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Equator (i-kwā-tər)

Mr. Keyser Geography Vocabulary

The average weather at a place usually over a period of years ( temperature, wind, and

precipitation)

Climate (klī-mət)

An imaginary line that circles the earth and divides it into the

northern and southern hemispheres.

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Rome Vocabulary: Republic – a form of government in which

power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by citizens who have the right to vote.

12 Tables – Rome’s first written law code, carved onto twelve tablets and hung in the forum.

Patricians - a member of the wealthy, upper class in ancient Rome.

Plebeians – common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up most of the population in ancient Rome.

Pax Romana – A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire.

Dictator – a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army.

Triumvirate – a group of three leaders. Senate- in ancient Rome, the supreme

governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats.

Empire – a territory in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler.