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Pompeii Vocabulary 1
Pompeii Vocabulary 2
Pompeii Vocabulary 3
Pompeii Facts 1
Pompeii Facts 2
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A pattern or picture made by fitting together small pieces of glass or tile.
What is a mosaic?
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A mountain with lava and hot gases inside of it.
What is a volcano?
100
Covered to the point where it is hidden underneath.
What is buried?
100
The name of the country where the old city of Pompeii is located.
What is Italy?
100
The year that Pompeii was buried.
What is 79 A.D.?
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A person who lived during the time of Pompeii.
What is a Roman?
200
People and animals who died after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
What are victims?
200
An area surrounded by walls or buildings.
What is a courtyard?
200
A place where people gathered daily to shop or meet with friends.
What is a forum?
200
The name of the mountain that erupted near Pompeii.
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
300
People who study the ruins of past cultures.
What are archaeologists?
300
When a volcano throws out rocks and ashes.
What is erupt?
300
A paste made of water and sand that hardens when dried.
What is plaster?
400
A place on the coast where people put their boats.
What is a harbor?
400
The remains of a building or city.
What is a ruin?
400
The remains of plants or animals that lived long ago.
What is a fossil?
500
Strong men who fought other men or animals as a public event in ancient Rome.
What are gladiators?
500
The pieces of something that is left after it is destroyed.
What is debris?
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Slowly destroyed by natural chemical processes.
What is decayed?