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ss vocab words
Term | Definition |
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allies/ally | a country or group that joins with another for a common purpose |
cavalry | soldiers who ride on horses |
golden age | a time of great prosperity and achievement |
culture | a characteristic of civilizations that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people |
myth | a traditional story that helps to explain a cultures beliefs |
arhitecture | the art of designing buildings |
sculpture | the art of creating three dimensional figures from such materials as wood, stone, and clay |
drama | the art of writing, acting and producing plays |
philosophy | a theory or set of values by which one lives; the search for wisdom or knowledge |
appoint | to choose someone to fill an office or a position |
geometry | the branch of mathematics involving points, lines, planes and figures |
longitude | a measure of how far a place on earth is from an imaginary lines that runs between the north and south poles on the globe |
latitude | a measure of how far a place on earth is from the equator. |