6th grade, history, chapter 10
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| A river in Italy: | Tiber River
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| An arm of land surrounded by the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian, and Adriatic Seas; location of the country of Italy: | Italian Peninsula
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| A large body of water bordered by Europe, Asia, and Africa: | Mediterranean Sea
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| A city near the middle of the western coast of Italy: | Rome
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| Etrusan leader and the last king of ancient Rome: | Tarquin
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| Ancient Rome leader who, with his supporters, forced the Etruscans out of Rome: | Junius Brutus
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| An important Phoenician traing post in North Africa: | Carthage
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| Ancient Roman general who was defeated and captured in a war between Rome and Carthage: | Regulus
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| Carthaginian general who launched an invasion on the Romans from Spain by crossing the Alps: | Hannibal
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| Ancient Roman general who attacked Carthage and forced Hannibal to retreat from Rome: | Scipio
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| Ancient Roman general whose murder led to the end of the Roman Republic: | Julius Caesar
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| a wealthy, powerful citizen of Rome: | patrician
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| a common citizen of ancient Rome: | plebeian
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| a form of government in which citizens hae the right to choose their leaders: | republic
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| a person elected to represent the people: | representative
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| a governing body in which ancient Roman representatives served: | Senate
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| in ancient Rome, one of two officials who managed the government and the army: | consul
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| a person who has total control over the people: | dictator
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| in ancient Rome, men who were appointed to protect the rights of plebeians: | tribune
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| a sense of pride in one's country: | patriotism
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| an ancient Roman emperor: | caesar
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| a famous ancient Roman road: | Appian Way
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| three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, starting in 264 B.C.: | The Punic Wars
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| a famous Roman arena: | Colosseum
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| Ancient Roman emperor whose rule began a long period of prosperity and peace called the Pax Romana, or "the Roman Peace" for the Roman Empire: | Augustus
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| cruel ancient Roman emperor who was assassinated by members of his bodyguard: | Caligula
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| Ancient Roman emperor after Caligula who tried to improve conditions in the Empire: | Claudius
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| Ancient Roman emperor upon whose death civil war broke out: | Nero
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| Ancient Roman philosopher, general, and emperor who was perhaps the greatest of Rome's "Five Good Emperors.": | Marcus Aurelius
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| a Roman writer who often wrote about the battles at the Colosseum: | Seneca
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| the ruler of an empire: | emperor
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| in ancient Rome, a professional fighter: | gladiator
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| "Roman Peace," a time when ancient Rome was prosperous and peaceful: | Pax Romana
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| a Roman province on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea: | Palestine
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| a city in ancient Palestine and the home of Jesus: | Nazareth
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| A young Jewish man who taught in Palestine and founded Christianity: | Jesus
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| died A.D. 67; disciple of Jesus who helped spread his teachings throughout the Roman Empire: | Peter
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| died A.D. 68; disciple of Jesus who helped spread his teachings throughout the Roman Empire: | Paul
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| Christian emperor who made Christianity equal to all other religions in Rome and reunited the Roman Empire after Diocletian had divided it into two parts: | Constantine
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| Ancient Roman emperor who made Christianity Rome's official religion in 380: | Theodosius
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| an underground room used as a burial site: | catacomb
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| a Jewish place of worship: | synagogue
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| one of a small group of people who followed Jesus: | disciple
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| to punish: | persecute
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| the monotheistic religion based on the life, teachings, and death of Jesus: | Christianity
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| the part of the Christian Bible that contains the Gospels: | New Testament
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| in Christianity, the four books of the Bible known as the New Testament: | Gospels
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| one of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to help him preach and spread the Word of God: | Apostle
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| the savior,Jesus, God in human form: | Messiah
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| an old Greek city, renamed Constantinople, that became the center of the Byzantine Empire; present-day Istanbul: | Byzantium
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| the capital of the Byzantine Empire: | Constantinople
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| Ancient Roman emperor who succeeded his father, Marcus Aurelius, and began the decline of the Roman Empire: | Commodus
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| Ancient Roman emperor who restored order and strenghtened the economy of the Roman Empire, dividing it into two parts: | Diocletian
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| Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476 at age 12 and reigned for only eleven months: | Romulus Augustulus
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| to sell something to the highest bidder: | auction
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| the leader of the Roman Catholic Church: | pope
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| to rob: | pillage
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| a person who destroys property: | vandal
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| an empire of lands formerly part of the Roman Empire with its center at the ciy of Constantinople: | Byzantine Empire
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| the early Christian church in the Eastern Roman Empire of which the emperor was head: | Byzantine Orthodox Church
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| the early Christian church in the Western Roman Empire of which the Pope was head: | Roman Catholic Church
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