Rome Vocabulary

A channel that carried water into cities from the mountains is called an __________.

• Aqueduct

• Colosseum

• Forum

• Pantheon

200-year period of peace and stability within the Roman Empire was called ________.

• Pax Romana

• Punic Wars

• Julius Caesar

• Roman Republic

a type of government in which people elect the leaders who govern them is called a _________.

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Another name for a territory is called a __________.

• Province

• Colosseum

• Forum

• Pantheon

A leader with complete control or absolute power is called a __________.

• Dictator

• Emperor

• Senator

• Tribune

Series of wars between Rome and Carthage.

• Punic Wars

• Pax Romana

• Julius Caesar

• Roman Republic

common people are called ________.

• Plebeians

• Patricians

• Senators

• Tribunes

Roman council of powerful and wealthy people who advised city leaders is called the __________.

• Senate

• Colosseum

• Forum

• Pantheon

powerful and wealthy nobles were called __________.

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Senators

• Tribunes

An elected official from Rome’s first government was called a _________.

• Magistrate

• Dictators

• Emperors

• Senators