Chapter 9 Vocabulary-Ancient Greece w/pics, Landforms w/pics Flashcards

13060597589	philosopher	a person who extends human knowledge by studying truth and knowledge	0
13060597590	agora	outdoor marketplace	1
13060597591	plunder	valuables seized during wartime	2
13060597592	myth	a story about gods or goddesses used to explain mysteries in nature and life	3
13060597593	immortal	to live forever	4
13060597594	aristocracy	government controlled by a few wealthy people	5
13060597595	democracy	government that is ruled by the people	6
13060597596	marathon	longest race in the Olympics	7
13060597597	reason	ability to find an explanation for why things happen	8
13060597598	plague	fast-spreading, often fatal disease	9
13060597599	mercenary	hired soldier	10
13060597600	canyon	a V shaped valley cut by a river or stream	11
13060597601	meander	a curve or loop in a river	12
13060597602	plateau	a large nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area	13
13060597603	delta	a fan shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a stream	14
13060597604	mountain	high, uplifted area with slopes	15
13060597605	dune	a mound, hill, or ridge of wind-blown sand	16
13060597606	floodplain	the land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood	17
13060597607	beach	gently sloping shore next to a body of water, washed away by waves or tides, often covered by sand and pebbles	18
13060597608	plain	nearly level area that has been eroded, or where a material has been deposited	19
13060597609	valley	a low area between hills and mountains , often where a river flows	20
13060597610	erosion	the breakdown and removal of soil and rock by water, mixes of sea water	21
13060597611	deposition	the process by which eroded earth materials settle out in another place	22
13060597612	weathering	breakdown of rocks at the earths surface, by the action of rain water, extreme temperature, and wind.	23