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Need to Know Study Guide
Ch. 5 Our History Through Time and Place
*The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 demonstrated (showed) that
changes in communities can happen very quickly.
*George Stephenson was known as “The Father of the Railways”
*Inventors make changes by improving the way people live and
work.
*Inventions are things made for the first time. They are usually
invented to make tasks easier or faster for people. For example,
the invention of the telephone made it easier for people to
communicate quickly.
*The telegraph and the telephone both helped speed up
communication.
*Henry Ford’s Model T cars were so affordable that more people
were able to buy cars.
*The ancient civilization that invented paper and printing was
Ancient China.
*The ancient civilization that was the world’s first republic was
Ancient Rome.
*An example of continuity in a community is old buildings being
used as they were years ago.
*In history, a primary source is a record of an event made by
someone who actually saw or took part in the event.
*The invention of the elevator made it possible to build taller
buildings.
*A civilization is a large group of people living well in an organized
way.
*A port is a good place for ships to dock and pick up goods or
people.
*A democracy is a type of government in which citizens make the
decisions.
* A decade is a ten year time period.
*Suffrage means the right to vote.
*An empire is all the land and people under the control of a
powerful nation.
*You should be familiar with time lines and how to read them!