Ch. 11

Question 1

Cicero

Answer 1

a philosopher

Question 2

Julius Caesar

Answer 2

the most powerful generals

Question 3

Pompey

Answer 3

one of Rome’s most influential men

Question 4

Augustus

Answer 4

Caesar’s adopted son

Question 5

Pax Romana

Answer 5

Roman peace

Question 6

aqueduct

Answer 6

a raised channel used to carry water from mountains to cities

Question 7

Romance languages

Answer 7

they include Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian

Question 8

civil law

Answer 8

a legal system based on a written code of law

Question 9

Christianity

Answer 9

this religion was based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

Question 10

Jesus of Nazareth

Answer 10

Christianity is religion was based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

Question 11

crucifixion

Answer 11

a type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross

Question 12

Resurrection

Answer 12

Jesus’s rise from the dead

Question 13

Constantine

Answer 13

in the early 300s, the emperor became a Christian

Question 14

Diocletian

Answer 14

became emperor in the late 200s

Question 15

Attila

Answer 15

raided Roman territory

Question 16

corruption

Answer 16

the decay of people’s values

Question 17

Justinian

Answer 17

an emperor who ruled from 527 to 565

Question 18

Theodora

Answer 18

convinced her husband to stay and fight

Question 19

Byzantine Empire

Answer 19

historians call the society that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire