social studies Flashcards
random words weve never actually learned (21 cards)
artifact
object made by a bunch of peeps
arhaeology
study of objects to learn about past dudes/duddetes/other dude variations
antropology
study of human culture n stuff
latitude
big line on equator
longitude
big line from north to south firepole
ziggurat
pyramid thing with a big ol temple smacked on top
polis
greek city state type thing or something like that
guru
a teacher (sounds pretty hippie, huh)
diaspora
a group of jews living outside jewish land
ice ages
when our big rock floating in space was covered in ice n stuff
nomads
a gang of peeps who move around a lot
monarchy
king queen duch duchess prince princess type stuff. bri ish goverment
socrates
said good night bcus of his teachings
plato
thought philosopher-kings were a rad idea
aristotle
taught his kiddos the golden mean (whatever that is)
pythagoras
taught his kiddos that the world is the same thing as music and numbers
imhotep
that one dude who made the big pyramids :)
ashoka
first ruler to say, “Buddhism is actually pretty awesome”
OLD stone age
paleolithic age (big word)
NEW stone age
neolithic age (another big word)
representative government
AMERICA FOREVAH (insert eagle sounds here)