Ancient Rome Vocabulary Review

An important architectural feature in Rome that is rounded on top.

• Columns

• Arch

• Roads

The form of government in which people elect a smaller group of citizens to make the rules and laws for everyone.

• Representative Democracy

• Colosseum

• Direct Democracy

Romans were famous for building these straight, flat trading routes using many layers of sand, gravel, and rock.

• Roads

• Pathways

• Seas

The continent where Rome is located.

• Asia

• North America

• Europe

The large amphitheater which held nearly 50,000 people who came to watch gladiator fights.

• Columns

• Panthenon

• Colosseum

A form of art made from small pieces of colored tiles.

• Sculptures

• Mosaics

• Paintings

The river found near Ancient Rome.

• Tiber River

• Nile River

• Huang He River

A form of entertainment found in the Colosseum where men fought other men or wild animals.

• Olympics

• Chariot races

• Gladiator fights

To take over land using military force.

• Gladiator fights

• Conquer

• Roads

A structure made up of arches that was used to carry water from springs across hills and valleys into Rome.

• Waterways

• Aqueducts

• Roads