Social Studies Mid-term Exam Review Outline 2023 - 2024
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Gr. 8 Social Studies Midterm Exam Review Outline
1.
Prehistory :
Paleolithic
and Neolithic periods.
Ancient
humans: Australopithecus Afarensis, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Neanderthals,
Homo Sapiens.
Tool
traditions – Hunting and gathering
Social
structure
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Prehistory Key Terms |
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Agriculture |
Cave art |
Nomadic |
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Artifact |
C.E. |
Neolithic |
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Archaeology |
Domestication |
Paleolithic |
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Anthropology |
Fossil |
Pottery |
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Artisan |
Historian |
Prehistory |
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B.C.E. |
Hominid |
Job specialization |
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Bronze |
irrigation |
Technology |
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Carbon-14 dating |
Migration |
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2.
Agricultural
revolution – transition from hunting/gathering to agricultural food
production. Domestication of animals. Development of towns and villages,
specialization, and early technology.
3.
Mesopotamia – Cradle
of civilization.
First
empire
Technological
and social contributions to civilization.
Government
Sargon
I
Hammurabi
The
Code of Hammurabi
The
Epic of Gilgamesh
Characteristics
of Civilizations
Geography
of the Fertile Crescent
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Mesopotamia Key Terms |
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Civilization |
Fertile Crescent |
The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Social Structure |
Floods and Soil |
Hammurabi |
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Hierarchy |
Dynasty |
Code of Hammurabi |
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polytheism |
Mesopotamia |
Tigris River |
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Bartering |
Sumer |
Euphrates River |
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Technology |
City-state |
Sargon I |
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Bronze |
Cuneiform |
Ur |
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Iron |
Ziggurat |
Uruk |
4) Egypt – Old
Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom.
Religion:
Gods and goddesses, afterlife, weighing the heart
Geography
Invaders
Decline
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Egypt Key
Terms |
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Delta |
Papyrus |
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Feather of Truth |
Pharaohs |
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Hatshepsut |
pyramids |
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hieroglyphics |
The Nile |
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Hittites |
Rameses
II |
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Hyksos |
Treaty
of Kadesh |
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Lower Egypt |
Upper Egypt |
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Mummification |
Valley of the Kings |
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