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socialstudie
social study vocabulary words romans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| republic | where citizens vote on representatives for supreme power |
| patrician | a person of noble or high rank |
| plebeians | belonging to the ancient plebs |
| senate | a council of citizens having the highest diliberative functions in government |
| consul | an official appointed by the government of one country to look aftervitscomercial intrests |
| dictator | a person exercising absolute power |
| peninsula | a land surrounded by water on 3 sides |
| emperor | the male supremem puler ofan empire |
| volcano | a hole in the earths crust through whitch lava and steam come out |
| legend | a nonhistorical story handed down by tradition from earlier times |
| aqueduct | a conduct channel for water from long distances |
| province | an administrative division of a country |
| gladiator | a slave or a captive crimanal sent to fight for their lifes in an arena |
| parable | an short story designed to teach some truth |
| romance language | italian,portagues,french and romainean |
| assassanation | to kill suddenly or secretly |
| civil war | a warbetween political fractions within the same country |
| ex post facto law | a law that makes illigal an act that was legal when committied |