1. Advanced Cities As farmers settled in the fertile river valley, they began to grow surplus or extra food. This extra food increased the population of the settlement that led to the formation of cities
2. Organized Central Government Definition: a government with rules and way of voting or control
3. Complex Religions Definition: a set of spiritual beliefs, values, and practices
4. Job Specialization Definition: specific jobs with requirements or specialties
5. Social Classes Definition: a broad group in society having common economic, cultural, or political status/ Distinguished from other groups by such things as wealth, property, and rights
6. Writing Definition: to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument
7. Art and Architecture Definition: the arts and artwork of a thing, place, time, person, etc.; human creations intended to express beauty and convey messages Architecture: the buildings and style or architecture of a thing, place, time, person, etc.
8. Public Works Definition: structures, as roads, dams, or post offices, paid for by government funds for public use.
They were upset because the law forbade them from settling in the Ohio River Valley where there was fertile soil for farming, and the Native Americans weren't using it, plus many colonists had already bought land west of the Appalachians and now weren't allowed to move. Many colonists did not respect the Native Americans and did not want to preserve their land. The colonists just ignored the law and moved across the Appalachians.
One role that geography played in helping the Roman empire was by providing natural barriers to invasions.
<h3>How did geography help the Roman empire?</h3>
The Roman empire in its early stages, was able to take advantage of natural barriers to protect it from invasion by hostile tribes and kingdoms.
For instance, the Alps in Northern Italy made it difficult to invade Roman areas in Italy from the North. And the fact that Italy was a peninsular meant that to invade it, one would have to invade by sea where the Roman navy was stationed.
