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KrodriguezSS9
Ch 9 Vocab and comprehension questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Census | An official count of people living in a place |
| Villa | A country estate |
| Circus | An arena in Ancient Rome or the show held there |
| Gladiator | A person who fought to the death as entertainment for the Roman republic |
| Who could claim Roman citizenship? | in the republic and early years of the empire, only residents of the city of Rome could claim citizenship; later people beyond Rome gained citizenship |
| Why you think Roman men were required to register their families, slaves, and wealth at census time? | so officials would have a record of the population |
| Describe how rich and poor Romans lived. | the rich had luxuries and the poor had very little |
| Why did the Roman government feed and entertain its people? | in order to keep them under control |
| What was family life like for the ancient Romans? | the Romans lived in large extended families headed by the paterfamilias. |
| why do you think Romans valued peaceful family life but also enjoyed watching violent combat in Roman arenas? | it honored the emperor and its empire |
| what kinds of jobs did slaves perform in ancient Rome? | slaves performed as gladiators or helped raise a family's children, worked on farms, in mines, on ships |
| how would abolishing slavery have affected Roman lifestyle? | the number of wealthy people probably would have decreased and the number of poor people would have increased. |
| Jesus | founder of Christianity, believed by Christians to be the Messiah |
| messiah | a savior in Judaism and Christianity |
| disciple | a follower of a person or belief |
| epistle | in the Christian Bible; letters written by disciples |
| martyr | a person who dies for a cause |
| what ideas did Jesus teach? | Jesus taught that people should love God and their neighbors |
| why do you think the Roman governor had Jesus put to death? | the governor thought that Jesus was becoming too powerful |
| to what new groups did Paul want to spread the teachings of Jesus? | Greeks and Romans |
| why might Christians have borrowed ways of worship from the Jewish religion? | many early followers of Jesus were Jews |
| why did Roman officials consider Christians enemies of the empire? | Christians refused to worship the Roman gods and did not show the Roman emperor the respect that was required. |
| what effect did Diocletian's actions have on the growth of Christianity? Explain. | Diocletian's actions helped Christianity gain more followers |
| Constantine | emperor of Rome from AD 312 to 337; encouraged the spread of Christianity |
| mercenary | a soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army |
| inflation | an economic situation in which the government issues more money with lower value |
| How is Marcus Aurelius remembered? | as a writer and philosopher |
| Was Commodus a good choice for emperor? | no, Commodus was not qualified |
| What factors contributed to the Roman Empire's decline? | weak, corrupt rulers, a mercenary army, the size of the empire and economic problems |
| How did each cause you listed affect the empire's stability? | weak, corrupt rulers weakened the empire's government. the mercenary army were motivated by pay not loyalty, the size of the empire made it hard to control, there were high taxes, severe unemployment & inflation |
| What did Constantine do to show that he accepted Christianity? | he allowed Christians to practice their religion openly |
| Why did Constantine take steps to strengthen the Christian church? | he believed that the Christian God was working through him. |
| What events led to the fall of Rome? | Invasions by the Germanic tribes |
| Why was the Roman army unable to resist the invading armies? | by the time invading armies overran the empire, the Roman army was very weak. |
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