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Pompeii Vocabulary 1
Pompeii Vocabulary 2
Pompeii Vocabulary 3
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?
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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
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?
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?