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Dec. 10 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ancient | long, long ago |
| Parthenon | a temple built to honor the goddess Athena, it sits on the highest point in Greece; it's columns and design were a great contribution |
| Aqueducts | a system of waterways built by the Romans that brought clean water for people to use |
| Peninsula | a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides |
| Colosseum | built by the Romans and was supported by arches, the gladiators fought there |
| Architecture | the special features of a building like columns or arches, it is the designs and the shapes of buildings |
| direct democracy | a government in which people vote tomake their own rules and laws |
| representative democracy | a governemt in which the people vote(elect) for a smaller group of citizens to make the rules and laws for everyone |
| contribution | the act of giving or doing something |
| Repbublic | another name for a representative democracy |