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Review of some words learned over the course of the year! :-)

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Word
Definition
scribe   a person whose profession was writing down or copying letters, contracts and other documents  
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dictator   a ruler who has absolute power and authority  
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values   the beliefs or ideals that guide the way people live  
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specialize   to be trained to do a particular kind of work  
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barter   trade of one kind of product for another without the use of money  
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key   a list of map symbols with an explanation of what each symbol stands for  
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longitude   the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian expressed in degrees  
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society   a group of people bound together by the same culture  
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prehistory   the period before events were recorded in writing; the Old and New Stone Ages  
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temperate   climate characterized by a lack of extremes in temperature  
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senate   the lawmaking body of ancient Rome  
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famine   a widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation  
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custom   a social habit or way of living in a group  
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silt   bits of black soil, sand and clay laid down by flowing water  
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history   the record of what has happened in the past  
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geography   the study of the Earth and everything on it  
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tributary   a small river or stream that flows into a large river  
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atlas   the resource you would use to look for political boundaries of a country  
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technology   the use of tools and skills that serve human needs  
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monotheism   the belief in one god  
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dynasty   a line of rulers who belong to the same family and pass control from one generation to the next  
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arable   land fit for cultivation and the growth of crops, resulting in a surplus  
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altitude   elevation  
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climate   pattern of weather that an area has had over a long period of time  
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arid   receiving little rainfall; dry  
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almanac   a resource used to find out the facts of a country  
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environment   the surroundings of a place  
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pilgrimage   a journey taken for religious purposes  
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secondary source   a textbook  
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culture   the ways that groups of people live, think, believe and feel  
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architecture   the science of building  
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surplus   an extra supply of something  
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drought   a long period of dry weather  
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domesticate   to tame animals in order to make them useful to people  
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polytheism   the belief in more than one god  
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government   the established form of ruling a place  
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archaeology   the study of the remains of past cultures  
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religion   the way people worship the god(s) in whom they believe  
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assembly   the basic lawmaking body in a democracy, made up of a group of citizens  
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legacy   the traditions and knowledge of a culture that have been passed down to people today  
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latitude   the distance north or south of the Equator, expressed in degrees  
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polar   the climate of the earth's polar regions  
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tyranny   a type of government in which all power is held in the hands of one ruler, usually a military leader  
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symbol   anything that stands for something else, such as a blue line that stands for a highway on a map  
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secondary source   a written record of the past, such as a book by a historian, based on information from a primary source  
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republic   a government in which the citizens have the right to choose their leaders  
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hemisphere   one of the halves of the earth  
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scale   relative size as shown on a map, such as 1 inch = 100 miles  
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myth   a story about the gods and goddesses of a particular people  
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