Ancient Rome Vocab and Section 1 Quiz

What is a peninsula?

• a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

• one of two chief leaders elected yearly in ancient Rome

• a person that rules with total authority

• a story from the past that is accepted as truth but cannot be proven

What is a consul ?

• a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

• one of two chief leaders elected yearly in ancient Rome

• a person that rules with total authority

• a story from the past that is accepted as truth but cannot be proven

What is a dictator?

• A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

• one of two chief leaders elected yearly in ancient Rome

• a person that rules with total authority

• a story from the past that is accepted as truth but cannot be proven

What is a legend?

• a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

• one of two chief leaders elected yearly in ancient Rome

• a person that rules with total authority

• a story from the past that is accepted as truth but cannot be proven

What is a patrician? *

• a person that rules with total authority

• a wealthy landowner in ancient Rome

• a common person in ancient Rome

• a type of government in which citizens vote for their leaders

What is a plebeian? *

• a common person in ancient Rome

• a type of government in which citizens vote for their leaders

• a representative who fought to protect the rights of ordinary citizens in ancient Rome

• a wealthy landowner in ancient Rome

What is a republic ? *

• a common person in ancient Rome

• a type of government in which citizens vote for their leaders

• a representative who fought to protect the rights of ordinary citizens in ancient Rome

• a wealthy landowner in ancient Rome

What is a tribune ? *

• a representative who fought to protect the rights of ordinary citizens in ancient Rome

• a wealthy landowner in ancient Rome

• a common person in ancient Rome

• a type of government in which citizens vote for their leaders

What is a veto? *

• a society in which men hold all the power

• an upper class that is richer and more powerful than the rest of society

• the gods of a group of people, a religion, or a civilization

• to reject a decision or proposal made by another

What is a patriarchy ? *

• a society in which men hold all the power

• an upper class that is richer and more powerful than the rest of society

• the gods of a group of people, a religion, or a civilization

• to reject a decision or proposal made by another