Monday, 29 October 2012
Next controls
Unit 2: Formation and expansion of peninsular kingdoms
Oral exam: 31st October. You will have to explain the historical maps in the unit (all of them). Imagine they don't have a legend or key.
Written exam: 7th November. The questions we have seen at class.
Remember that if you passed last exam, you don´t need to revise Unit 1.
Oral exam: 31st October. You will have to explain the historical maps in the unit (all of them). Imagine they don't have a legend or key.
Written exam: 7th November. The questions we have seen at class.
Remember that if you passed last exam, you don´t need to revise Unit 1.
New controls Unit 2
Unit 2: The first civilisations: Mesopotamia and Egypt
Oral exam: 30 October.
Check the blue questions in the book
Written exam: Next 6 November.
See the underlined text and activities and maps we have seen at class
Oral exam: 30 October.
Check the blue questions in the book
Written exam: Next 6 November.
See the underlined text and activities and maps we have seen at class
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Islam exam
1.
What is Islam? When did appeared and
where? (3 points)
2.
What is a muslim? (2 points)
3.
Where were the Umayyad family from?.
And the Abbasids family? (2 points)
4.
Explain what is (6 points)
1.
A Caliph:
2.
A vizier:
3.
An Emir:
5.
In the battle of Guadalete, who fought
and when? (2 points)
6.
In the dependent emirate of
Damascus, where was established the capital? (1 point)
7.
Which family did Abd-al-Rahman I
belong to?. Where did he take refuge? (2 points)
8.
In which year the emirate of Cordoba
gained independence from the Caliphate of Baghdad? (1 point)
9.
Tell me the years of the Golden Age
in the Caliphate of Cordoba? (2 points)
10.
What is a Taifa? (2 points)
11.
How could the Taifa of Granada have
enough money to pay the kings of Castile? (3 points)
12.
What is a Mozarab? (2 points)
13.
Can you draw? (2 points)
Horseshoe arch
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cusped arch
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14.
Discuss a historical map (10 points):
1.
Description. Describe what do you
see in the map, the geography and the period represented in the map.
2.
Analisis: Explain how the Islam appeared
and how did it expand
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
PREHISTORY EXAM
And this is a copy of the first exam we did:
1.
What is Prehistory? When did it
finished and why? (3 points)
2.
What is Human evolution? (2 points)
3.
Counting the years. (2 points)
1. Which of these years is nearer our
time: 1142 BC or 1194 BC?
- Write down the centuries for these years (use both the English and the Roman systems): e.g.: 124 = 2nd century - siglo II (7 points)
124
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2nd
century
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siglo II
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324 Bc
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84 BC
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2100 BC
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683 BC
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739
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1326BC
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1817 BC
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6. Relate (5 points)
A
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Australopithecus
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1
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First burials,
specialised tools
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B
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Homo Habilis
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2
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Discovered fire,
hunted in groups
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C
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Homo Erectus
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3
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Examples of art,
tools made of bone and horn
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D
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Homo
Neanderthalensis
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4
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Walked Upright
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E
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Homo Sapiens Sapiens
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5
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First tools, could
speak
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7. Relate each sentence with its age (10
points):
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Palaeolithic age
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Neolithic Age
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Metal Ages
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Textiles
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Sedentary
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Lived in caves
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warriors
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Raising livestock
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Hunting and
Gathering
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Agriculture
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Smelting
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king
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Stone Tools
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8. Vocabulary. Explain with your own words (10
points):
Gathering:
Pottery:
Hand mill:
Craftmen:
Wealth:
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