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What is a "tuber"
Vegetables which grow underground on the root of a plant
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What is a basin
a sort of bowl in the landscape/geography
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What is Greece
the first Olympic Games took place in this ancient city
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What is democracy
This Greek word means "Rule by the People"
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What is the Himalayas
This is the highest mountain range in the world
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What is biotic
relating to or resulting from living things
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What is fully-domesticated
in effect, our creation; it can no longer thrive without our attentions
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What is Troy
A lady named Helena inspired a war in this place
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Who is Athena
The Pantheon was built to honor this Greek Goddess
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What is obsidian
A dark natural glass stone formed by lava
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What is morphological
relating to the form or structure of things; which can change over time.
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What is a "preadapted"
having characteristics that predisposed them to life in the domus
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What is the African continent
This place is where our human ancestors originally emerged from
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What is Olympus
This is the home of the Gods
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What is corn
"maize" is another term for what crop
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What is niche construction
the process by which an organism alters its own (or another species') local environment.
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What is the domus complex
a unique and unprecedented concentration of tilled fields, seed and grain, people, domestic animals, etc.
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What is Pompeii
this ancient city was destroyed by a volcano eruption (hint: it's in Italy)
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What is assassinate
This term means "to murder for political reasons"
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What is an archaeologist
a professional dedicated to the study of ancient artifacts and peoples
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What is an invasive species
organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area; which can cause great environmental or economic harm to the area
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What is neotany
the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal
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Turkey
Mesopotamia was in modern day
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What is and epic
This is a long poem that tells a story
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What is polytheism
The belief in multiple Gods is called
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