VOCABULARY GRADE 6 OPEN COURT UNIT 2 ANCIENT CIVILIZATION

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VOCABULARY GRADE 6 OPEN COURT UNIT 2ANCIENT
CIVILIZATION

• MYLES
• ROOM 16
• John Still Center

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SCHEDULE

• DAY ONE WORD KNOWLEDGE AND VOCABULARY
• DAY TWO DEFINITIONS
• DAY THREE 5 SENTENCES
• DAY FOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
• MATCHING QUIZ

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Unit 2 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

• - Anthropological and
• archaeological
• research
• - Anasazi, Pueblo
• - Pompeii
• - Rosetta stone
• - Hatshepsut
• - Silk road

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ANCIENT CIVILIZATION TITLES

• Digging up the Past
• The Search for Early Americans
• The Island of Bulls
• People on the Beach
• Riddle of the Rosetta Stone
• His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut
• The Silk Route

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Unit Vocabulary Words

• Lesson 1
• site
• archaeologist
• artifact
• excavate
• sift

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Matching Quiz

• Lesson 1
• To pass through a sieve.
• To dig out, to unearth.
• Location, place, or scene.
• Scientist who studies the life and culture of
  past peoples.
• Object of historical interest, such as a weapon,
  tool, or vessel, made by humans.

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Unit Vocabulary Words

• Lesson 2
• cliff dwelling
• prehistoric
• exploration
• preserve
• ancestor

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Matching Quiz

• Lesson 2
• Person from whom one is descended.
• Cave or a hollow in cliff where ancient Native
  Americans of the Southwest lived.
• Protect, save.
• Period before recorded history.
• Examination of inhabitants and features of an
  area.

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Unit Vocabulary Words

• Lesson 3
• presumed
• civilization
• moonstones
• curious
• gypsum
• stucco
• enlightened
• obliviion

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Matching Quiz

• Lesson 3
• Accepted as true supposed.
• To have given knowledge or wisdom to.
• Plaster or cement used for covering outside walls
  or for ornamenting inside walls.
• Eager to know or learn.
• A pearly gemstone.
• The state or condition of being entirely
  forgotten.
• A common mineral used especially in cement.

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Unit Vocabulary Words

• Lesson 4
• anthropologist
• dank
• balustrade
• sulphur
• eruption
• excavation

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Matching Quiz

• Lesson 4
• A bursting forth in an explosive manner.
• The process of removing by digging.
• Someone who studies the physical, cultural, and
  social development of humans.
• Balusters and handrail on a staircase.
• Yellow, nonmetallic element that smells like
  rotten eggs.

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Unit Vocabulary Words

• Lesson 5
• blockade
• inscription
• equivalents
• associated
• translate

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Matching Quiz

• Lesson 5
• To be connected.
• A shutting off of an area by troops or ships to
  prevent people or supplies from going into or out
  of it.
• To express in or change into another language.
• Two or more things that are equal, as in value,
  force, effect, or meaning.
• Something that is written, carved, or engraved on
  something such as a piece of wood or stone.

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Unit Vocabulary Words

• Lesson 6
• frankincense
• ibis
• palanquin
• lotuses
• obelisk

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Matching Quiz

• Lesson 6
• A tall, slender, four-sided stone column that
  tapers toward its pyramidal peak.
• A resin obtained from various Arabian and African
  trees, used in perfumes and as incense.
• A covered litter, usually for one person, carried
  by poles on the shoulders of two or more people.
• Any of various water lillies, such as the white
  lotus, which at one time was a sacred plant in
  Egypt.
• Large wading birds with long legs and a long,
  narrow, curved bill.

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Unit Vocabulary Words

• Lesson 7
• artisans
• caravan
• laden
• nomads
• yurts

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Matching Quiz

• Lesson 7
• Circular, portable tents.
• Tribes that move from place to place to find food
  or pasture for their cattle.
• Skilled craftspeople.
• Loaded burdened.
• A group of merchants traveling together for the
  safety through difficult or dangerous territory.

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RESOURCES

• http//sipapu.gsu.edu/index.html - Kivas
• http//www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/grade6/inde
  x.html - general resources

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