Ancient History Vocabulary

Use these after students have studied individual civilizations, or as a preview before a unit. The vocabulary sheet works well as a warm-up, and the fact cards can be cut apart for a sorting activity in pairs.

Match 12 terms such as dynasty and surplus to definitions, then use six of them in sentences. The directions on the page read: In Part A, write the letter of the matching definition in each box. In Part B, write a term from Part A on each line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade Ancient History, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with ancient legacies. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

The Greek legacies on the sheet include democracy, juries, the Olympic Games, columns, theater and the Pythagorean theorem. The Roman legacies include the republic, aqueducts, roads, concrete, Latin roots and calendar months.

Rivers gave people water for drinking and for irrigating crops, floods left rich soil on the fields and boats carried goods and people. River Valley Civilizations Compared looks at the Tigris and Euphrates, Nile, Indus and Yellow River.

Ancient History Vocabulary covers civilization, city-state, dynasty, empire, republic, democracy, pharaoh, artifact, irrigation, surplus, archaeologist and BCE. Students match each term to a definition and then use terms in sentences.