Chapter 7 Review

Chapter 7 Review

Early Rome

• No real knowledge of how Rome was founded

• Story of brothers Romulus and Remus - Romulus killed his brother, became king and named the city Rome

• Etruscans were advanced people with written language

• Etruscan kings ruled Romans for more than 100 years

Multiple Choice

Who were the Etruscans?

• Poor farmers

• advanced people with written language

Rome becomes a republic

• Patricians turned against Etruscan king that's how Rome became a republic

• 2 consuls who had power for 1 year ran the republic

• Patricians were rich land owners who had power 

• Plebeians were poor working class.

Multiple Choice

Who were the Plebeians?

• The rich land owners

• The poor working class

Rome Expands it's boundaries

• Carthage was south of Rome, tried to take control of Sicily

• Punic wars were wars between Rome and Carthage that lasted over 100 years 

• Rome won the Punic wars and expanded their territory

• Hannibal was great Carthaginian soldier who led surprise attack on Rome

Multiple Choice

Who won the Punic Wars?

• Carthage

• Rome

The republic faces problems

• Soldiers who left to fight lost their farms and land because nobody took care of them when they were gone

• Tiberius Gracchus tried to give land to the poor, was killed for trying to help the poor

• Gaius Gracchus tried to help the poor like his brother Tiberius. Was also killed for trying to help the poor

Multiple Choice

Why were Tiberius and Gaius killed?

• For having too much money

• For trying to help the poor

The end of the republic

• Triumvirate were 3 men who ruled Rome - Crassus, Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar

• Pompey was scared of Caesar, tried to limit his power.

• Caesar's troops defeated Pompey's troops

• Caesar gave jobs to the poor, became dictator and was killed by senators

• Octavian became Rome's first Emperor

Multiple Choice

Who became Rome's first Emperor?

• Caeser

• Octavian

Practice Quiz

• Try your best!

Multiple Choice

Who were the Latins?

• Men who built roads?

• a group of people who lived on a plain called Latinum

• People from Spain

Multiple Choice

Who were the Patricians

• The poor working class people

• Religious leaders

• Rich land owners with power

Multiple Choice

How did Rome become a republic

• They went to war with Greece

• Patricians turned against the Etruscan king

• They voted to become one

Multiple Choice

Who were the Plebeians

• The rich land owners

• poor working class

• the rulers of Rome

Multiple Choice

What were the Punic wars?

• war between France and England

• Wars between Rome and Carthage that lasted over 100 years

• Arguments between Plebeians and Patricians