Weather and Erosion
The wearing away of rock and its removal by streams, ice, waves and wind.
What is erosion?
The number of Etruscan kings of early Rome
What is three?
The Roman general who defeated Hannibal Barca at the battle of Zama in 202 BC
Who is Publius Scipio?
The Dark Ages were the start of this thousand-year period situated between ancient and modern history.
What are the Middle Ages?
The half-brother of William Duke of Normandy, he is widely believed to have commissioned the creation of the Bayeux Tapestry.
Who is Bishop Odo?
Weathering caused by plants and animals
What is biological weathering?
The modern name for the region in Italy where the Etruscans lived
What is Tuscany?
From the Latin word vetare, which means "to forbid," it means "to refuse to approve a measure."
What is veto?
In 542 AD, he contracted the plague shortly after he had conquered the Mediterranean in his quest to reunite the Western and Eastern Roman Empires under his rule.
Who is Justinian?
Harold Godwinson and his English army defeated Harald Hardrada and his Norwegian army here on September 25, 1066.
What is the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
This landform is created by the wearing away of the bank on the outside of a river bend
What is a river cliff?
This Etruscan king divided the citizens of Rome into five classes, from richest to poorest
Who is Servius Tullius?
He was emperor during the sack of Rome in 410 AD.
Who is Honorius?
He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day 800 AD
Who is Charlemagne?
Within the feudal system, they were similar to peasants except that they were paid for their work and could leave whenever they wanted
What are Freemen?
Sometimes called "silt," this is a fine muddly material left behind after floods.
What is alluvium?
The Etruscan king Lucius Tarquinius Priscus is most famous for building this, which in English means "the Great Sewer."
What is the Cloaca Maxima?
In 122 AD, this emperor began building a wall across northern England in order to keep the Picts from invading Roman territory
Who is Hadrian?
This Frankish king converted to Christianity in order to gain the support of the former Roman provinces.
Who is Clovis?
The number of children William the Conqueror and his wife Matilda had before her death in 1083.
What is ten?
A drain or pipe that allows water to flow under a road, railroad, trail or similar obstruction
What is a culvert?
In common with many other ancient peoples, the Etruscans often made their tombs look like this
What is the inside of their houses?
This Roman physician wrote volumes summarizing all the medical knowledge of the time and was the great authority on medicine for centuries?
Who is Galen?
An example of this judicial practice involved the accused dipping his hand in a pot of boiling water in order to retrieve a stone.
What is the ordeal?
According to the Bayeux Tapestry, this Duke of Brittany was captured, escaped and captured again by armies led by William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson
Who is Conan?