Vocab Slam
The name for a war between people from the same country.
What is a Civil War?
This part of R.A.C.E. means to use the words of the question to start your sentence.
What is a restate?
This Roman social class included the owners of small farms.
Money makes the world go round: Julius Caesar got popular with soldiers for paying them this amount of money.
What is 200 silver coins?
Crossover episode: This Roman General met with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, and immediately fell in love.
Who was Mark Antony?
This word means a person with absolute power to rule.
What is a dictator?
This transition word often follows the R and begins the A in a proper R.A.C.E. Paragraph.
What is because?
This Roman social class included skilled artisans who would be forced to join the military.
Who were the plebeians?
3 is a magic number! Julius Caesar paired up with these 2 wealthy Roman generals to take over the Republic.
Who were Crassus and Pompey?
These 2 summer months were named after Roman Emperors, moving September and October out of their positions.
What are July and August?
These two words mean the upper and lower classes of Roman society.
What are plebeian and patrician?
When using sentences taken directly from a source for a Citation, you must put these symbols at the front and back of the sentences and a page number.
What is a quotation mark?
This Council was created after multiple strikes and protests from the lower class of Rome.
What was the Council of the Plebs?
Julius took it a step too far when he crossed this river, leading to a Civil War in Rome.
What was the Rubicon River?
This word means to fix or remake the laws, as Augustus did during his reign.
What is a reform?
These 2 elected leaders ruled Rome for a period of 1 year.
What are the consuls?
RAEC or RACE? This common error comes from putting this part of your RACE paragraph before the Citation.
What is explain?
This legislative body, led by the two consuls, debated on issues in order to vote and create the laws of Rome.
What was the Senate?
These two Roman Senators led the group that stabbed Caesar to death because they were afraid he was becoming a king.
Who were Brutus and Cassius?
This phrase literally translates to Roman Peace, describing a 200 year period of growth in the Empire.
What is the Pax Romana?
This type of government is lead by 3 rulers, each with an equal amount of power. As we all know, this never ends badly!
What is a triumvirate?
Taking words directly from the book is an example of this part of R.A.C.E.
What is a citation?
This famous Roman dictator made his name by putting down his farmer's plow and leading the Roman army to victory in a week.
Who is Cincinnatus?
Julius Caesar became famous for his conquest of this region, which we now call France.
What is Gaul?
These 5 Good Emperors are a mouthful, but they were considered the best leaders after Caesar.
Who were: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, and Marcus Aurelius?