Ancient Rome Vocabulary - Kanwal Rekhi

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Ancient Rome Vocabulary

maneuver affront flax strategist gladiator barbarian tyranny apse cult undermine anarchy hierarchy coliseum chariot

a planned military movement, as of troops, ships, or tanks.

an openly insulting deed or remark.

any of several related plants with slender stems, bearing tiny blue flowers and seeds from which linseed oil is pressed.

an expert in designing strategy, or a maker of strategies.

a man in ancient Rome who fought, often to the death and usually under compulsion, for the amusement of an audience.

a person in a culture believed by those in another culture to be savage, primitive, or uncivilized.

a government in which a single person rules absolutely and especially despotically.

a projection at the end of a church or other building, usu. having a domed or arched roof.

the rituals and observances of a particular religion, esp. those pertaining to a single deity.

to weaken the foundations of as though by excavating.

political and social disorder resulting from a lack or absence of governmental authority.

a body of persons or entities graded according to rank or level of authority.

a large building or amphitheater used for entertainment events, sports, or the like.

in ancient times, a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle driven from a standing position.

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Ancient Rome Cryptogram

Directions: Unscramble the words by placing the correct letter in the shaded

boxes. Use the numbered boxes to complete the answer to the riddle.

RIDDLE:

What language was spoken by the Ancient Romans?

ENNUREIMD

TARYNYN

CLTU

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NEREVMUA

IAHORTC

XALF

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NORFATF

NARAYHC PSEA

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Ancient Rome Group Creative Writing

Directions: As a group, you have 25 minutes to write a brief story using the words/phrases below.

anarchy maneuver strategist tyranny

coliseum gladiator chariot

flax

hierarchy apse cult

affront undermine barbarians

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Ancient Rome Maze Worksheet

Help the gladiator find the coliseum.

Start

Finish

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Ancient Rome Acrostic Poem

An acrostic poem is one where you choose a word or name and use each letter in the name as the beginning of a word or line that tells something about that person or topic. Example: An acrostic poem using the word "friend." Frank, from my class, Really helped me when I got hurt. He ran to the nurse and got Ice for my leg. Even when I lost Nelly, my pet frog, his mom Drove us all around looking for her.

Write an Acrostic Poem using the words below.

A R

N O

C M

I E

E N T

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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

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 6. cult 7. apse

an openly insulting deed or remark. the rituals and observances of a particular religion, esp. those pertaining to a single deity. 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 12. flax 13. affront

a man in ancient Rome who fought, often to the death and usu. under compulsion, for the amusement of an audience.

a government in which a single person rules absolutely and esp. despotically.

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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Ancient Rome Word Search Worksheet

Directions: All words are positioned left to right.

I MC J U U F R HD I C OL O S S E UML WK I J L P S C CB KA KQ GQR G K K GG MS C Z G V I MR XA S MBA RBA R I A NS MV E R G H X U MAU Z C NO AS T N H H KML O X B X I F C C UL T N P K CJ H MA P S E U Z D N S T R A T E G I S T P ADV B V N P I U P B R U V Q WWP S J Q CE AF F R O N T S WA L P B Q X Q R KL T G I K RI L R WL YR J D L P P D E D N F WS Y DQ UND E R MI N E G D S D T MT K KD DY OZ HI E R A R CH Y H I WD V Q G K AD HX J MANE U V E RX H X S K E H I MWVZ Z F L A XKP Q J U AS J T Z I Q MI V X AX CL F O CHA R I O T WD O Q L V T Q J X HL VG L A DI A T O R L G G B F U Q V O X Y DS GH VK L BS E F WT H E H P WT Y R A N NY OI Z R ANA R C H YN Q Q S G Z K P C A F F DV KV P CT F E B DL C O R V F P N K WF V P G F P T BMF H B BY C H Z

CULT GLADIATOR ANARCHY TYRANNY

BARBARIANS APSE UNDERMINE MANEUVER

CHARIOT AFFRONT HIERARCHY FLAX

COLISEUM STRATEGIST

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Comparing Modern and Ancient Rome VENN Diagram

Modern Rome

Ancient Rome

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