Social Studies Study
Sheet
Unit One – “In the
Beginning”
(Covering chapters 1-4
in History of the World)
Vocabulary
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Evolution
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The false idea that man was not
created directly by God but instead “evolved” from animals
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Humanism
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Putting man in place of or above God
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Nation
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A large group of people who think of
themselves as one and act in history as a unit.
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Dispersion
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The scattering of people over the
earth
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Polytheism
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Worshipping many gods
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Monotheism
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Worshipping one god
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Theocracy
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Rule by God
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Empire
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Rule by one city or people over other
cities or peoples
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Bureaucracy
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An organized group of people appointed
by a ruler to help him govern.
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Laws
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Rules people follow in living together
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Hieroglyphics
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Strange writing of the ancient Egyptians
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Pharaohs
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Egyptian Kings
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Ziggurat
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Tower built in tiers or stages
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Dynasties
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Families within which right to be king
passed from one member to another
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Culture
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The way of life for a group of people
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Patriarch
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A founding father
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Archaeology
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The study of the relics and ruins of
ancient cultures
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Key People
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Adam
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The very first man
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Eve
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The first woman
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Cain
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The first murderer
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Noah
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The man who obeyed God and built an
ark to survive the flood
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Abraham
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The father of the nation of Israel
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Hammurabi
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The King of Babylon who united all of
Mesopotamia under his rule
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Joseph
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A Hebrew slave who rose in power in
Egypt
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Moses
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A Hebrew who eventually lead the
people out of Egyptian slavery
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Joshua
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The one who lead Israel through
Jericho into Canaan
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Saul
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The first King of Israel
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David
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The second King of Israel who
worshipped God
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Solomon
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The third King of Israel who asked God
for wisdom
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Phoenicians
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Prosperous sea traders who were
neighbours of Israel They brought coloured dye and the alphabet amongst other
things.
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Hittites
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Warring neighbours of the Israelites who used iron
to build weapons
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Sumerians
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Those who lived in Sumer who were the
first known people to write and to use the wheel
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Herodotus
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A Greek Historian
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Key Places
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Garden of Eden
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Home of Adam and Eve
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Babel
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City where a tower was built to unify
mankind to attempt to be greater than God
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Sumer
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Area of the Middle East known as the
fertile crescent where Abraham lived
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Babylon
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The city that became the center of a
new empire after Abraham
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Canaan
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Also known as Israel, has a central
and strategic position in the world
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Egypt
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The land where the Israelites were
enslaved for many years
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Northern Kingdom
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When Israel split, this kingdom was
formed yet still kept the name Israel
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Southern Kingdom
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When Israel split, this kingdom was
called Judah
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