Social Studies part 2
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- dictator
- A ruler with absolute authority
- republic
- A form of government in which the citizens elect representatives to make all government decisions
- crucifixion
- The type of execution in which a person is nailed to a cross and left to die
- policy
- A plan
- census
- A count of a country's people
- consul
- One of the officials from the Roman Senate who ran the daily affairs and acted on behalf of the citizens of Rome
- Old Testament
- The Christian Bible's first part, which contains the same books as the Jewish bible
- Senate
- A council of representatives
- gladiator
- A slave or prisoner forced to fight, often to the death
- apostle
- A person sent on a mission
- Gospels
- the first four books of the New Testament that describe Jesus Christ's life and actions
- acid rain
- Water in the form of rain that is mixed with harmful gases
- New Testament
- The second part of the Cristian Bible. It tells about the life an teachings of Jesus Christ and his followers
- tribune
- A plebeian official who could attend meetings of the Senate in ancient Rome
- messiah
- A qwise leader who would establish the kingdom of God on Earth, according to Judaism
- aqueduct
- A network of bridges and canals that carries water from place to place
- forum
- a public square in ancient Rome
- veto
- To stop passage of a law
- legion
- A unit of soldiers
- martyr
- A person who suffers or dies for his or her beliefs
- Christianity
- The religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
- basilica
- A huge marble government building in ancient Rome
- province
- A self governing region
- plebeian
- A farmer, worker, merchant or craft worker whose family came to ancient Rome later than the families of patricians
- patrician
- A descendant of Rome's earliest settlers