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Vocabulary Rome
6th grade vocabulary Rome
Question | Answer |
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DECAYED | roads in Rome were not repaired or maintained quickly enough -- decay could also mean corruption |
MONOTHEISTIC | belief in one god or the oneness of God |
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT | A representative government or democracy is one in which people vote for (elect) a small group of citizens to make the rules and laws for everyone |
REPUBLIC | a form of government in which the country is considered a "public matter" not the private concern or property of the rulers, and where offices of states are elected or appointed not inherited |
EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE | eastern half of the Roman Empire or Byzantine Empire - largest population and wealthiest cities |
WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE | western half of the Roman Empire tied to Latin Church - barbarian recruits with no loyalty to Rome |
SLAVERY | dependency on slavery led to Rome's decline - farms, buildings, roads, also domestic - Saturnalia -- traditional celebration where slaves and masters switched places |
COMPLEX | |
SIMILARITY | |
CHRISTIANITY | a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings |
BAPTIZE | ritual in which a person is welcomed into religion -- a Christian rite of admission, almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also a particular church tradition |
JESUS | the central figure of Christianity, whom a majority of Christian denominations worship as God the Son incarnated -- from 6 BCE to 27CC |
DISCIPLE | a person who helps spread the religion of others -- a follower of Jesus Christ - a follower and student of a mentor, teacher, or other figure |
PARABLE | a short story or poem which illustrates one or more instructive principles, or lessons, or (sometimes) a normative principle - usually uses humans |
JUDEA | place where Jesus was born -- name of the mountainous southern part of the Land of Israel |
CRUCIFY | ancient method of deliberately painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead |
PREFECT | high official in Rome -- formal title of many fairly low to high-ranking military or civil officials in the Roman Empire |
RESURRECT | a living being coming back to life after death |
NEW TESTAMENT | section in the Bible during Jesus' life -- the second major division of the Christian biblical canon |
BLASPHEMY | act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious being |
GOSPELS | an account of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ |
MISSIONARY | someone who tries to make other people believe in his or her religious teachings |
MESSIAH | the greek word for christ |