1. Pompeii…Buried Alive!
Vocabulary Chapter 1

2. bakers
• a person who bakes breads and cakes

3. bathhouse
• A place where people bathe and socialize

4. blast
• An explosion or loud noise

5. bring
• To carry or move something

6. buildings
• A place that has four walls and a roof

7. carts
• A wagon that is pulled by an animal or
pushed by a person

8. children
• Young boys and girls

9. dangerous
• Something that can hurt you

10. destroy
• To completely damage or ruin something

11. farmers
• A person who works on a farm

12. fisherman
• A person who catches fish

13. gas
• A state of matter that is not solid or liquid;
steam, cloud

14. happen
• Something that takes place or occurs

15. house
• A building where people live

16. lawmakers
• A group of people who make the rules for
a town

17. meeting
• An area in a town where people gather to
talk

18. melt
• When heat changes something from a
solid to a liquid

19. mixture
• 2 or more things combined together

20. mountain
• A high area of land with steep sides

21. peddlers
• People who sell things

22. people
• More than one person

23. place
• An area used for a specific reason

24. potters
• A person who makes pots from clay

25. pray
• To talk and listen to God

26. shepherds
• People who take care of sheep

27. slave
• A person who is owned by someone and
is forced to work without pay

28. streets
• A flat place where people can walk

29. terrible
• Very bad; awful

30. town
• A small city where people live

31. visitors
• People who come to see a town, but don’t
live there

32. volcano
• A mountain filled with melted rock and
gases

33. weavers
• A person who weaves thread into cloth