Chapter 6 Vocabulary

Question 1

Government in which citizens have the right to select their leaders

Answer 1

Republic

Question 2

Aristocratic leader

Answer 2

Patrician

Question 3

Farmer, artisan, merchant, commoner

Answer 3

Plebeian

Question 4

Official who helped the Plebeians protect their rights

Answer 4

Tribune

Question 5

Official who was like a king

Answer 5

Consul

Question 6

Aristocratic branch of Rome’s government

Answer 6

Senate

Question 7

Roman leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army for a brief period

Answer 7

Dictator

Question 8

Military unit of the ancient Roman army

Answer 8

Legion

Question 9

Series of wars between Rome and Carthage

Answer 9

Punic Wars

Question 10

Carthaginian general who invaded northern Italy

Answer 10

Hannibal

Question 11

Conflict between two groups in the same country

Answer 11

Civil War

Question 12

Ambitious leader who brought order to Rome

Answer 12

Julius Caesar

Question 13

Group of three rulers

Answer 13

Triumvirate

Question 14

First ruler of an imperial Rome

Answer 14

Augustus

Question 15

Period of peace and prosperity

Answer 15

Pax Romana

Question 16

Jewish teacher whose followers came to call Christ, Messiah, or Savior

Answer 16

Jesus

Question 17

Close follower of Jesus

Answer 17

Apostle

Question 18

First apostle who helped spread Christianity through Judea and Syria

Answer 18

Peter

Question 19

Apostle who played a key role in the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire

Answer 19

Paul

Question 20

Moving away of Jews from their homeland in Judea

Answer 20

Diaspora

Question 21

Head of churches in one area

Answer 21

Bishop

Question 22

Head of the Roman Catholic Church

Answer 22

Pope

Question 23

Roman Emperor who ended the persecution of Christians

Answer 23

Constantine

Question 24

Large drop in the value of money and the rise in the prices of goods

Answer 24

Inflation

Question 25

Foreign soldiers who fought for money

Answer 25

Mercenary

Question 26

Strong willed army leader of the Roman empire

Answer 26

Diocletian

Question 27

New name for the Byzantium under Constantine

Answer 27

Constantinople

Question 28

Powerful chief of the Huns

Answer 28

Attila

Question 29

Culture developed from the blending of the Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures

Answer 29

Greco-Roman Culture

Question 30

Roman town destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Answer 30

Pompeii

Question 31

Roman poet who wrote Aeneid

Answer 31

Virgil

Question 32

Roman historian who recorded the good and the bad of imperial Rome

Answer 32

Tacitus

Question 33

Pipeline or channel built to carry water

Answer 33

Aqueduct