Social Studies Terms and Map quiz - Terms

Republic

1: a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who is usually a president

2 : a government in which supreme power belongs to the citizens through their right to vote

Patrician

1 :a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome

2 : a person of high birth or position in ancient Rome

Plebeian

1 : a member of the common people in ancient Rome - poor and lower-class 

Legion

The chief unit of the Roman army consisting of 3000 to 6000 soldiers (legionnaire) with cavalry

Consuls

Either of two chief officials of the Roman Republic who were elected each year

Veto

A forbidding of something by a person in authority

The power of the head of a government to prevent a bill passed by a legislature from becoming a law

Senate

An official law-making group or council

The supreme council (law-making body) of the ancient Roman republic and empire

Proletariat

1 : the lowest social or economic class of a community

2 : industrial workers who sell their labor to live 

Tribune

1 : a Roman official who protected plebeian citizens from unjust action by patrician magistrates

2 : a defender of the people especially against injustice

Dictator

1 : a person who rules with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal manner

2: a person granted absolute emergency power by the senate of ancient Rome

Triumvirate

1 : government by three persons who share authority and responsibility

Aqueduct

An artificial (man-made) channel for water; one for carrying a large quantity of flowing water

Forum

The marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city serving as the center of public business.

Currency

2 : money in circulation that is commonly used and accepted

Gladiator

A person engaged in a fight to the death for public entertainment in ancient Rome.

Plague

A serious Disease that is caused by a Bacterium, and is usually passed to human beings from rodents and especially rats or from person to person

Inflation

A continual increase in the price of goods and services