Grade 7 Homework
Mon. Dec. 1st to Thursday, Dec. 4th
Announcements: Report cards
will go home this Wednesday, December 3rd . Parent teacher
interviews are on Thursday, Dec. 4th and Friday, Dec. 5th.
Be sure to schedule your appointment through the office’s new online system on our
school home page.
KCC
Relate Youth @ 7:00. Supper at Mrs.
Robideau’s house and BOTTLE RUN right after
school. We’ve got lots of bottles thanks
to the Priebes and Mr. Mandryk so extra help would be appreciated since Mrs.
Kuelker is unavailable that day.
Our
November Credit Auction was very successful thanks to the generous donations of
you, the parents. Thank you so very much for your
generousity. The students work hard to
earn these credits and it is a much anticipated event every month!
Weekly Challenge: Did everyone abstain
from listening to any secular music?
This week we will be starting a 2 week challenge blessing a secret
classmate with prayers, notes and little surprises in a Silent Angel program. See the blog for more information on this
challenge.
Social Studies - It
is a short week, so the Unit Test on the first 4 chapters of the text book will
be on Monday, Dec. 8th.
Social Studies Study
Sheet
Unit One – “In the
Beginning”
(Covering chapters 1-4
in History of the World)
Vocabulary
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
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
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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