chapter 11 vocab

Question 1

cicero

Answer 1

a philosopher, and gifted orator, or a public speaker.

Question 2

Julius Caesar

Answer 2

the most powerful general.

Question 3

pompey

Answer 3

rome’s most influential men.

Question 4

augustus

Answer 4

adopted son Octavian.

Question 5

currency

Answer 5

money or trading goods.

Question 6

Pax Romana

Answer 6

roman peace.

Question 7

aqueduct

Answer 7

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

Question 8

romance languages

Answer 8

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

Question 9

civil law

Answer 9

a legal system based on a written code of laws.

Question 10

christianity

Answer 10

the new religion that appeared in Judea.

Question 11

Jesus of Nazareth

Answer 11

christianity was based on the life and teachings of Jesus Nazareth.

Question 12

bible

Answer 12

the holy book of the religion of Christianity.

Question 13

crucifixion

Answer 13

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

Question 14

resurrection

Answer 14

Christians refer to Jesus rising from the dead as the resurrection.

Question 15

disciples

Answer 15

groups.

Question 16

Paul

Answer 16

Jesus death name.

Question 17

constantine

Answer 17

the emperor in the 300s.

Question 18

Diocletian

Answer 18

became the emperor of the 200s.

Question 19

attila

Answer 19

raided Roman territory in the east.

Question 20

corruption

Answer 20

the decay of peoples values.

Question 21

justinian

Answer 21

an emperor who ruled from 527 to 565.

Question 22

Theodora

Answer 22

the smart and powerful wife.

Question 23

byzantine empire

Answer 23

what the historians called the society the developed in the eastern Roman empire.