Vocabulary F
Vocabulary G
Vocabulary H
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary J
100
Term describing people who make a living by herding animals and moving from place to place as the seasons change.
What is nomadic?
100
Lessons taught by a story.
What are morals?
100
Type of stone that can be highly polished.
What is marble?
100
Series of military operations that form part of a war.
What is a campaign?
100
A popular story from earlier times that cannot be proved.
What is a legend?
200
Body of land nearly surrounded by water.
What is a peninsula?
200
Ruler of the Greek gods.
Who is Zeus?
200
Belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
200
Form of government in which all citizens participate.
What is direct democracy?
200
An agreement to stop fighting.
What is a truce?
300
Hero of the Trojan War who settled in Italy after Troy was destroyed.
Who is Aeneas?
300
Long poem about a hero's adventures.
What is an epic?
300
A soldier for hire.
What is a mercenary?
300
Powerful body of 300 members that advised Roman leaders.
What is the Senate?
300
Serious drama that presents the downfall of an important character.
What is a tragedy?
400
In ancient Greece, a ruler who took power illegally.
What is a tyrant?
400
A short story that usually involves animals and teaches a moral.
What is a fable?
400
A plain near Athens where a major battle of the Persian Wars took place.
What is Marathon?
400
According to the ancient Romans, someone who was primative and uncivilized.
What is a barbarian?
400
Wealthy landowners who held high government positions in ancient Rome.
What are patricians?
500
Disease that spreads easily and usually causes death.
What is a plague?
500
A person who owes loyalty to a country and receives its protection.
What is a citizen?
500
Arches that form a ceiling or a roof.
What are vault?
500
A branch of Christianity that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
500
Twin of Romulus, the legendary hero who founded Rome.
Who is Remus?
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