CH 8 VOCAB 1/20/14

Question 0

PATRICIAN

Answer 0

A MEMBER OF A WEALTHY FAMILY IN THE ANCIENT ROMAN REPUBLIC

Question 1

REPUBLIC

Answer 1

A TYPE OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH CITIZENS SELECT THEIR LEADERS

Question 2

PLEBIAN

Answer 2

AN ORDINARY CITIZEN IN THE ANCIENT ROMAN REPUBLIC

Question 3

CONSUL

Answer 3

AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO LED THE RMAN REPUBLIC

Question 4

VETO

Answer 4

THE POWER OF ONE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT REJECT BILLS OR PROPOSALS PASSES BY ANOTHER BRANH OF GOVERNMENT

Question 5

DICTATOR

Answer 5

A PERSON IN THE ANCIENT ROMAN REPUBLIC APPOINTED TO RULE FOR SIX MONTHS INTIMES OF EMERGENCY,WITH ALL THE POWERS OF A KING

Question 6

PROVINCE

Answer 6

A UNIT OF AN EMPIRE

Question 7

COLOSSEUM

Answer 7

A LARGE AMPHITHEATER BUILT IN ROME AROUND A.D. 70; SITE OF CONTESTS AND COMBATS

Question 8

AQUEDUCT

Answer 8

A STRUCTURE THAT CARRIES WATER OVER LONG DISTANCES

Question 9

POLYTHESIUM

Answer 9

A BELIEF IN MORE THAN ONE GOD

Question 10

ARCH

Answer 10

A CURVED STRUCTURE USED AS A SUPPORT OVER AN OPEN SPACE, AS IN A DOORWAY