Bell Ringers
Week of 8/11-8/15
Copy the definition
Write a sentence
 Accentuate-
Monday, August 11, 2014
 1. To give prominence to: emphasize or intensify: “The sun
streamed in from the windows behind him, and shadows lay over his face
and accentuated the lines of his cheeks and jaws.”
 Use this word in writing 3 complete sentences.
Copy the definition
Write a sentence
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
 Alliteration
 noun
 1. The repetition of the same sounds, usually
consonants or consonant clusters, especially at
the beginning of words.
 Example “I have stood still and stopped the sound
of feet” in Robert Frost’s “Acquainted with the
Night.”
 Write 2 sentences using alliterations.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Answer
 Pretend that it is 2,000 years from now
and that you are an archaeologist.
Choose four items in this room that
might be found and explain what they
would tell future archaeologist about
education in the 21st century.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Find the definitions
 List these words and their definitions
 (you can find these in your book!)
 Irrigation Polytheism Ziggurat Cuneiform Empire Tribute-
Friday, August 15, 2014
 Name the four ancient river valley
civilizations.
 Put the correct river(s) with the
correct civilization.
 Indus River
 Nile River
 Huang He River
 Tigris and Euphrates
Bell Ringers
Week of 8/18-8/22
Monday, August 18, 2014
Find the definition
Parable
Interpret
Resurrection
Apostle
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Find the definition
Oasis
Caravans
authority
Quran
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Find the definition
Prophet
covenant
commandment
Torah
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Find the definition
Brahman
reincarnation
karma
Dharma
Friday ,August 22, 2014
Find the definition
Buddhism
Nirvana
Commit
meditate
Bell Ringers
Week of 8/25-8/29
Monday, August 25, 2014
Find the definition
Confucianism
Philosophy
Similar
Filial Piety
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Find the definition
Daoism
Answer the following
What was the Ramayana?
How does one attain
nirvana? (look in Buddhism notes)
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Answer the following
•Which religion focuses on the relationship with God/ Jesus?
•What is the Cycle of Samsara?
•Which religions are monotheistic?
•1•2•3•4-
Prepare for your Bell Ringer Quiz!
You will write on your own sheet of paper.
Put your name on it, date, and Bell Ringer Quiz
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Match the founder with the religion.
 Muhammad
 Christianity
 Jesus
 Buddhism
 Confucius
 Islam
 Siddhartha Gautama  Judaism
 Confucianism
 Abraham
Friday, August 29, 2014
Answer the following:
 What are the 2 religions that
began as philosophies?
 What is polytheism?
 Who is the Islamic God?
 What was the score last night of
the South Carolina vs. Texas
A&M?
 Who won 8th grade game last
night????
Bell Ringers
Week of 9/2-9/5
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Find the definition
peninsula
bard
colony
Conclude
polis
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Answer the following:
 What is the most expensive resource;
therefore, making it the most reliable?
 What is the website that is paid for by
the state; therefore, you are given
permission to use its sources.
 Why, in research, is Google not always the
most efficient way to search the internet?
Turn in your Religions Book
Project!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
What is a fresco?
Where did the Minoans
live?
Is Greece located east or
west of Asia Minor?
(page 173)
Answer/ Find the definition
Friday, September 5, 2014
Name one example how the
Greek city-states practiced
democracy.
Fable
Ritual
Myth
Oracle
Bell Ringers
Week of 9/8-9/12
Monday, September 8, 2014
Find the definition
Sophists
Socratic Method
Rhetoric
Despite
investigate
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Find the definition
Drama
Tragedy
Comedy
Oral tradition
Conflict
style
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Find the definition
Sufficient
Decade
Emphasize
accompany
Find the definition
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Philosopher
Read ‘Build Vocabulary’ at
the bottom of page 193.
Write a sentence using fleet
in both ways.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Find the definition
Ephor
Stability
Achieve
Tyrant
construct
Bell Ringers
Week of 9/15-9/19
Monday, September 15, 2014
Find the definition
Satrap
Satrapy
Obtain
Collapse
channel
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Answer the following
 Which two seas border Greece from
the East and the South?
 Which philosopher wondered around
the city questioning his fellow
citizens?
 What poison killed Socrates?
 What’s the definition of democracy?
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Answer the following
What form of government
did Sparta have?
The economy of Athens was
based on what?
What two Persian leaders
wanted to take over Greece?
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Answer the following
What was the first battle
called where all Greek
forces worked together on
the same side?
Who gave the famous
funeral speech?
Search for the following
(textbook, internet)
Friday, September 19, 2014
Who is the “father of
Sparta” and accredited to
instilling the militant
culture of Sparta?
Who is considered the
“first citizen” of Athens?
Bell Ringers
Week of 9/22-9/26
Monday, September 22, 2014
Answer for the following
What was the name of the
school started by Aristotle?
What was the first battle where
Greek forces joined together?
Which battle ended the Persian
War?
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Answer for the following
 What was the first major battle of
the Persian War?
 Which historian can we thank for
giving us an accurate account of
the Peloponnesian War?
 Which philosopher tried to
present the facts, but he sometimes
exaggerated his writings?
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Define the following
Republic
Legions
Benefit
Devote
acquire
Advocate
Friday, September 26, 2014
Answer the following
 Why did people settle in Italy?
(page 306)
 Read page 307-308 Roman
Origins
 Who are Romulus and Remus?
Monday, September 29, 2014
Define the following
Gladiator
Vault
Satire
Ode
Arch
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Define the following
Latifundia
Triumvirate
transform
Professional
Civil
Plot
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Define the following
Pax Romana
Proconsul
Inspect
Distribute
Contrast
Capable
successor
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Define the following
Compare and contrast
the Twelve Tables to the
United States’ laws.
Friday, October 3, 2014
Define the following
Reform
Reinforce
Expand
Participate
Bell Ringers
Week of 10/6-10/10
Monday, October 6, 2014
Define the following
Mosaic
Saints
Legal
Restore
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Define the following
Resurrection
Apostle
Salvation
Martyr
Clergy
Gospel
Doctrine
pope
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Answer the following
Turn to page 367
Answer questions 1-6
Write the questions and your
answer
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Answer the following
Turn to page 368
Answer questions 7-10
Write the questions and your
answer
Friday, October 10, 2014
Do the following
Take out your Study
Guide and a sheet of paper
and prepare for your test.
Good luck!
Monday, October 13, 2014
Answer the following
What were our religions
we covered?
Who were our Greek
Philosophers?
Who were the helots?
What type of government
did the Athenians have?
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Answer the following
What are the Buddhists
precepts (8 Fold Path)?
What year was Christianity
declared the official religion
of Rome?
What marked the border
btwn Roman Empire and
Germanic hordes in 172?
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Answer the following
What was the consuls job in
Rome?
What is filial piety?
This group of people always has
the 5 ks with them at all times.
In 50 years following Marcus
Aurelius, Rome had how many
emperors?
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Answer the following
Who led a savage
campaign against Rome in
the late 300s?
How did Diocletian save
the Roman Empire from
completely collapsing?
Friday, October 17, 2014
Define the following
Savanna
Plateau
Griot
Dhow
Area
Adequate
Transport
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Define the following
2nd block didn’t get Tuesday 10.21
Look at the map on page
423
Answer the two questions
about the map
What’s the difference in a
savanna and the Sahel?
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Define the following
Clan
Swahili
Unique
Maintain
Guarantee
Convert
challenge
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Define the following
Turn to page 433: Answer
the two questions
regarding the map.
Turn to page 437: Answer
the two questions
regarding the map.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Define the following
How did the early African
peoples keep histories?
Why would African
peoples dance and sing?
(List 3 ways)
What is a griot?
Monday, October 27, 2014
Where was the pumpkin originally
from?
Were pumpkins the first vegetable
to be carved into a jack-o-lantern?
Name 3 facts from what you
learned on Friday about the
pumpkin and Halloween.
1.
2.
3.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Define the following
Extended Family
Sugarcane
Spiritual
Oral history
Major
similar
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Define the following
Sinkhole
Hogan
Predict
Rely
Distribute
Temporary
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Field Trip Day
Friday, October 31, 2014
Define the following
Isthmus
Maize
Abandon
Achieve
Volume
Link
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Answer the following:
Name 5 of the items of trade in
Africa?
Which American civilization is
the oldest?
What geographical feature
brought people to the Americas?
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Answer the following:
What is a nuclear family?
What African civilization could
women be rulers?
Which American civilization was
located on the Yucatan Peninsula?
Take out a sheet of paper and
study for your test!!
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Define the following
Mandate of Heaven
Hereditary
Filial Piety
Tenant farmer
Principle
Restore
Civil
Friday, November 7, 2014
Define the following
Neo-Confucianism
Porcelain
Calligraphy
Steppe
Terror
Unify
Regime
Monday, November 10, 2014
Define the following
 Novel
 Barbarian
 Shamanism
 Tribute
 Archipelago
 Animism
 Constitution
 *** Read page about Veteran’s Day
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Define the following
 Samurai
 Shogun
 Vassal
 Feudalism
 Guild
 Sect
 Martial art
 meditation
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Define the following
Volcano
Tsunami
Maritime
Network
Institution
Friday, November 14, 2014
 What are the “Three Kingdoms” of
Korea?
 What was one of Korea’s biggest
inventions that helped them in sea
battles?
 Who helped Korea during Japanese
attacks?
 Get your notes out! Prepare for your
TEST!
Monday, November 17, 2014
Define the following
Fjords
Missionary
Concordat
Establish
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Define the following
Vassal
Fief
Knight
Serf
Guild
Chivalry
code
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Answer the following
In your own words
describe feudalism and a
manor.
Get ready for your Bell
Ringer Quiz!
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Define the following
Grand jury
Trial jury
Document
Cooperate
accurate
Friday, November 21, 2014
Do the following
Take out your text book.
Open to page 559
Answer the 2 questions
about the map.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Define the following
 Schism
 Mass
 Heresy
 Anti-Semitism
 Theology
 Scholasticism
 vernacular
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Define the following
Plague
Reconquista
Who is King John?
Monday, December 1, 2014
Answer the following
In your own words,
define chivalry and list
how we can show
chivalry today.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Do the following
Take out your
Study Guide and
Study!!! (Silently
without a partner!)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Define the following
Renaissance
Secular
Urban
Mercenary
diplomacy
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Define the following
Humanism
Range
perspective
Friday, December 5, 2014
Define the following
Reformation
Indulgence
Predestination
Annul
Impose
restore
Monday, December 8, 2014
Define the following
Seminary
Heresy
Unify
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Define the following
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Define the following