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Vocabulary!
Miscellaneous
100
The difference between poor and wealthy people in Rome was __________.
Huge
100
True or False? Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea where Jews already resented Roman rule.
True
100
True or False? Because the Roman Empire was so large, it was easy to defend.
False
100
Founder of Christianity
Jesus
100
A country estate
Villa
200
Citizens in Rome included only free adult ____________.
Males
200
True or False? Christians practiced the rites of baptism and confession.
False
200
True or False? One of Constantine's important accomplishments was freedom of religion.
True
200
An official count of people living in a place
Census
200
A person who fought to the death as entertainment for the Roman public
Gladiator
300
Extended families often lived together in all _____________ and places.
Social classes
300
True or False? Jesus taught that God would provide everlasting life for those who followed Jesus' teachings.
True
300
True or False? After the empire stopped conquering new lands for wealth, the government lowered taxes and produced more coins of less value.
False
300
Letters written by disciples
Epistles
300
True or False? Paul spread Christianity by teaching Jesus' teachings to Greeks, Romans, and Jews.
True
400
Romans were known for feasts which included exotic ___________ and __________.
Dishes, entertainment
400
True or False? Christians were blamed for problems in the Roman Empire, including the flood which flooded most of ROme in A.D. 64.
False
400
True or False? Commodus kept power by asking the army to support him.
False
400
An economic situation in which the government issues more money with lesser value
Inflation
400
A person who dies for a cause
Martyr
500
The poor in ancient Rome were given _________ and were entertained at ______________ to keep them from rioting.
Grain, circuses
500
True or False? Some Romans were afraid because they thought that Jesus taught that God was less powerful than the emperor of Rome.
False
500
True or False? Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire from the west in Rome to the east in Constantinople.
True
500
A soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army
Mercenary
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