Ancient Rome Vocabulary

Aqueducts can be best described as

• divided three ways, as in government

• channels that carried fresh water from the mountains to the cities

• counting the number of people in a population

• a series of arches used in Roman architecture

Ancient Civilizations, including the Romans and Greeks, modified their environments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The ___________________ can move water across the entire city.

• aqueduct

• tripartite

• census

• vault

Census can be best described as

• divided three ways, as in government

• channels that carried fresh water from the mountains to the cities

• counting the number of people in a population

• a series of arches used in Roman architecture

The next ___________________ will give us updated information about the population of the US.

• election

• vote

• tripartite

• census

The _____________ of the Roman Republic were known as Plebeians.

• common people

• politicians

• upper class

• slaves

Wealthy leaders are known as

• merchants

• plebeians

• scribes

• patricians

Rome's public meeting space is known as

• agora

• forum

• temple

• Parthenon

Part of the Government run by wealthy Romans

• House of Representatives

• vault

• Senate

• Council

Urban life in an ancient Roman city centered on the lively __________________.

• forum

• agora

• Parthenon

• restaurant