8th Grade Test Prep

11.1Thomas Jeffersonpeaceful transitionJames MadisonAlbert GallatinMidnight JudgesWilliam MarburyJohn MarshallMarbury v MadisonJudiciary Act of 1789Judicial Review11.2Toussaint-L'ouvertureLouisiana PurchaseRobert R. LivingstonJames MonroeMeriwether LewisWilliam ClarkLewis and Clark ExpeditionSacagaweaZebulon Pike11.3AlgiersBarbary StatesBritish impressmentLeopard v ChesapeakeChesapeake IncidentembargoEmbargo ActThe Barbary PiratesNon-Intercourse ActTecumsehWilliam Henry HarrisonBattle of TippecanoeWar HawksHenry ClayJames MadisonDeclaration of War, act of Congress

11.4
Constitution v GuerriereU.S. PrivateersBritish BlockadeOliver Hazard PerryBattle of Lake ErieWilliam Henry HarrisonBattle of the ThamesTecumsehCreek IndiansRed EagleAndrew JacksonFort MimsBattle of Horseshoe bendBurning of Washington D.C.Fort McHenryBattle of New OrleansHartford ConventionTreaty of Ghent

12.1
James Monroe
Monroe Doctrine

12.2
Henry Clay
Missouri Compromise
American System
Corrupt Bargain
John Quincy Adams

12.3
nominating conventionsAndrew JacksonDemocratic partyJacksonian DemocracyJohn C. Calhounspoils systemMartin Van Burenkitchen cabinetTariff of Abominationsstates' rightsnullification crisisDaniel WebsterMcCulloch v MarylandNicholas BiddleJackson v BankWhig PartyPanic of 1837William Henry Harrison

12.4
Black Hawk/SaukIndian Removal ActBureau of Indian AffairsTreaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekTrail of TearsSequoyaJohn RossWorcester v GA

8th Grade 12.4 Terms

Black Hawk/Sauk
Indian Removal Act
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Trail of Tears
Sequoya
John Ross
Worcester v GA

6th Grade Chapters 13 and 14 Exam

10 Important Dates (10)
300 AD
476 AD
1066 AD
1337 AD
1453 AD
1789 AD
1800 AD
1933 AD
1949 AD
1989 AD

WWI/WWII (10)
1914
1939
Holocaust
First nations invaded in WWII
Germany’s allies in WWI
Axis/Allies WWII
Post WWII NATO
Post WWII Germany
Balkan conflict
WWI’s failure causing WWII

Previous Occupants (10)
Greek colonies/Carthage/Rome/Franks/HRE (2)
Holy Roman Empire (2)
Iberian Peninsula (2)
Roman holdings (2)
Byzantine (2)

Miscellaneous P1 (10)
Impressionism
Benelux Mayonnaise habits
30 Years War
sirocco
Napoleon Bonaparte
Moors
Mediterranean
Loess
Peninsulas
City-state (polis)

Miscellaneous P2 (10)
Eastern Orthodox
Mosaics
Barbarians
Constantinople
Nationalism
Cantons
Renaissance
Alexander the Great
Charlemagne
Bastille Day

7th Grade Chap 6 Rome Terms

6.1
750 BC: Latins settle in Tiber Valley
509 BC: Latins defeat Etruscans, Roman State begins
Republic: “thing of the people”, some officials were chosen by people, designed to keep any individual from gaining too much power, the senate was the most powerful part.
Senators: those in the senate, made the laws.
Patricians: members of the land holding upper class, in the senate of the early republic.
Consuls: each year senators elected two consuls, they supervised government business and commanded armies.
Dictator: ruler with complete control over the government ruled for six months and then had to resign; appointed in times of crisis or need.
Cincinnatus: ideal dictator, organized an army, led to victory, celebrated and returned power in 16 days.
Plebeians: farmers, merchants, artisans and traders. The bulk of the population, in early Rome they had no influence in the government.
450 BC: Laws made public
Tribunes: elected by Plebeians to protect their interest in the senate.
Veto: to block a law, Tribunes had the power to veto the laws of the senate on behalf of the plebeians.
Patriarch: Rome is a patriarchal society, father demands total respect.
Women's Roles: women could run business from the home.
Roman Education: boys, and girls learned to read and write regardless
Roman gods: resembled the gods of Etruscans and Greeks.
Jupiter: like Zeus, ruled the sky and other gods.
Neptune: like Poseidon, ruled the sea.
Juno: protected marriage.
Mars: god of war.
Calendar, festivals: calendar outlined festivals to honor the gods, temples were built to host the celebrations.
270 BC: Rome controls most of the Italian Peninsula
Legion: basic Roman military unit, 5000 men.
Citizen Soldiers: Roman armies were made up of these, no pay, provided their own weapons. Raised to value courage, loyalty, and respect for authority.
Conquered autonomy: Rome conquered all, allowed the conquered to maintain their own government.
Roman infrastructure: made up roads and aqueduct, trade routes and brought needed water.
6.2
Carthage: Rome conquered them, city state on the North African coast. Conflict led to the Punic Wars.
246-146 BC: 3 Punic Wars, 1: Rome takes Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia. 2: Hannibal attacks from the north and surprises Rome, Rome attacks Carthage drawing Hannibal away, Hannibal is defeated at Carthage and gives all land except Africa. 3: Rome enslaves and kills all Carthage, salts the earth.
Hannibal: Carthaginian general, led a march through Iberia and Gaul, losing half his forces in the process. Surprise attacks the Italian Peninsula, is drawn away by Rome and is defeated at Carthage.
218 BC: Hannibal's March
Imperialism: Roman domination, politically, militarily, economically.
Provinces: lands controlled or ruled by Rome.
Mare Nostrum: “Our Sea”, what the Romans called the Mediterranean, their empire.
Latifundia: huge estates bought by wealthy families, as Romans conquered more lands.
Tiberius, Gaius Gracchus: among the first to attempt to reform Rome, Tiberius was elected tribune, distributed land, Gaius later used public funds to buy grain for the poor.
Julius Caesar: Roman military commander, politically dominant with his friend Pompey. 59 BC set out to conquer Gaul, victorious. Pompey betrays Julius to the senate, ordering him to disband his army and return to Rome. Julius defies the order, crosses the Rubicon and makes the senate hand over power.
Caesar's Reform: employ the jobless, land to the poor, recognized provincial governments and expanded citizenship.
Caesar's Death: March 44 BC, enemies were worried he would make himself king, stabbed to death. Marc Anthony and Octavian hunt down his enemies.
Marc Antony: Caesar’s chief general, loved Cleopatra of Egypt. Hunted down Caesar’s enemies, quarreled with Octavian and was beaten.
Octavian: Caesar’s grand nephew, joined with Marc to rout out the murders, defeated Marc to become princeps.
Augustus: declared himself princep, same power as a king, end of the republic.
Princeps: all the powers of a king, but not called a king.
census: population count for the purpose of taxes.
Caligula: evil and insane emperor, appointed his favorite horse as counsel.
Nero: evil and insane emperor, blamed and persecuted Christians for burning Rome.
Marcus Aurelius: philosopher emperor, Platonic ideal of philosopher king, practiced stoicism.
Meditations: M.A.’s stoicism writings and his commitment to duty.
Pax Romana: Roman Peace, 200 year span, Augustus to Aurelius, brought peace order and unity to Europe.
Circus Maximus: Rome’s largest racing course, races.

6.3
Virgil, Aeneid: Rome’s grand history and connection to Troy.
satire/satirize: make fun of society, often poetic.
Livy: historian trying to restore Roman virtue.
Tacitus: hailed the Germanic people as superior, marked Octavian as the end of Roman glory.
Engineering: Roman’s science and math construction of useful structures.
aqueducts: bridge like stone structures, brought water into Roman cities.
Ptolemy: proposed the theory that the earth was the center of the universe.
Galen: doctor who created an encyclopedia of medical solutions.
Civil Law: the law that applied to just the Roman citizens.
Law of Nations: all people in the Roman Empire were subject to the law of nations.
Rights of the Accused: presumed innocent until proven guilty

7th Grade 6.3

Greco-Roman Arts
Virgil, Aeneid
satire/satirize
Livy
Tacitus
Marcus Aurelius/stoicism
mosaic
engineering
aqueducts
Ptolemy
Galen
Civil Law
Law of Nations
Rights of the Accused

8th Grade 12.3 Terms

nominating conventions
Andrew Jackson
Democratic party
Jacksonian Democracy
John C. Calhoun
spoils system
Martin Van Buren
kitchen cabinet
Tariff of Abominations
states' rights
nullification crisis
Daniel Webster
McCulloch v Maryland
Nicholas Biddle
Jackson v Bank
Whig Party
Panic of 1837
William Henry Harrison

6th Grade Chapter 13 and 14 Terms, so far...

13.1
Mediterranean
Iberian Peninsula
Apennines
Balkan Peninsula
Sirocco

13.2
800 BC
City-states (polis)
King Phillip
Alexander the Great
Byzantine Empire
Barbarian
1453 Constantinople
mosaics

13.3
750 BC
100 AD
200 AD
476 AD
Pope
Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Amerigo Vespucci
Coalition governments

13.4
Moors
Isabella and Ferdinand
Reconquista
Christopher Columbus
General Francisco Franco
dialect

14.1
loess

14.2
Gual
Brittany
600 BC
200 BC
400 AD
Franks
Charlesmagne
Holy Roman Empire
900 AD
1066 AD
100 Years' War
French Colonies
1789 AD
Napoleon
WWI, WWII
NATO
European Union
Bastille Day

14.3
Reformation
Protestants
Thirty Year's War
WWI, WWII
Adolf Hitler
Holocaust
1945
East/West Berlin
1989 Berlin Wall
Chancellor
Oktoberfest
European Union

8th Grade 11.4 Terms

Constitution v Guerriere
U.S. Privateers
British Blockade
Oliver Hazard Perry
Battle of Lake Erie
William Henry Harrison
Battle of the Thames
Tecumseh
Creek Indians
Red Eagle
Andrew Jackson
Fort Mims
Battle of Horseshoe bend
Burning of Washington D.C.
Fort McHenry
Battle of New Orleans
Hartford Convention
Treaty of Ghent

7th Grade Rome, 6.1 and 6.2

6.1
750 BC: Latins settle in Tiber Valley
509 BC: Latins defeat Etruscans, Roman State begins
Republic
Senators
Patricians
Consuls
Dictator
Cincinnatus
Plebeians
450 BC: Laws made public
Tribunes
Veto
Patriarch
Women's Roles
Roman Education
Roman gods (stolen from Greeks)
Jupiter
Neptune
Juno
Mars
Calendar, festivals
270 BC: Rome controls most of the Italian Peninsula
Legion
Citizen Soldiers
Conquered autonomy
Roman infrastructure

6.2
Carthage
246-146 BC: 3 Punic Wars
Hannibal
218 BC: Hannibal's March
Imperialism
Provinces
Mare Nostrum
Latifundia
Tiberius Gracchus
Gaius Gracchus
Julius Caesar
Caesar's Reform
Caesar's Death
Marc Antony
Octavian
Augustus
Princeps
census
Caligula
Nero
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Pax Romana
Circus Maximus

8th Grade Chapter 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3 terms

11.1
Thomas Jefferson
peaceful transition
James Madison
Albert Gallatin
Midnight Judges
William Marbury
John Marshall
Marbury v Madison
Judiciary Act of 1789
Judicial Review

11.2
Toussaint-L'ouverture
Louisiana Purchase
Robert R. Livingston
James Monroe
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Sacagawea
Zebulon Pike

11.3
Algiers
Barbary States
British impressment
Leopard v Chesapeake
Chesapeake Incident
embargo
Embargo Act
The Barbary Pirates
Non-Intercourse Act
Tecumseh
William Henry Harrison
Battle of Tippecanoe
War Hawks
Henry Clay
James Madison
Declaration of War, act of Congress

8th Grade Religion Paragraphs

Catholic Social Teaching: 7 Key Themes

-Define the duty, and state why it came to be instituted.
-State your relationship to it.
-State its relationship to you.

1. Sanctity of human life, dignity of the person
2. Call to family, community and participation
3. Right and responsibilities
4. Option for the poor
5. Dignity of work, rights of workers
6. Solidarity
7. Care for God's creation

8th Grade Homework

11.2: Louisiana Purchase through page 342.

They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?

50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?

7th Grade Rome Notes

Finish 6.1 notes.

They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?

50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?

6th Grade Homework

Finish 13.2 notes on Greece.

They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?

50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?

Nation Junior Honor Society Standards

Although it is a long ways away, here are the standards you should strive for in your academics and citizenship.

Criteria for National Junior Honor Society
Grades 6, 7, 8

Quality and discretion as a citizen
Involvement in extracurricular activities
Leadership in elected or appointed positions in school, community, or work
In and out of school community service
Work experience, recognition, and awards
GPA of 3.75 as of May 1, 2009