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7.3 Vocab (#33-48)

  1. barrier حائط: a wall or an obstacle
  2. mighty الجبار: powerful
  3. plank: a long, wide, flat piece of wood
  4. ally صديق: a friend; a country or person who helps
  5. Carthage: area on the northern coast of Africa
  6. Punic Wars: fight that lasted more than 100 years
  7. Hannibal: a great Carthaginian soldier
  8. invade غزا: to take over
  9. slavery عبودية: people that are as property
  10. peace سلام: friendship
  11. Alps: mountain range in southern Europe
  12. navy: army on the water
  13. retreat غادر: move back
  14. burn حرق: set fire
  15. famine مجاعة: a long time with no food
  16. destroy هدم: to damage
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7.2 Vocab (#15-32)

  1. cruel قاسي: very mean and heartless
  2. rebel: to go against the government
  3. defeated هزم: destroyed
  4. republic جمهورية: a government with representatives
  5. representatives ممثلين: people who speak and act for you
  6. citizens المواطنين: people who live in a country
  7. elect منتخب: vote
  8. consul زعيم: a leader
  9. veto حق النقض: to say no to a law
  10. powerful قوي: strong
  11. dictator: a leader who has all the power
  12. laws قوانين: rules
  13. democracy ديمقراطية: a government where all citizens are allowed to vote
  14. merchants التجار: people who buy and sell goods
  15. laborers عمال: people who work with their hands
  16. farmers المزارعين: people who grow crops
  17. debts المال المستحق: money that is owed ديون
  18. rights: things citizens should have
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Chapter 7.1 Vocab

  1. Peninsula شبه جزيرة: land surrounded by water on 3 sides
  2. legend قصة قديمة: old story
  3. founded بدأت: began
  4. latium: a plain south of the Tiber River
  5. plain: flat land
  6. culture حضاره: the way a group of people live
  7. Etruscans: a tribe who lived north of the Tiber
  8. advanced المتقدمة: better than others, improved
  9. sailors البحارة: people who travel on the sea
  10. Rome: an ancient civilization that began in Italy and it is now the capital
  11. Latins: people who lived South of the Tiber
  12. Senate مجلس الشيوخ: a group of representatives
  13. patricians أناس أغنياء: the high class of Roman society
  14. plebians اناس فقراء: the low class of Roman society
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3.3 Vocab

50. Fertile Crescent: the land between the Tigris and Euphrates and to the west.

51. quarter: 1/4 ; 0.25

52. Narrow: thin; skinny

53. squeezed: to fit into a small place

54. cargo: things in a ship or plane

55. sailor: a person who travels on a ship

56. search: looking for

57. founded: started

58. sailed: travel by a ship or boat

59. colonies: a country that is invaded by another country.

60. Navigate: to sail a ship or drive a car

61. Settle: live

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3.2 Vocab

Chapter 3.2 Vocab

26. city-state: ancient cities where people lived

27. United: to bring a group together

28. kingdom: a country ruled by a king

29. spread: stretched

30. system: a way or method

31. translate: change one language to another language

32. borrow: to take

33. scribe: a person who can read and write

34. repair: fix something that is broken

35. route: a path or street to get somewhere

36. collapse: to become weak and fall

37. Arose: to stand and become strong

38. Feared: afraid

39. Powerful: Strong

40. Improve: make better

41. Stretch: make longer and bigger

42. trade: to buy and sell

43. develop: start

44. merchant: trader

45. reign (rain): rule or govern

46. code: a group of laws

47. collect: gather

48. Expect: to wait for something to happen

49. Cultural Diffusion: when a culture spreads from one place to another

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3.1 Vocabulary

CHAPTER 3 already! Where is the time going?!

1. bank: the land near a river

2. Mesopotamia: the land between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers

3. Tribe: a group of people who have similar culture and live together

4. dike: a long wall that keeps out the water

5. Canal: a man-made river used for irrigation and traveling

6. Military: army

7. temple: a place to worship

8. worship: pray

9. ziggurat: a pyramid with a temple inside of it

10. priest: a religious leader

11. citizen: a person who lives in a country legally

12. legal: lawful

13. illegal: not lawful or against the law

14. obey: to listen to what someone tells you to do

15. disobey: the opposite of obey

16. expensive: costs a lot of money

17. monotheistic: believing in only one god

18. polytheistic: believing in many gods

19. atheistic: not believing in god

20. crop: food that you grow in a farm

21. statue: a building to symbolize a person or god

22. symbol: something that stands for something else

23. sacrifice: to give a gift to a god

24. cuneiform: the written language of Sumerians

25.Invention: something that is made for the first time

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World History ALL CHAPTER 2 Vocab!

Here is ALL CHAPTER 2 Vocab!  The terms only are translated, so you need to decide what to do for yourself.  Good luck!  A test will be coming up soon!

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  1. civilization حضارة: a city with buildings, population and culture.
  2. geography جغرافية: studying land, water, plant and animal life
  3. peninsula شبه جزيرة: land surrounded by water on three sides
  4. island جزيرة: land surrounded by water on all sides
  5. range سلسلة جبال: a group of mountains
  6. bay: water surrounded by land on 3 sides
  7. subcontinent شبه القارة: a large piece of land
  8. army جيش: the people who protect a country
  9. pass: a low place in the mountain
  10. newcomer الوافد: a person who is new to a country or place
  11. blend مزيج: mix
  12. diverse متنوع: many cultures
  13. fertile أرض خصبة: land that is healthy to grow crops
  14. monsoons الرياح الموسمية: winds that blow rain
  15. temperature درجة الحرارة: how hot or cold something is
  16. Beliefs أدناه: Something you believe in
  17. Hinduism: the main religion of India
  18. polytheistic كثير من الآلهة: believing in many gods
  19. monotheistic إله واحد: believing in only 1 god
  20. create خلق: make
  21. preserves: to keep save
  22. destroy هدم: to ruin or end
  23. hymn أغنية دينية: a religious song
  24. cremation حرق: burning a dead body to ashes
  25. reincarnation ولد مرة أخرى: to be born again into a different body
  26. ruler: a person who rules a country
  27. warrior محارب: a fighter/a soldier
  28. caste شعب الهند: a class of people from India
  29. expel يطرد: to remove from a place
  30. Sanskrit كتابة هندوسية: the language for Hindus
  31. Villages القرى: small cities
  32. Isolated وحده: to stay away from others
  33. Enormous ضخم: HUGE
  34. Plateau أرض مستوية: High, flat land
  35. Swiftly بسرعة: Quickly
  36. Deep عميق: far down
  37. Route طريق: a place to travel on
  38. Shallow بارز: not deep
  39. Often معظم الوقت: Most of the time
  40. Sorrow حزين: Sad
  41. Dynasty: a family that rules a country for a long time.
  42. Ruler ملك: a person who rules a country
  43. Palace قصر: a place where a king and his family live.
  44. temple صدغ: a place to pray
  45. common people: the low class in society
  46. nobles أناس أغنياء: people from the high class in society
  47. scribe قراءة وكتابة الكلمات: a person who could read or write
  48. symbol رمز: something that stands for something else
  49. spirit روح: soul
  50. narrow نحيف ضعيف: thin
  51. ancestors أسلاف: people from your family who lived before you and died
  52. worship عبادة: pray
  53. hut: a small, poor house
  54. collapse انهدام: to become weak and fall
  55. incline ينحدر: to move up
  56. decline تراجع: to move down