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Word List—Vocabulary Words
World History
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| Alexander the Great |
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Achilles’ heel
barbaric
culture
divine
heir
invincible
monsoon
oracle
subjugation |
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| Apartheid’s Last Stand |
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amnesty
apartheid
oppression
reconciliation
sedition |
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| Byzantium |
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dome
epic
exile
mosque
relic |
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| Cleopatra's Palace |
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colonnade
GPS
hieroglyphics
jetty
keel
radiocarbon dating
sonar
sphinx |
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| Ancient Sky Watchers |
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Anasazi
archeoastronomer
summer solstice
pictograph
winter solstice |
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| Discover Magazine: Islands of Mystery |
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myth
artifacts
ingenuity
coercion
tyrants
scurvy
interlopers |
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| Discover Magazine: Mummies |
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excavate
anatomical
osteoporosis
sepulcher
altiplano
habitat
paleoecological |
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| Discovery Atlantis |
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Andean
Bronze Age
cataclysm
excavation
myth
Olmec |
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| Eisenhower and the Cold War |
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nostalgic
brinkmanship
covert
summit
military-industrial complex |
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| Evolution's Next Step |
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biosphere
cuneiform
hominid
hunter-gatherer
terraform |
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| Expansion and Conquest |
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anarchy
allegiance
maneuver
strategist
tyranny |
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| Fall of an Empire |
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affront
cult
fester
hierarchy
undermine |
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| Flight Over the Equator |
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globalization
animism
archipelago
conquistador
amalgamate |
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| Forbidden City |
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barbarian
dynasty
kowtow
mandate
protocol |
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| Harlem Diary |
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sociology
resilience
chronicle
role model
sickle-cell anemia
credentials
perspective |
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| He Conquered Space |
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jettison
legacy
metallurgy
propulsion
thrust |
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| The Holocaust: In Memory of Millions |
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cognizant
demoralize
fascism
ghetto
Nazi
propaganda |
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| Islands of Mystery |
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myth
artifacts
ingenuity
coercion
tyrants
scurvy
interlopers |
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| Ivory Wars |
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ivory
hierarchy
poachers
matriarchal |
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| Jerusalem: City of Heaven |
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Yahweh
ark
Zionism
orthodox
Sabbath
secular
Messiah
covenant
sepulcher
Golgotha
unction
archaeologist
pilgrims
patriarch
mosque |
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| Last of the Czars: A Dynasty in Decline |
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assassination
autocrat
Bolshevik
Cossacks
czar or tsar
Duma
dynasty
heir
interloper
propaganda |
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| Last of the Czars: Revolution |
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abdicate
abyss
regime
asylum
autocracy
coup d’etat
debauchery
depose
monarchist
pariah
provisional government |
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| Napoleon |
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abdicate
armistice
artillery
coup
guillotine |
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| Nile: River of Gods |
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communal
deity
floodplain
primeval
subsistence |
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| Normandy: The Great Crusade |
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allies
draft
GI
propaganda
Nazi
D-Day
casualties |
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| Our Time in Hell: The Korean War |
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puppet regime
juggernaut
amphibious landing
artillery
armistice
demilitarized zone |
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| Peter the Great |
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decree
interrogation
regent
regime
sacrilege
serfs |
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| Prosperity and Decline |
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assimilating
barbarians
city-state
displacement
Gauls |
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| Rise to Power |
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augur
chronicle
dominion
juggernaut
legion |
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| Seven Wonders of the World: Simply the Best |
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catacomb
Hellenistic
mausoleum
translucent |
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| Seven Wonders of the World: The Magic Metropolis |
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archaeologist
hieroglyphs
oracle |
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| Slave Ship |
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commerce
mutiny
avaricious
slaver
abolitionist
commandeer |
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| Spirits of the Rainforest |
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carnivore
precarious
predator
regeneration
superbaiting
tapir |
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| Struggles for Power |
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decadence
dynastic succession
genocide
patronage |
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| Suleyman the Magnificent |
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accession
flogging
harem
janissary
paradox
rituals
sultan
vizier |
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| Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World |
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antiquities
cataclysm
cofferdam
devastated
gorge
lock |
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| Travelers: Asia |
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cosmopolitan
populous
intrinsic
descended
banish
backwater
secular
shield
spiritual
halberd
heritage
hub
diverse
coveted |
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| Travelers: North America |
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matador
conquistador
tomahawk
chuck wagon
powwow
pueblo
kiva
torero
picador
banderilleros
boomtown
pelt
portage
homesteaders
rendezvous |
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| Travelers: South America |
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Cuasimodo
Communion
huasos
motif
resurrection
mestizo
purity
steeped
witch doctor |
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| Understanding: Cities |
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aqueduct
infrastructure
satellite community
transformer |
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| Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation |
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communist
nationalism
ethnic
separatist
treason
amendment |
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