Ancient Rome Vocabulary Quiz

What are aqueducts?

• A) A series of arches used in Roman architecture

• B) Channels that carried fresh water from the mountains to the cities

• C) Counting the number of people in a population

What is a vault in Roman architecture?

• A) A series of arches used in Roman architecture

• B) Counting the number of people in a population

• C) Divided three ways, as in government

What does census mean?

• Divided three ways, as in government

• Counting the number of people in a population

• Wealthy leaders

What does tripartite mean?

• Divided three ways, as in government

• Common people

• Rome’s public meeting space

Who were the patricians?

• Common people

• Wealthy leaders

• Part of the government run by wealthy Romans

Who were the plebeians?

• Common people

• Rome’s public meeting space

• A mixture of sand or gravel and cement as a building material

What was the forum in Ancient Rome?

• Part of the government run by wealthy Romans

• Rome’s public meeting space

• One of two rulers working at the same time in Rome to prevent corruption

What was the Senate in Ancient Rome?

• A) A mixture of sand or gravel and cement as a building material

• B) Part of the government run by wealthy Romans

• C) Group of people who founded Rome

What is concrete?

• A) A mixture of sand or gravel and cement as a building material

• B) One of two rulers working at the same time in Rome to prevent corruption

• C) Government where people elect their leaders

What is a magistrate in Ancient Rome?

• Group of people who founded Rome

• One of two rulers working at the same time in Rome to prevent corruption

• A general who made himself dictator of Rome for his entire lifetime