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Egypt
Geography
Southwest Asia
Greece
Rome
100
What is a paperlike material used by Ancient Egyptians; made from reeds that grow on the Nile River
papyrus
100
A cold treeless plain whose subsoil is permanently frozen
What is tundra
100
conquered land of many people governed by one ruler
What is empire
100
A region with a single government and a united group of people
What is nation state
100
A unit of soldiers in the Ancient Roman Army
What is legion
200
A person who buys and sells goods to make a living
What is merchant
200
A high flat area of land
What is plateau
200
A writing system in which pictures or symbols stand for ideas, objects, or sounds.
What is hieroglyphics
200
A story passed from generation to generation that usually tells about an ancient god or hero
What is myth
200
A citizen whose family came to ancient Rome after the patricians.
What is plebeian
300
A settlement separated from, but under the control of, a home country
What is colony
300
A branch of a river
What is tributary
300
The domestication of plants and animals.
What is agriculture
300
A lawmaking group
What is Assembly
300
A council of representatives
What is Senate
400
A waterfall or spot where water runs fast over rocks
What is cataract
400
Low land formed at the mouth of some rivers by the silt the river drops there
What is delta
400
The journey of Moses and the Israelites from Egypt, through the desert, and back to Canaan
What is Exodus
400
Land that can be used to grow crops.
What is arable land
400
A descendant of Rome's earliest settlers
What is Patrician
500
An advisor to the pharaoh of ancient Egypt
What is vizier
500
Imaginary line of longitude that is marked 0 degrees on a map or globe
What is Prime Meridian
500
To bring in goods for sale from other places
What is import
500
A network of appointed government officials
What is bureaucracy
500
A political region of a country.
What is province