Chapter 11 Vocab

Question 1

Cicero

Answer 1

A great philosopher and public speaker

Question 2

Julius Caesar

Answer 2

A powerful general

Question 3

Pompey

Answer 3

One of Rome’s most influential men

Question 4

Augustus

Answer 4

Caesar’s adopted son later called Octavian

Question 5

currency

Answer 5

money

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

Roman Languages

Answer 8

these 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

this religion was based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

Question 11

Bible

Answer 11

The holy book of the religion of Christianity

Question 12

crucifixion

Answer 12

a type of execution in which a person is nailed to a cross

Question 13

Resurrection

Answer 13

Jesus’s rise from the dead

Question 14

disciples

Answer 14

followers

Question 15

Paul

Answer 15

An important figure in the spread of Christianity after Jesus’s death

Question 16

Constantine

Answer 16

An emperor that became a Christian

Question 17

Diocletian

Answer 17

An emperor in the late 200s

Question 18

Attila

Answer 18

A leader of the Huns that raided Roman territory

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 bright and wise wife

Question 22

Byzantine Empire

Answer 22

A society that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire