History Content Vocabulary

1. History- The study of past events.

2. Ancient History- History of people living from the beginnings of human society through
300 CE.
3. Century- One hundred years.
4. Millennium- One thousand years.
5. Decade- Ten years.
6. Era- A period of time that is associated with a particular quality, event, person, etc.
7. Change- To become or to make someone or something different.
8. Continuity- The quality of something that does not stop or change as time passes: a
continuous quality.
9. Causality- The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that
causes it.
10. Effect- A change that results when something is done or happens: an event, condition, or
state of affairs that is produced by a cause.
11. Colony- A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but
remain subject too or closely associated with the parent country.
12. Continent- One of the great divisions of land (such as North America, South America,
Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, or Antarctica) of the Earth.
13. Country- A sovereign nation.
14. Equality- The quality or state of being equal: the quality or state of having the same
rights, social status, etc.
15. Freedom- The quality or state of being free.
16. Racism- Poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race.
17. Slave- Someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that
person without pay.
18. Race- A category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits.
19. Assassination- To kill (someone, such as a famous or important person) usually for
political reasons.
20. Labor- Physical or mental effort.
21. Hate Crime- Any various crimes when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member
of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation).
22. Rebellion- An effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country by
the use of protest or violence.
23. Movement- A series of organized activities working toward an objective.
24. Timeline- A table listing important events for successive years within a particular
historical period.
25. Identify- To know and say who someone is or what something is.