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CU B2+ Unit 2: Vocabulary

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    CU B2+ Unit 2: Vocabulary
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  • A place where people fight, or fought in the past.
    battlefield
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  • An object carried by soldiers to protect themselves from being hit.
    shield
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  • A person who has experience of fighting in wars.
    warrior
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  • Protection worn by soldiers, made of metal, leather or other materials.
    armour
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  • A weapon with a handle and a long, sharp blade.
    sword
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  • A planned series of actions to achieve an aim.
    campaign
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  • A war between citizens of the same country.
    civil war
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  • A gun which can be carried.
    firearm
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  • The B______ A_____ is the period between around 3300 BCE and 1200 BCE in which people learned to produce stronger, harder metal by mixing copper with other materials.
    Bronze Age
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  • It is described as a p_____ period because at that time writing systems were just beginning to be invented, so history was not being written down.
    prehistoric
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  • It has never been easier to research your family history than today, when a______ of historical documents are being made available online.
    archives
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  • Discovering information about your a______ will still require patience, but many resources are available to you.
    ancestors
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  • There are many well-known ancient m______ around the world, such as the Egyptian pyramids or the Taj Mahal.
    monuments
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  • But there are also some interesting c______ buildings and works of art built more recently to remember people and events in the past.
    contemporary
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  • The Dig is a film about the uncovering of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship by a______ in 1939.
    archaeologists
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  • Some beautiful treasures were discovered, and they helped us to understand to what life was like in m______ t_____.
    medieval times
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