Communities Change Over Time

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Communities Change

• Community can refer to a group of people working and living in the same area or people from the same cultural background.

Lesson 2: Elements of Culture

• A culture is the shared beliefs, behaviors, and way of life of a group of people.
• Culture can also refer to people who lived in a certain time period and location in the past (for example, Ancient Greek culture).

Lesson 3: What Is A Civilization?

• A civilization is a culture from the past that reached an advanced level of culture, science, industry, and government compared to other cultures of the time period.

Lesson 4: A Street Through Time

• A timeline is a chart that shows important events that occur over a given period of time.

Lesson 5: Cultures Around the World

• Every culture has original art.
• Artifacts are objects found by scientists, which were used by people long ago.
• Cultures change over time due to weather, war, leaders, other cultures, and technological change.

Lesson 6: Ancient Civilizations

• Myths are stories related to religious beliefs in gods and goddesses that were told in ancient civilizations to explain natural events and to teach lessons.

Lesson 7: Medieval Times

• A plague is terrible, contagious disease that kills many people because there is no known cure.
• A coat of arms is a shield design that symbolized values and characteristics of an individual or family during Medieval times.

Lesson 8: America Yesterday and Today

• A historian is a person who researches past events and writes and talks about why events occurred and what changed as a result of the events.
• People can learn from history.

Lesson 9: Technology and Transportation

• Transportation describes how people get from one place to another.

Final Project: Time Capsule

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