- barrier حائط: a wall or an obstacle
- mighty الجبار: powerful
- plank: a long, wide, flat piece of wood
- ally صديق: a friend; a country or person who helps
- Carthage: area on the northern coast of Africa
- Punic Wars: fight that lasted more than 100 years
- Hannibal: a great Carthaginian soldier
- invade غزا: to take over
- slavery عبودية: people that are as property
- peace سلام: friendship
- Alps: mountain range in southern Europe
- navy: army on the water
- retreat غادر: move back
- burn حرق: set fire
- famine مجاعة: a long time with no food
- destroy هدم: to damage
Category: World History
7.2 Vocab (#15-32)
- cruel قاسي: very mean and heartless
- rebel: to go against the government
- defeated هزم: destroyed
- republic جمهورية: a government with representatives
- representatives ممثلين: people who speak and act for you
- citizens المواطنين: people who live in a country
- elect منتخب: vote
- consul زعيم: a leader
- veto حق النقض: to say no to a law
- powerful قوي: strong
- dictator: a leader who has all the power
- laws قوانين: rules
- democracy ديمقراطية: a government where all citizens are allowed to vote
- merchants التجار: people who buy and sell goods
- laborers عمال: people who work with their hands
- farmers المزارعين: people who grow crops
- debts المال المستحق: money that is owed ديون
- rights: things citizens should have
Chapter 7.1 Vocab
- Peninsula شبه جزيرة: land surrounded by water on 3 sides
- legend قصة قديمة: old story
- founded بدأت: began
- latium: a plain south of the Tiber River
- plain: flat land
- culture حضاره: the way a group of people live
- Etruscans: a tribe who lived north of the Tiber
- advanced المتقدمة: better than others, improved
- sailors البحارة: people who travel on the sea
- Rome: an ancient civilization that began in Italy and it is now the capital
- Latins: people who lived South of the Tiber
- Senate مجلس الشيوخ: a group of representatives
- patricians أناس أغنياء: the high class of Roman society
- plebians اناس فقراء: the low class of Roman society
Chapter 3 Quizlet #1-61
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
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
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
World History Chapter 2 Quizlet!
Quizlet for ASAP Ch. 29
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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- civilization حضارة: a city with buildings, population and culture.
- geography جغرافية: studying land, water, plant and animal life
- peninsula شبه جزيرة: land surrounded by water on three sides
- island جزيرة: land surrounded by water on all sides
- range سلسلة جبال: a group of mountains
- bay: water surrounded by land on 3 sides
- subcontinent شبه القارة: a large piece of land
- army جيش: the people who protect a country
- pass: a low place in the mountain
- newcomer الوافد: a person who is new to a country or place
- blend مزيج: mix
- diverse متنوع: many cultures
- fertile أرض خصبة: land that is healthy to grow crops
- monsoons الرياح الموسمية: winds that blow rain
- temperature درجة الحرارة: how hot or cold something is
- Beliefs أدناه: Something you believe in
- Hinduism: the main religion of India
- polytheistic كثير من الآلهة: believing in many gods
- monotheistic إله واحد: believing in only 1 god
- create خلق: make
- preserves: to keep save
- destroy هدم: to ruin or end
- hymn أغنية دينية: a religious song
- cremation حرق: burning a dead body to ashes
- reincarnation ولد مرة أخرى: to be born again into a different body
- ruler: a person who rules a country
- warrior محارب: a fighter/a soldier
- caste شعب الهند: a class of people from India
- expel يطرد: to remove from a place
- Sanskrit كتابة هندوسية: the language for Hindus
- Villages القرى: small cities
- Isolated وحده: to stay away from others
- Enormous ضخم: HUGE
- Plateau أرض مستوية: High, flat land
- Swiftly بسرعة: Quickly
- Deep عميق: far down
- Route طريق: a place to travel on
- Shallow بارز: not deep
- Often معظم الوقت: Most of the time
- Sorrow حزين: Sad
- Dynasty: a family that rules a country for a long time.
- Ruler ملك: a person who rules a country
- Palace قصر: a place where a king and his family live.
- temple صدغ: a place to pray
- common people: the low class in society
- nobles أناس أغنياء: people from the high class in society
- scribe قراءة وكتابة الكلمات: a person who could read or write
- symbol رمز: something that stands for something else
- spirit روح: soul
- narrow نحيف ضعيف: thin
- ancestors أسلاف: people from your family who lived before you and died
- worship عبادة: pray
- hut: a small, poor house
- collapse انهدام: to become weak and fall
- incline ينحدر: to move up
- decline تراجع: to move down