Unit 2 Quiz on Rome: Vocabulary

Question 1

Aqueducts

Answer 1

Long troughs supported by arches to bring water from the hills to the cities

Question 2

Stoicism

Answer 2

Stoicism: The endurance of pain or hardship without complaint. Stoicism encouraged the Romans to live in a practical way. It urged people to participate in public affairs and hold back emotions.

Question 3

Vaults

Answer 3

Architecture term, indicating a curved ceiling. A roof in the form of an arch or series of arches.

Using this technique, the Romans were able to build domes.

Question 4

Consuls

Answer 4

People appointed by the government to live in a foreign place and protect and promote the government’s citizens and interests there

Question 5

Tribunes

Answer 5

An official in ancient Rome chosen by the Plebians to protect their interests

Question 6

Dictators

Answer 6

Rulers with total power over a country

Question 7

Mosaics

Answer 7

pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone

Question 8

Odes

Answer 8

Emotional poems about life’s ups and downs. Often sung.

Question 9

Barter

Answer 9

Exchange goods without using money.

Question 10

Inflation

Answer 10

A general increase in prices, and a fall in the purchasing value of money.

Question 11

Patricians

Answer 11

Aristocrats; members of a long established wealthy family.

Question 12

Twelve Tables

Answer 12

The laws in Ancient Rome.

Question 13

Reforms

Answer 13

Political changes to make things better.

Question 14

Regents

Answer 14

People appointed to govern a country

Someone who stands in for a ruler who cannot govern

Question 15

Pax Romana

Answer 15

“Roman Peace” 200 year long period in Roman history 27 BC - 180 AD

Question 16

Republic

Answer 16

A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their representatives and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch

Question 17

Plebians

Answer 17

A member of the lower social class

Question 18

Senate

Answer 18

The state council of the empire

Question 19

Satires

Answer 19

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Question 20

Icon

Answer 20

a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches

Question 21

Saint

Answer 21

Christian holy person

Question 22

Veto

Answer 22

A constitutional right to reject a decision

Question 23

Roman Government: what type of government?

What were the 3 branches and what did they do?

Who could vote?

Give me 3 more details…

Answer 23

Type of Government: Republic

Branch 1: Legislative: Made the laws (Senate & 2 Assemblies)

Branch 2: Executive: Led the Government and Army

Branch 3: Judicial: Applied the laws

Voting: Free adult men

Additional Information:

• Elected their leaders
• Leaders had a deadline
• Checks and Balances