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13060597589philosophera person who extends human knowledge by studying truth and knowledge0
13060597590agoraoutdoor marketplace1
13060597591plundervaluables seized during wartime2
13060597592mytha story about gods or goddesses used to explain mysteries in nature and life3
13060597593immortalto live forever4
13060597594aristocracygovernment controlled by a few wealthy people5
13060597595democracygovernment that is ruled by the people6
13060597596marathonlongest race in the Olympics7
13060597597reasonability to find an explanation for why things happen8
13060597598plaguefast-spreading, often fatal disease9
13060597599mercenaryhired soldier10
13060597600canyona V shaped valley cut by a river or stream11
13060597601meandera curve or loop in a river12
13060597602plateaua large nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area13
13060597603deltaa fan shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a stream14
13060597604mountainhigh, uplifted area with slopes15
13060597605dunea mound, hill, or ridge of wind-blown sand16
13060597606floodplainthe land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood17
13060597607beachgently sloping shore next to a body of water, washed away by waves or tides, often covered by sand and pebbles18
13060597608plainnearly level area that has been eroded, or where a material has been deposited19
13060597609valleya low area between hills and mountains , often where a river flows20
13060597610erosionthe breakdown and removal of soil and rock by water, mixes of sea water21
13060597611depositionthe process by which eroded earth materials settle out in another place22
13060597612weatheringbreakdown of rocks at the earths surface, by the action of rain water, extreme temperature, and wind.23
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