Ch1 Vocab

Question 1

Aqueducts

Answer 1

Human made channel built to carry water

Question 2

Barter

Answer 2

To exchange goods without using money

Question 3

Inflation

Answer 3

Period of rapidly increasing prices

Question 4

Mosaics

Answer 4

Picture made many bits of colored glass tile and stone

Question 5

Odes

Answer 5

Poem that expresses strong emotions about life

Question 6

Pax Romana

Answer 6

Long era of peace and safety in the Roman empire

Question 7

Reforms

Answer 7

Change that tried to bring about an improvement

Question 8

Regents

Answer 8

A person who acts as a temporary ruler

Question 9

Saints

Answer 9

Christian holy person

Question 10

Satires

Answer 10

A story to pokes fun and shows weaknesses

Question 11

Stoicism

Answer 11

Philosophy founded by Nero in Hellenistic Athens, taught that happiness came not from following emotions but from following reason and doing one’s duty

Question 12

Vaults

Answer 12

Curved structure of stone or concrete forming a ceiling or roof

Question 13

Distinct

Answer 13

To be very different from others

Question 14

Consider

Answer 14

To think of something in a certain way

Question 15

Emphasis

Answer 15

Special importance given to something

Question 16

Utilize

Answer 16

To make use of something

Question 17

Stable

Answer 17

Fixed or constant

Question 18

Image

Answer 18

An object or statue made to look like a person or thing

Question 19

Purchase

Answer 19

To buy something

Question 20

Stress

Answer 20

Special importance given to something

Question 21

Anatomy

Answer 21

The study of body structure