WH1.6 Rise of the Roman Republic

WH1.6 Rise of the Roman Republic

By John Humphrey

Multiple Choice

What is a monarchy?

• A government where one person has the power.

• A government where a small number of people have the power.

• A government where the people have the power.

• A government where a king or queen has the power and the gives the power to their child.

What is a monarchy?​

Correct Answer: A monarchy is a government where a king or queen has the power and the gives the power to their child.

• A dictatorship or tyranny is a government where one person has all the power (but does not pass the power on to their child).

• An oligarchy is a government where a small number of people have the power.​

• A republic is a government where the people have the power.

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Multiple Choice

What type of government did Rome have before and after 509 B.C.E.?

• Before 509 BCE Rome was an oligarchy.

  After 509 BCE Rome was a monarchy.

• Before 509 BCE Rome was a democracy.

  After 509 BCE Rome was a republic.

• Before 509 BCE Rome was an aristocracy.

  After 509 BCE Rome was a tyranny.

• Before 509 BCE Rome was a monarchy.

  After 509 BCE Rome was a republic.

What type of government did Rome have before and after 509 B.C.E.?​

Correct Answer: Before 509 BCE, Rome was a monarchy. Then the people of Rome ended the monarchy. The people took control of the government. After 509 BCE, Rome was a republic. In a republic, the people have control of the government.​

Multiple Choice

What is a republic?

• A government where one person has the power.

• A government where a small number of people have the power.

• A government where the people have the power.

• A government where a king or queen has the power and the gives the power to their child.

What is a republic?​

Correct Answer: A republic is a government where the people have the power.

• A dictatorship or tyranny is a government where one person has all the power (but does not pass the power on to their child).

• An oligarchy is a government where a small number of people have the power.​

• A monarchy is a government where a king or queen has the power and the gives the power to their child.

Multiple Choice

In the Roman Republic, who were the consuls?

• Groups of representatives that made laws.

• The two leaders of the Roman Republic.

• Poor people who worked.

• The people who wrote the laws on The Twelve Tables.

In the Roman Republic, who were the consuls?​

Correct Answer: The two leaders of the Roman Republic.

• The assemblies were groups of representatives that made laws.

• Plebeians were poor people who worked.

• Ten commissioners called decemvirs wrote The Twelve Tables on the bronze to protect the plebeians. When the laws were in writing, patricians could not lie to the plebeians about the law.

Multiple Select

What was true about the relationship between the consuls and the senate?

• The senate elected the consuls.

• The consuls elected the senate.

• The senate gave advice to the consuls.

• The consuls gave advice to the senate.

What was true about the relationship between the consuls and the senate?

Correct Answers: The senate elected the consuls. The senate also gave advice to the consuls.

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The consuls had great power. However, they listed to the advice of the consuls. The members of the senate were from the richest families. Together, the​ members of the senate had great power also.

Multiple Choice

Who could be members of the Roman senate?

• enslaved persons

• plebeians

• patricians

• kings

Who could be members of the Roman senate?

Correct Answer: Only patricians were members of the Roman senate.

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• The plebeians were poor people and workers. They had representatives in the assemblies.

• Enslaved persons had no political rights. They could not vote.

• Rome did not have kings after 509 B.C.E. In 509 B.C.E., Rome created the republic.

Multiple Choice

At the start of the Roman Republic, who had power in the government?

• enslaved persons

• plebeians

• patricians

• kings

At the start of the Roman Republic, who had power in the government?

Correct Answer: Only patricians had power at the start of the Roman Republic.

• ​The plebeians were poor people and workers. At the start of the Roman Republic, they had no part in government.

• Enslaved persons had no political rights. They could not vote.

• Rome did not have kings after 509 B.C.E. In 509 B.C.E., Rome created the republic.

Multiple Choice

What did plebeians want?

• power

• roads

• aqueducts

• military

What did plebeians want?

Correct Answer: Plebeians wanted power.

• ​At the start of the Roman Republic, plebians had no part in government. They wanted power to make laws.

• The Romans built many roads to travel on. They also built aqueducts to carry water great distances. Plebeians did not request roads or aqueducts.

• Plebeians always were able to serve in the military.​

Multiple Choice

What did the patricians do to stop the plebeians' protests?

• The patricians fought the plebeians.

• The patricians agreed to create assemblies.

• The patricians gave the plebeians money.

• The patricians gave the plebeians a holiday.

What did the patricians do to stop the plebeians' protests?

Correct Answer: The patricians agreed to create assemblies. The assemblies gave the plebeians a voice in the government and the ability to make laws.

• ​The patricians did not fight the plebeians. They negotiated an agreement to stop the protests.

• The patricians did give the plebeians more money or a holiday.​

Multiple Choice

What did the assemblies do?

• Built roads and aqueducts.

• Selected the consuls.

• Made laws.

• Fought in wars.

What did assemblies do?

Correct Answer: The assemblies made laws.

• ​​The assemblies did not build roads or aqueducts.

• The ​assemblies did not select the consuls. The senate selected the counsels.

• ​The assemblies did not fight in wars. Some plebeian representatives in the assemblies did fight in wars.

Multiple Choice

What is a representative?

• A person who speaks for another person

• A gift to another person

• A judge

• A soldier

What is a representative?

Correct Answer: A representative is a person who speaks for another person.

• ​A representative is not a gift, a judge, or a soldier.

Multiple Choice

Why was the Roman Republic a representative democracy?

• The king asked people what they wanted.

• All the people voted directly for all the laws.

• Rome had two consuls.

• The people elected representatives to speak for them and make laws.

What was the Roman Republic a representative democracy?

Correct Answer: The people voted for representatives to speak for them and to make laws.

• ​The people do not choose the king, so he is not a representative.

• ​The consuls are elected by the senate, not the people.

• ​A direct democracy is when people vote directly for the laws.

Multiple Choice

What were The Twelve Tables?

• a Roman restaurant

• the place where the senate met

• the laws of Rome written on bronze in the Forum

• the market at the Forum

What were The Twelve Tables?

Correct Answer: The laws of Rome written on bronze in the Forum.

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• Restaurants and markets have tables, but they are not The Twelve Tables​

• The Forum was a central public space. Many people, including senators, went there. However, the senators did not meet there.

Multiple Choice

Why was it important that The Twelve Tables were at the Forum?

• The senators liked to go to the Forum.

• The Form was large and had room for all Twelve Tables.

• People needed a lot of places to sit at the Forum.

• The Forum was a public place. Everyone could see the laws and know the laws.

Why was it important that The Twelve Tables were at the Forum?

Correct Answer: The Forum was a public place. Everyone could see the laws and know the laws.

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• The Twelve Tables were not at the Forum because the senators liked the Forum.

• "​The Twelve Tables" were not tables where you sit.

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the water between Rome and Carthage?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Nile River

What is the name of the water between Rome and Carthage?

Correct Answer: Mediterranean Sea.

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• The Atlantic Ocean is west of Europe and Africa.

• ​The Black Sea is between the Byzantine Empire and Russia.

• The Nile River is in Egypt.​

Multiple Choice

Who fought in the Punic War?

• Athens and Sparta v. Persia

• Athens v. Sparta

• Macedonia v. Greece

• Carthage v. Roman Republic

Who fought in the Punic War?

Correct Answer: Carthage v. Roman Republic.

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• Athens and Sparta fought Persia in the Persian War.

• ​Athens fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

• Philip II of Macedonia defeated Greece after the Peloponnesian War. Philip's son Alexander the Great then defeated Persia and Egypt. He created the largest empire in the world.​

Multiple Choice

Who was Hannibal?

• A military leader from Carthage who took elephants over the Alps Mountains to attack Rome.

• King of Macedonia

• Emperor of Rome

• The surviving leader of the Triumvirate

Who was Hannibal?

Correct Answer: A military leader from Carthage who took mountains over the Alps mountains to attack Rome.

• ​Philip II was king of Macedonia. He defeated Greece. Philip's son Alexander the Great then defeated Persia and Egypt. He created the largest empire in the world.​

• ​Hannibal fought against Rome. Rome was a Republic during the Punic War, so it did not have an emperor then.

• Julius Caesar was the member of the Triumvirate who survived.

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Multiple Select

Who were the effects of Rome defeating Carthage?

• The Roman Empire was divided, and Rome and Carthage both were capitals.

• Rome got many elephants.

• Rome won territory in North Africa and Spain.

• Roman culture spread to North Africa and Spain.

What were the effects of Rome defeating Carthage?

Correct Answers: Rome won territory in North Africa and Spain. Roman culture spread to North Africa and Spain.

• ​The Roman Empire was not divided until 500 years later. It was divided into West and East. Rome was the western capital. Constantinople (not Carthage) was the eastern capital.

• ​Rome did not win elephants from Carthage.

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