P.3:Ch1,Sec4]2 Vocab Quiz

Rights designed to protect the interests of the Plebeians with the ability to block passage of a law from being enacted.

• Julius Caesar

• Carthage

• dictator

• veto

A Roman official elected who was elected by the Plebeians to protect their interests within the Roman Senate.

• consul

• republic

• tribune

• Carthage

An ancient city-state in North Africa which was defeated by Rome in three Punic wars.

• Rome

• Carthage

• Alexandria

• Lebanon

A ruler who has complete control over a government without term limits.

• dictator

• consul

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus Caesar

This Roman army general, who had taken control of Gaul (France), marched his army towards Rome during a series of civil wars within the empire, forcing the Roman Senate to make him dictator. He enacted reforms including jobs for the jobless as well as citizenship for military members not born within Rome. He would be assassinated by members of the Senate, including his best friend.

• Carthage

• Justinian

• Augustus Caesar

• Julius Caesar

One of two members, elected from the Roman Senate, who supervised the business of government and commanded Rome’s armies. These men could only serve one term as well as consulting with the Roman Senate. This created what Rome called their checks-and-balances.

• dictator

• consul

• tribune

• veto

This Roman ruler, previously known as Octavian, he ensured that he was not called a king. Roman Republican government would end under his rule but he did create an efficient government, keeping the Senate in place. His era of rule would be known as Pax Romana.

• Augustus Caesar

• Julius Caesar

• consol

• Justinian

A system of government in which government officials are chosen by the people.

• republic

• veto

• Carthage

• dictator

This Roman ruler reformed the Roman state by creating a Body of Civil Law,combining different sets of laws into one code. These laws included laws enacted by Roman assemblies or decreed by Roman rulers and were known as Justinian code.

• dictator

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus Caesar

• justinian