Question

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Chattel - a type of slavery where the enslaved person is the sole property of the master .

2. Patrician - a member of an aristocratic family in Rome.

3. Plebeian - one of the ordinary citizens of Rome.

4. Triumvirate -  a group of three people who jointly share authority or power .

5. Messiah - someone regarded as a savior or liberator of a people .

6. Infanticide - the practice of killing newborn babies or infants

7. Syncretism - philosophy that attempts to combine different systems of beliefs or practices .

Explanation:

1. A Chattel is a personal property of an individual, which includes everything other than real estate/land. It is also another form of slavery or imprisonment for service of a personby another, becoming the sole property of that person in the higher authority.

2. Patrician is a member of the ruling class in Ancient Rome. They belong to the aristocratic class of the society, the nobility.

3. Plebeian is the normal citizen of the society, a commoner especially during Ancient Rome. They are the other class of the society aside from the patricians.

4. Triumvirate is a group of people, specifically three people, who come together to take power over a certain place and rule over it jointly sharing the power. This form of government or political alliance was also seen right after the death of Julius Caesar in Rome, with the Triumvirate consisting of Mark Antony, Octavian Caesar and Lepidus.

5. Messiah is denotative of someone who is to save the people from something or anything bad. The figure of the savior, the liberator of the people from their hardships and misfortunes.

6. Infanticide is the illegal killing of infants or small babies. This criminal act was mainly done by many of the ancient kings and rulers to make sure that they are not opposed or even to show their power and supremacy over the others.

7. Syncretism is the amalgamated form of an unison of the different religions and beliefs blended with differing school of thoughts. This assimilation of numerous beliefs and thought systems is an attempt at making a more inclusive style of approach to the other faiths.