Chapter 11 Vocab

Question 1

Cicero

Answer 1

A philosopher and a gifted orator.

Question 2

Julius Caesar

Answer 2

The most powerful of generals.

Question 3

Pompey

Answer 3

One of the most influential men.

Question 4

Augustus

Answer 4

Caesar’s adopted son.

Question 5

Pax Romana

Answer 5

Roman Peace.

Question 6

Aqueduct

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Roman Languages

Answer 7

They include Italian, French, Portuguese, Romanian.

Question 8

Civil Law

Answer 8

A legal system based on a written code of laws.

Question 9

Christianity

Answer 9

This religion was based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

Question 10

Jesus of Nazareth

Answer 10

Religious teacher.

Question 11

Messiah

Answer 11

Which means “God’s Anointed one”.

Question 12

Crucifixion

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Ressurection

Answer 13

Jesus’s rise from the dead.

Question 14

Apostles

Answer 14

12 disciples whom Jesus chose to receive special training.

Question 15

Paul of Tarsus

Answer 15

He was the most important to spread the word of Christ.

Question 16

Constantine

Answer 16

A man that became a Christian.

Question 17

Diocletian

Answer 17

A man who became emperor.

Question 18

Attila

Answer 18

A fearsome leader that raided Roman territory in the east.

Question 19

Corruption

Answer 19

The decay of people’s values.

Question 20

Justinian

Answer 20

An emperor who ruled from 527 to 565.

Question 21

Theodora

Answer 21

Justinian’s wife.

Question 22

Byzantine empire

Answer 22

Historians call the society that develope in the Eastern Roman Empire.