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Ch 13 & 14 TCI
Vocabulary from Chapters 13 and 14 from TCI
Term | Definition |
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brief | a short length of time |
fertile | able to grow crops well |
elevated | to raise |
intense | a very strong effect |
monsoon | a strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer |
plateau | a flat area of land that is elevated, or raised, above the land around it |
subcontinent | a large landmass that is smaller than a continent |
channels | a passage dug into the earth, through which liquids flow |
citadel | a fortress built to protect a city |
drain | a pipe that is used to carry away flowing water, often dirty water |
function | the purpose of an object and how it’s used |
granary | a place to store grain |
Indus valley civilization | an early civilization, known for its advanced culture, that developed in the Indus River valley in India |
Mohenjodaro | one of the first major settlements in ancient India that became a center of the Indus valley civilization |
reveal | to show something that had been hidden |
transported | to move goods or people from one place to another |