Chapter 6

Question 1

republic

Answer 1

a form of government oil which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders

Question 2

patricians

Answer 2

wealthy land owners who held the most power

Question 3

plebeians

Answer 3

the common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population

Question 4

tribunes

Answer 4

protected the plebeians from unfair unfair patricians officials

Question 5

consuls

Answer 5

People who commanded the army and directed government

Question 6

senate

Answer 6

Aristocratic branch of Romes government

Question 7

dictator

Answer 7

leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army

Question 8

legions

Answer 8

Organized units made of Roman soldiers

Question 9

Punic War

Answer 9

The war between Rome and Carthage

Question 10

Hannibal

Answer 10

Military strategist/ the Carthaginian general

Question 11

Civil War

Answer 11

a conflict between groups of the same country

Question 12

Julius Caesar

Answer 12

Military strategist etc.

Question 13

Triumvirate

Answer 13

a group of three rulers

Question 14

Augustus

Answer 14

“exalted one” The first emperor of Rome

Question 15

Pax Romana

Answer 15

The era of peace when Augustus was Emperor

Question 16

Jesus

Answer 16

A Jew raised in the village of Nazareth who began his public ministry at the age of 30

Question 17

Apostles

Answer 17

12 men who are thought to have written some of the Gospels; followers of Jesus

Question 18

Paul

Answer 18

Influence Christianity’s development by spreading and interpreting Jesus’ teaching

Question 19

Diaspora

Answer 19

the dispersal of the Jews

Question 20

Constantine

Answer 20

a leader who prayed for help during a battle and when he received it, ended the persecution of Christians

Question 21

bishop

Answer 21

also a priest who supervised several local churches

Question 22

Peter

Answer 22

An apostle who traveled to Rome from Jerusalem and became their first bishop

Question 23

Pope

Answer 23

the father or head of the church

Question 24

Inflation

Answer 24

a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a raise in prices

Question 25

mercenaries

Answer 25

foreign soldiers who fought, were paid little, and felt little sense of loyalty to the empire

Question 26

Diocletian

Answer 26

a strong willed army leader who became the new emperor

Question 27

Constantinople

Answer 27

city founded as the second capital of the Byzantine Empire

Question 28

Attila

Answer 28

leader of the Huns who put pressure on both of the Roman Empire’s halves durning the 5th century

Question 29

Greco-Roman Culture

Answer 29

A mix of Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic culture

Question 30

Pompeii

Answer 30

A Roman town and dated from as early as the second century BC

Question 31

Virgil

Answer 31

a poet who wrote the most famous wrote of Latin literature

Question 32

Tacitus

Answer 32

A Roman historian who presented the facts accurately. He wrote about the good and the bad of imperial Rome

Question 33

Aqueducts

Answer 33

singed by Roman engineers to bring water into the cities and towns