Social Studies Chapter 7
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- aqueduct
- a structure that carries water over long distances
- Fires were a major danger in
- most homes of Roman people
- Form of government
- republic
- In Rome arenas were known as
- circuses
- messiah
- a savior in Jusaism and Christianity
- veto
- the Latin word for "forbid"
- Which peninsula is Rome located
- Italy
- The Roman Empire is most famous for it's
- laws, buildings and roads
- Wealthy people in Rome had country estates called
- villas
- Patrician
- member of a wealthy, upper-class family in the ancient Roman Republic
- According to the legend, why did constantine convert to Christianity
- He saw a vision of a cross on the sun
- consul
- one of two officials who led the government in the ancient Roman republic
- epistle
- a letter
- Difference between Romans and Greeks is that
- Romans emphasized practical knowledge
- Why did Rome create a republic?
- to limit the powers of the king
- During the decline of Rome, the Roman army
- was make up of mercenaries
- disciple
- a follower of a person or belief
- mercenary
- a foreign soldier who serves in an army only for pay
- The Romans valued
- loyalty and justice
- When did people first settle in Rome
- 900 BC
- Martial was a roman
- poet
- inflation
- an economic situation in which there is more money, but the money has less value
- The conquered people were to
- supply raw materials. buy Roman goods and pay taxes
- plebian
- an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman republic
- Who killed Julius Caesar
- a group of senators
- A majority of Roman citizens were
- unemployed
- As an emperor Agustus wanted
- to share power with the senate
- Whose writings helped turn Christianity into and organized roligion?
- Paul
- In the A.D. 400s Germanic tribes
- looted Rome twice
- Rome was located on a long narrow
- peninsula
- circus
- an arena in ancient Rome; also the show held there
- What contributed to the fall in value of Roman money?
- The government put less silver into each coin
- Gospel
- one of the first four books of the New Testament in the Christian bible
- Why did the Roman governor condemn Jesus to death?
- He had been accused of teaching that God was greater than the emperor
- Who took power from Rome
- Etruscans
- At one time, the Roman Empire included
- Britain, North Africa, and parts of Asia
- A writer named Seneca ________ gladiator sports
- criticized
- republic
- a type of government in which citizens vote to select their leaders
- martyr
- a person who chooses to die for a cause he or she believes in
- At the circus
- humans fought both humans and animals
- province
- a unit of an empire
- The Roman Empire offered the poor free
- grain and circuses
- dictator
- a person in ancient Rome appointed to rule for six months during an emergency
- Julius Caesar became dictator in
- 44 B.C.
- Many plebeians were out of work because
- much of the work was done by conquered slaves
- Why did Diocletian divide the empire into two parts?
- to make it easier to rule