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23.3-23.4 Vocab…The last words of Chapter 23: WW1

  1. Consumer goods: goods that a person uses, such as electronics.
  2. armed forces: army
  3. conserve: save
  4. Produce: make something in a factory
  5. Troops: soldiers
  6. Draft: to force a person to join the army
  7. mine: a bomb that explodes when its touched
  8. fuel: things that make energy (food, gas, electricity)
  9. fleet: a group of ships

46. blockade: to stop something from passing into a country

47. doughboys: the first American soldiers who arrived to Europe

  1. armistice: agreement to stop fighting
  2. Standstill: Something that stays the same and is not changing
  3. Worn down: ruined, tired
  4. nearly: almost
  5. antiwar: against the war
  6. Fourteen Points: Wilson’s plan for permanent peace after the war
  7. conference: A meeting among a large group of people
  8. acceptable: right; correct
  9. Treaty of Versailles: changed the map of Europe and made new countries
  10. peace: friendship
  11. League of Nations: group of countries to settle problems peacefully
  12. treaty: a written agreement
  13. ratify: approve
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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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23.2 Vocab (WWI continued…)

23. neutral محايد: not taking sides

24. navy القوات البحرية: the army that travels in the oceans and seas

25. supplies اللوازم: goods, things a person needs

26. Accuse اتهم : blame

27. prevent يمنع: to stop something before it happens

28. war zone منطقة الحرب: a place in the ocean where no one can pass

29. submarine غواصة: a war ship that travels underwater; U-Boat

30. concerned قلق: worried

31. customs العادات: culture and traditions

32. Torpedo: a bomb that comes out of a submarine

33. Shocked صدمت: surprised

34. Cruel قاسية: mean and heartless

35. Democrats: one of the political parties حزب سياسي in America, BLUE and DONKEY signs

36. Republicans: one of the political parties حزب سياسي in America, RED and ELEPHANT signs

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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