Ch 11 Vocab

Question 1

Cicero

Answer 1

Cicero (Sis-uh-roh), a philosopher and gifted orator, or public speaker.

Question 2

Julius Caesar

Answer 2

The most powerful of these generals was Julius Caesar

Question 3

Pompey

Answer 3

Pompey (PAHM-pea) and Crassus (KRAS-uhs). Together they ruled Rome

Question 4

Augustus

Answer 4

Augustus who was adopted by Caesar

Question 5

Currency

Answer 5

Romans used currency, or money

Question 6

Pax Romana

Answer 6

Pax Romana, or Roman peace

Question 7

Aqueduct

Answer 7

aqueduct is a raised channel used to carry water from mountains into cities.

Question 8

Romance Languages

Answer 8

Romance Languages. They include Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian

Question 9

Civil law

Answer 9

Civil law is a legal system based on a written code of laws

Question 10

Christianity

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Jesus of Nazareth

Answer 11

Jesus of Nazareth, the man many people believe was the Jewish Messiah, lived in the very beginning of the first century AD.

Question 12

Bible

Answer 12

The Bible, the holy book of the religion of Christianity

Question 13

Crucifixion

Answer 13

Crucifixion (kroo-suh-FIK-shuhn), a type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross.

Question 14

Resurrection

Answer 14

Jesus’s rise from the dead as the Resurrection

Question 15

Disciples

Answer 15

After the Resurrection, several groups of Jesus’s disciples (di-SY-puhls), or followers, claimed to see him again

Question 16

Paul

Answer 16

Paul of Tarsus. Paul traveled throughout the Roman world spreading Christian teachings

Question 17

Constantine

Answer 17

Emperor Constantine (KAHN-stuhn-teen) became a Christian. He removed the bans on the religion. A later emperor made Christianity Romes official religion

Question 18

Diocletian

Answer 18

Diocletian (dy-uh-KLEE-shuhn) became emperor in the late 200s.

Question 19

Attila

Answer 19

Attila (AT- uhl-uh), raided Roman territory in the east

Question 20

Corruption

Answer 20

Corruption, the decay of peoples values

Question 21

Justinian

Answer 21

Justinian (juh-STIN-ee-uhn), an emperor who ruled from 527 to 565, reuniting the old Roman Empire was passion. His armies conquered Italy and much land around the Mediterranean

Question 22

Theodora

Answer 22

Theodore (thee-uh-DOHR-uh) convinced him to stay and fight. Taking her advise Justinian crushed the riots.

Question 23

Byzantine Empire

Answer 23

Historians call the society that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire the Byzantine (BI-zuhn-teen) Empire