SS Re3view by Liam Truitt https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2 Made with an open mind en-us 2018-05-08 13:57:07 UTC 2025-01-22 02:10:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/258916167 2018-05-08 14:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/258916167 Vocab word truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/258917082 Continent- HUGE landmass on earth, earth has 7

Latitude – parallel lines around the earth

Longitude – lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole

Hemispheres - two parts of the earth divided by the equator (Northern & Southern)

Prime Meridian – the line that connects the North Pole and the South Pole

Equator – imaginary line that divides the earth

Map Key (or legend) – explains the symbols on the map]]> 2018-05-08 14:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/258917082 Vocab words truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/258923868 irrigation -  method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops
nomad – person who regularly moves from place to place in search of food
domestication – to tame animals and plants for human use
Hammurabi’s Code – collection of laws created by Hammurabi that covered almost every aspect of daily life
Mesopotamia – land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers



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  • Tigris & Euphrates flooded leaving fertile soil
  •  Unpredictable flooding
  • Deserts separated each city
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  • Three classes of people: Upper, Middle, & Lower
  • Upper – king, priests, government officials, & scribes
  • Middle – artisans, merchants, farmers, & fishers
  • Lower - slaves

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  • Cuneiform
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  • Sailboat
  • Wheel
  • Bronze
  • levees
  • Number system based on 60
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  • Specialization 
  • Division of labor
  • Hammurabi's code
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  • Papyrus – reed plant of the Nile Valley; used to make a form of paper
  • Hieroglyphics – system of writing made up of thousands of picture symbols developed by the ancient Egyptians
  • Pharaoh – all powerful king in ancient Egypt
  • Nile River Valley– river that supported the Egyptian civilization
  • Pyramid – a tomb built for Egyptian pharaohs

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  • Egypt is Surrounded by the sahara deserts
  • The nile river is the longest river in  the world
  • The Nile river has a delta 
  • There are cataracts

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  • Sahara desert
  • Delta marshes 
  • Cataracts
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  • Pharaohs 
  • Upper Class (nobles, priests, & gov’t officials)
  • Middle Class (artisans, traders, scribes, shopkeepers)
  • Farmers & Herders (largest group)
  • Unskilled Workers (did physical labor & lived in the city
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  • Embalming
  • Pyramids
  • Geometry
  • Papyrus
  • Shadoofs
    • ]]>     2018-05-09 14:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259300615     Writing system truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259302379 Hieroglyphics – Egyptian system of writing made up of picture symbols]]> 2018-05-09 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259302379 Goverment truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259305527
  • Early on there was 2 kingdoms 
    • (Upper & Lower)
    • United into one kingdom by 4000 B.C.
    (Narmer)
    • A dynasty was developed. A line of rulers from one family. 
    • Theocracy- political ruler and religious ruler same person

    ]]>     2018-05-09 14:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259305527     Vocab words truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259306659 Monotheism – the belief in one god

    Torah –first 5 chapters of the Old Testament 

    Covenant – agreement

    Prophet – person who claims to be instructed by God to share God’s word

    Sabbath – weekly day of worship and rest for Jews (Saturday)

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  • Descended from Abraham-founder of Judaism.
  • Promised the land of Canaan by God if they worshipped the one true God.
  • Land dried up and people went to live in Egypt. 
  • Jews became slaves in Egypt
  • moses went to free the slaves from the pharaoh but the pharaoh says no
  • 10 plagues were sent to Egypt.
  • Last one killed all first- born children except the homes marked with lamb’s blood
  • The pharaoh let the jews go free 
  • Moses led the exodus out of Egypt
  • Went back to Canaan




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  • Sanskrit – written language developed by the Aryans
  • Hinduism – system of religion that grew out of the religion of the Aryans in ancient India
  • Karma – in Hinduism, the good or bad energy a person build up based upon whether he or she lives a good or bad life
  • Buddhism – religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha; taught that the way to find truth was to give up all desires
  • Nirvana – in Buddhism, a state of wisdom and freedom from the cycle of rebirth



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  • Himalayas cause the separation(Himalayas-Highest mountains in the world).
  • India has 2 rivers, the Ganges River and the Indus River. 
  • India is a subcontinent because it is separated from Asia.

    • ]]>     2018-05-10 14:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259635126     What is Buddhism truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259636591 Buddhism-religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.
    • He was a prince who left his family and wealth to travel.
    • Saw suffering and questioned why there was suffering.
    • Popular because it rejects the caste system.
    • Nirvana- a state of wisdom. Occurs when people give up all desires
    • They teach the Four Noble Truths.

    1. Life is full of suffering.
    2. People suffer because they desire worldly things.
    3. The way to end suffering is to stop desiring things.
    4. The only way to stop desiring things is to follow the Eightfold Path.
    • Eightfold Path describes the steps to eliminate suffering.
    • Eightfold Path describes the steps to eliminate suffering.
    1. Tell the truth, don’t gossip
    2. No killing, stealing, living an unclean life.
    3. Keep your mind and senses under control.
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  • World’s third largest religion and one of the oldest.
  • All life is sacred
  • Developed from the Aryan religion.
  • The Brahman is the universal spirit made up of thousands of gods and goddesses.
  • Reincarnation- passing through many lives to reach the Brahman.
  • Dharma is divine law that states the Hindus must perform the duties of their caste.
  • Consequences of how a person lives is called karma.
  • If you do your dharma than you have good karma and that means you will be reincarnated in a higher rank in the caste system.
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  • Caste system- a social group that someone is born into and can not change.
  • Decides what job you will have, who you can marry and socialize with.

    1. Brahmins- priest
    2. Kshatriyas-Warriors and rulers
    3. Vaisyas-Common people
    4. Sudras- Unskilled laborers and servants
    5. Considered unclean
    6. Pariahs- Untouchables

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  • algebra
  • concept & symbol for zero
  • explained infinity (something without end)
  • invented symbols for 1-9 (we use today) 
  • invented algorithms (series of steps that solve a problem) 
  • Two epics still popular in India –Ramayana. Brave warriors & heroic deeds. Bhagavad Gita (Mahabharata) tells that the soul lives on after death
  • Understood gravity, that the earth was round & revolved around the sun, mapped movements of planets & stars
  • Believed that the earth was made up of tiny particles (atoms)

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  • Confucianism – system of beliefs introduced by the Chinese thinker Confucius; taught that people needed to have a sense of duty to their family and community in order to bring peace to society
  • Daoism – Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns
  • Leagalism-society needs a system of harsh laws and punishments, Strong rulers, founded by Hanfeizi 
  • Mandate of heaven-the belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods
  • Bureaucracy – a group of appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government



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  • Flooding of the rivers brought destruction and good farming conditions to China.

    • Mountains & deserts isolated & protected China from others

    • China has very little farmland because much of the country is either mountains or deserts. 

    ]]>     2018-05-11 14:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259952066     Social class truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259963895 People of China were divided into groups. 

    1. King and his family
    2. They were aristocrats and were rich because they owned land.
    3. Warlords and Other Royal Officials
    4. Farmers
    5. Merchants, Shopkeepers, Traders and Bankers

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  • First to make paper!Soaked tree bark and grounded it into pulp. It dried into paper!
  • Gunpowder  
  • Compass 
  • Woodblock printing
  • Used herbs to prevent illness. 
  • Acupuncture- sticking needles into patients skin.
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  • pictographs-characters that stand for objects.
  • Ideographs-join two or more pictographs to represent an idea. 

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  • Had a bureaucracy – appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government

    • Emperors believed they received wisdom and power from the gods, spirits, and ancestors.
    • The Mandate of Heaven was a law that gave emperors power to rule. 
      • They were the link between heaven and Earth.
    • People expected the king to rule the proper way or Dao.
      - They were to keep the Gods happy.
    ]]>     2018-05-11 14:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259967990     Vocab words truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259968964 republic- form of government in which the leader is a person elected by the citizens
    patrician- wealthy landowner and member of the ruling class in ancient Rome
    plebeian- member of the common people of ancient Rome
    consul- one of the two top government officials in ancient Rome
    Pax Romana- long era of peace and safety in the Roman Empire
    ]]>     2018-05-11 14:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/259968964     chart truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260582435 2018-05-14 17:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260582435 Map of Italy truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260583906 2018-05-14 17:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260583906 Geographic description truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260585703
  • Italy is a peninsula
  • Alp mountains separate italy from europe
  • Looks like a boot

    • ]]>     2018-05-14 18:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260585703     Religion truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260588763 Greek then christianity]]> 2018-05-14 18:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260588763 Social class truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260589684 Two social classes:
    1. Patricians- wealthy landowners, they were the ruling class.
    2. Plebeians- middle class, artisans, small farmers, shopkeepers. Groups can not marry each other.

    ]]>     2018-05-14 18:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260589684     How did the republic work truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260590869 2018-05-14 18:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/260590869 truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/261331248 2018-05-16 17:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/261331248 Why did the roman republic fail truittl735 https://padlet.com/truittl735/wako87q887k2/wish/261337182
  • Problems were beginning at home because many farmers were in the army
  • Farmers came home to no land because rich Romans were buying their land. 
  • Gap between the rich and poor grew 
  • Gave them free “bread and circuses” to keep them happy.

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