social studies vocab test Ancient Rome

Question 1

a structure that carries water over long distances

Answer 1

aqueduct

Question 2

to murder for political reasons

Answer 2

Assassination

Question 3

the first Roman Empire ruled after Julias ceasers death

Answer 3

Agustas ceaser

Question 4

an area in ancient Rome shows were held there

Answer 4

Circus

Question 5

a large amphitheater built in Rome about AD.70 people would fight animals and other people

Answer 5

Coloseaum

Question 6

an emperor of Rome encouraged the spread of Christianity

Answer 6

Constantine

Question 7

one of the two officials who led the Roman Republic

Answer 7

Consul

Question 8

a ruler who has total control over a government

Answer 8

dictator

Question 9

a follower of a person or a belief

Answer 9

Deciptful

Question 10

a letter in the Christian bible

Answer 10

epistle

Question 11

a person in ancient Rome who fought in the arena who fought for the entertainment of the public

Answer 11

Gladiator

Question 12

a person in ancient Greece’s sole

Answer 12

Hadrian

Question 13

an economic situation in which there is more money so it goes down in money

Answer 13

Inflation

Question 14

Roman dictator killed by his fellow people

Answer 14

Julius Ceaser

Question 15

a religion that was used by old Christian people

Answer 15

latin

Question 16

a member of a legion, in particular an ancient Roman legion or the French Foreign Legion.

Answer 16

legionaries

Question 17

a person who dies for particular causes

Answer 17

Martyr

Question 18

soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army

Answer 18

mercenary

Question 19

a savior in Judaism and Christianity

Answer 19

messiah

Question 20

the peace which existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire

Answer 20

pax Romana

Question 20

a member of an upper-class family in the Roman Republic

Answer 20

partrician

Question 21

mistreatment or ridicule of a person or group of people based on their religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs

Answer 21

persecute

Question 22

all free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial or equestrian classes. or an ordinary citizen

Answer 22

plebian

Question 23

a unit of an empire or country area of a roman empire

Answer 23

province

Question 24

government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behaf

Answer 24

republic

Question 25

a cloak in ancient Rome

Answer 25

Toga

Question 26

the rejection of any planned action or rule by a person in power

Answer 26

Veto

Question 27

a large country estate and an important source of food for ancient Rome

Answer 27

Villa