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Chapter 13 section 2
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FILL IN THE BLANK Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the word pair that best completes each
sentence.
1. Rome changed from a republic to an empire soon after the murder of ________________________.
2. By the end of the 380s, the only religion allowed in the Roman Empire was ________________________.
3. Rome’s first emperor, ________________________ added territory to the empire and extended its network of roads.
4. At its height, the Roman Empire included most of the lands around the ________________________.
5. Roman engineering achievements included roads and also ________________________, channels used to carry
water over long distances.
6. The ________________________ was a rich and powerful group of Romans who helped run the city.
7. Rome’s ________________________ were encouraged to vote and to run for office.
8. Christianity began to spread throughout the empire after the conversion of the emperor
________________________.
9. During the ________________________, a long period of peace, the Romans made many great cultural
achievements.
10. A new capital, ________________________, was built in present-day Turkey in an attempt to keep the empire
together.
11. What was the government of the Roman Republic like?
12. How was Rome’s government in the republic unlike the government under kings?
13. Who was Augustus?
14. How did the Pax Romana help the Romans make great achievements?
15. What threats to the Roman Empire appeared in the:
200s
300s
400s