4º SS Unit 6 – ANCIENT HISTORY (Student´s Book and Activity Book SOLUTIONS)

HOMEWORK:

1. Check the solutions to the exercises you did last week from the books of S.S. (Student´s Book and Activity Book).

UNIT 6 Social Science – ANCIENT HISTORY

4º SS STUDENT´S BOOK (solutions)

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SOLUTIONS

1 The theatre was used for putting on plays and shows to entertain people. It is still used today.

2 a. 3; b. 2; c. 1

3 a. Rosas (Roses)

4 Mines, olives, grapes, pots, coins

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SOLUTIONS

1 – Answers.

a. The Egyptians are known for the pyramids.

b. The Bronze Age belongs to the Metal Ages.

c. The Egyptian writing system is called hieroglyphics.

PAGES 90, 91

SOLUTIONS

1 Ebussus (Ibiza / Eivissa), Carthago Nova (Cartagena)

2 Pupils’ own answers.

3 Hannibal was a Carthaginian general who attacked the Romans in Saguntum and later invaded Italy, using elephants to cross the Alps.

4 -

Roman name	Greek name	God/goddess of…
Jupiter	Zeus	the Earth and the sky
Pluto	Hades	the underworld
Neptune	Poseidon	the sea

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SOLUTIONS

1 The Astures and the Cántabros

2 199 years

3 Hispania Citerior, in the north, Hispania Ulterior in the south-east, Baetica in the south-west and Lusitania in the west.

4 Caesar Augustus

5 Trajan: Sevilla; Hadrian: Sevilla; Seneca: Córdoba.

6 Pupils’ own answers.

7 Cows, theatre, gymnasium, sports, amphitheatre, baths.

4º SS ACTIVITY BOOK (solutions)

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SOLUTIONS

1 – Answers : 1C Both a and b are correct. 2B Phoenicia, Greece and Carthage. 3C They founded their colonies in the east of the Iberian Peninsula.

2- Answers:

1. They were good at poetry, theatre and art. ANCIENT GREEKS

2. They wanted military control of the Iberian Peninsula. CARTHAGINIANS

3. They brought their own alphabet with individual letters. PHOENICIANS

4. They had the most advanced boats. PHOENICIANS

5. They believed in gods and goddesses. ANCIENT GREEKS

6. They attacked and controlled cities, such as Saguntum. CARTHAGINIANS

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SOLUTIONS

3- Answers :

Where did the colonisers come from? green (GREECE) – orange (PHOENICIA) –

pink ( CARTHAGE)

What were their colonies? Green (PHOENICIAN colony) – orange – (ANCIENT GREEK colony) –

Pink (CARTHAGINIAN colony)

4 – a. Augustus Caesar – b. Julius Caesar – c. Viriatus – d. Scipio Aemilianus

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SOLUTIONS

5 – Answers : 1. Roman – 2. Latin – 3. Religion – 4. Laws – 5. Aqueducts – 6. Roads – 7. Bridges.

6 – Answers : a. road – b. bridge – c. bath – d. theatre – e. aqueduct – f. wall

7 – Answers: a. Trajan – b. Trajan – c. Hadrian – d. Trajan – e. Hadrian