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| Gaul | historical name for a region that is part of Modern France |
| Sicily | a mountainous island in the Mediterranean Sea off the southwest tip of the Italian Peninsula |
| Rome | the capitol of Italy and the former center of the ancient Roman Republic and the Roman Empire |
| Basin | an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries |
| Apennines | a mountain range that extends down the Italian peninsula |
| Alps | a major European Mountain range, extending in an arc from the Mediterranean coast to the Balkan Peninsula |
| Texture | the size, shape, and pattern of rock's grains |
| grain | a particle of mineral or other rock that gives a rock its texture |
