Vocab List #1 Rome and Byzantium 8/15/13

Question 2

Picture of Jesus or holy people

Answer 2

Icon

Question 3

Human made channel built to carry water

Answer 3

Aqueducts

Question 4

Period of rapidly increasing prices

Answer 4

Inflation

Question 6

Christian holy person

Answer 6

Saints

Question 7

To exchange goods without using money

Answer 7

Barter

Question 8

Person who act as a temporary ruler

Answer 8

Regents

Question 9

Long era of peace and safety in the Roman Empire

Answer 9

Pax Romana

Question 10

Change that tries to bring about an improvement

Answer 10

Reforms

Question 11

A huge church that means “Holy Wisdom”

Answer 11

Hagia Sophia

Question 13

A story that pokes fun and shows weakness

Answer 13

Satire

Question 14

Pictures made from many bits and pieces of colored glass, tile or stone

Answer 14

Mosaics

Question 15

Curved structure of stone or concrete forming a ceiling or root

Answer 15

Vault

Question 17

Philosophy founded by Zeno in Hellenistic Athens; taught that happiness came not from following emotion, but from following reason and doing one’s duty.

Answer 17

Stoicism

Question 20

Poems that express strong emotions in life.

Answer 20

Odes

Question 23

The study of the body structure

Answer 23

Anatomy