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chapter 1
content vocab for lessons 1,2,3
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Social Studies
7th Grade
09/04/2013

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Pax Romana
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a long era of peace
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vault
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curved ceiling
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satire
Definition
works which made fun of human weakness
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odes
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poems which express strong emotions about life
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anatomy
Definition
study of body structure
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aqueducts
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long troughs suportted by rows of arches used to bring water from hills into the cities
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Stoicism
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Greek philosophy which the Romans tweaked and changed it to encourage the Romans to not be happy like the Greeks, but to be pratical
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inflation
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rapidly increasing prices
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barter
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exchange goods without using money
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reform
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political changes to make things better
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mosaic
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pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone; mainly shoed pictures of saints
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saint
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Christian holy people
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regent
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a person who stands in for a ruler who is too young or ill to rule
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