Chapter 10 vocab

Question 1

Aeneas

Answer 1

A Trojan War hero

Question 2

Romulus and Remus

Answer 2

When they were babies they were put in a basket and thrown into the Tiber River

Question 3

republic

Answer 3

People elect leaders to elect them

Question 4

dictators

Answer 4

rulers with almost absolute power

Question 5

Cincinnatus

Answer 5

Gained power in 458 BC

Question 6

plebeians

Answer 6

common people

Question 7

patricians

Answer 7

nobles

Question 8

magistrates

Answer 8

officials

Question 9

consuls

Answer 9

most powerful magistrates

Question 10

Roman Senate

Answer 10

was a council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city’s leaders

Question 11

veto

Answer 11

prohibit

Question 12

Latin

Answer 12

The Roman’s language

Question 13

checks and balances

Answer 13

methods to balance power

Question 14

Forum

Answer 14

Rome’s public meeting place

Question 15

legions

Answer 15

groups of up to 6,000 soldiers

Question 16

Punic Wars

Answer 16

a series of wars against Carthage, a city in northern Africa

Question 17

Hannibal

Answer 17

a brilliant general in the army

Question 18

Gaius Marius

Answer 18

encouraged poor people to join the army

Question 19

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Answer 19

became Consul in 88 BC

Question 20

Spartacus

Answer 20

a former gladiator