty, but were revived during the rule of the Han Dynasty

Confucianism

Medieval Christian Europe

100

Even after the fall of West Rome, the eastern side thrived another thousand years, which historians have renamed as THIS

Byzantine Empire

200

West Rome eventually found relative stability under the Carolingian Empire, established by Charlemagne, whose kingdom originally sounded like another name for a hot dog

Franks

300

Western European kingdoms solidified their power by granting those who supported the protection of their kingdom with gifts of land, this system became known as THIS, with a rigid social structure

Feudalism

400

The First Crusade was initiated by THIS pope

Urban II

500

This is the scientific name for the Bubonic Plague

Yersinia Pestis

Islamic World

100

This is the prophet whose sermons and teachings started the Islamic religion

Muhammad

200

This is the name of the holiest city in the Arabian Peninsula, where Muhammad and his followers defeated the pagans, allowing for the free practice of Islam. Today, millions of Muslims visit this city each year

Mecca

300

We do not refer to the empires of Islam as empires, but THIS

Caliphates

400

This was the dynasty who ruled Islam during the golden age, when Baghdad, Iraq, was the center of learning and scientific advancement in the world

Abbasid Caliphate

500

Islam has different branches of believers, just like Christianity. These two branches are known as THIS

Sunni and Shi'a