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Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
SECOND TERM REVISION
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
UNIT 4 - PLANETS
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Type of planets
Big and made of gas● Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus
Small and solid (made of rocks):● Mercury, Venus, The Earth and Mars
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
● Moon: it is the satellite of the Earth● Phases of the moon:
New Moon 1st Quarter Full Moon 3erd Quarter
MOON
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
The Earth movements
● Rotation:
TIME: every 24 hours (1 day).
CAUSES: day and night.
AROUND: its own axis.
● Revolution:
TIME: Every 365 days + 6 hours (1 year).
CAUSES: seasons.
AROUND: the Sun.
● The Earth axis is TITLE.
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Earth layers
● CRUST:– Made of solid rock
– It is the outler layer
● MANTLE:– Made of magma
– It is semi-liquid
● CORE:– Made of iron
– It is the inner layer
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
UNIT 5 - HISTORY
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Counting the time
● Counting the time: we use years and centuries– 1 century = 100 years.
– We start counting in year 1 (Jesús Christ)
– Before year 1: B.C.
– After year 1: A.D.
– Examples for naming centuries:711 A.D. → 8th century A.D.
1.492 A.D. → 15th century A.D.
2.016 A.D. → 21st century A.D.
55 A.D. → 1st century A.D.
3.500 B.C. → 36th century B.C.
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Periods of History
Prehistory
Ancient History
The Middle Ages
The Early Modern Age
The Modern Age
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
COMPLETE THE TIME LINE
Year 1
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
REVISE YOUR TIME LINE
First humans Writing Roman Empire fell Reconquista French Revolution Colon discover America
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Prehistory
● Started: 5 millions years ago.● Ended: 5.000 years ago (3.500 B.C.) - Writing● Living in caves● Invented/discovered: wheel, fire, agriculture
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Ancient History
● Started: 5.000 years ago (3.500 B.C.)● Ended: 476 A.D. (fall of Roman empire)
GREEKS: coins – democracy – Olympic games
ROMANS: aqueducts – Latin – Hispania – conquered many lands in Europe, north Africa and Asia.
Came Iberian Peninsula in 218 b.c.
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
The Middle Ages
● Started: 476 A.D. ● Ended: 1492 A.D.
– Muslims: came Iberian Peninsula in 8th century
– Al-Andalus was the name of Iberian Peninsula
– Reconquista: Christians conquered al-Andalus
– Printing press
–
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
The Early Modern Age
● Started: 1492 Reconquista and Colon ● Ended: 1789 with the French Revolution
– Compass.
– Big Spanish Empire: In Europe, America (ie Perú) and Asia (ie Philippines)
– Golden Age: writers, painters... like: Cervantes, Lope de Vega,
Velazquez, Goya,
Greco... andShakespeare inEngland
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
The Modern Age
● Started: 1789
– Steam trains
– Factories
– Industrial revolution
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
UNIT 6 – OUR HERITAGE
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Archaeologists
● People who dig under the ground to find objects and buildings from the past
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Alphabets
● Most are from Ancient History. Three examples are:
Egyptians
Greeks
Romans.
Social Sciences – Course 2015-16 – 2nd Term
Some Sources
● Objects.● Buildings.● Paintings.● Sculptures.● Photos.● Music & songs.● Library● Encyclopedia
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