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Ancient Rome Vocabulary Quiz

 

Directions: Match the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right.

1. chariot a large building or amphitheater used for entertainment events, sports, or the like.
2. coliseum (colosseum) a projection at the end of a church or other building, usu. having a domed or arched roof.
3. hierarchy a planned military movement, as of troops, ships, or tanks.
4. anarchy to weaken the foundations of as though by excavating.
5. undermine an openly insulting deed or remark.
6. cult the rituals and observances of a particular religion, esp. those pertaining to a single deity.
7. apse a body of persons or entities graded according to rank or level of authority.
8. tyranny political and social disorder resulting from a lack or absence of governmental authority.
9. barbarian a person in a culture believed by those in another culture to be savage, primitive, or uncivilized.
10. gladiator an expert in designing strategy, or a maker of strategies.
11. strategist a man in ancient Rome who fought, often to the death and usu. under compulsion, for the amusement of an audience.
12. flax a government in which a single person rules absolutely and esp. despotically.
13. affront in ancient times, a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle driven from a standing position.
14. maneuver any of several related plants with slender stems, bearing tiny blue flowers and seeds from which linseed oil is pressed.

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