Communities and Culture

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Getting Started

• BCE stands for Before Common Era; it is the same time period as BC
• CE stands for Common Era; it is the same time period as AD

Lesson 2: Where Are We?

• The Nile River is a very important river in Africa.
• People meet their needs for water, food, and shelter by using natural resources.

Lesson 3: The King

• In ancient Egypt, the king was the ruler and had all the power.
• In the United States, the people elect their leaders. This gives ordinary people the power.
• To plaster is to spread or glue together with plaster.
• A pomegranate is a fruit with a tough red exterior; it is filled with edible seeds.
• Linen is cloth made from flax and used for clothing and household items like tablecloths.
• A noble is a person of a high social class.
• Craftsmen are people who make things skillfully by hand.
• A temple is a building where gods are worshiped.
• A chamber is a large room used for a special purpose.

Lesson 4: Back Home

• Pyramids were burial sites for kings in ancient Egypt.

Lesson 5: A Day in Egypt

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Lesson 6: Middle Ages

• Concrete nouns are people, places, and things. You can experience a concrete noun with your one or more of the five senses.
• Abstract nouns identify ideas, concepts, or feelings, which cannot be experienced by any of the five senses.
• An artifact is any object made by human beings in the past that is discovered by people at a later time.

Lesson 7: Off to the Castle

• In a castle people work, eat, sleep, grow food, and keep animals.

Lesson 8: Return Home

• Plural forms of words usually end in "s" or "es."
• An artifact is any important object made by human beings in the past; it is often discovered by people at a later time.
• Vocabulary: peasants, lice, poacher, dungeon, chivalry

Lesson 9: Writing About History

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Final Project: Elements of Change

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