Ch.33 The Rise of the Roman Republic

In the Roman Republic, patricians referred to… 

• The wealthy landowners
• The majority of the people
• Everyone but slaves
• Everyone who was male

What event belongs in the blank space on the timeline?

• Roman Empire falls
• Plebeians elect a leader 
• Plebeians refuse to fight
• Etruscans return to power

Which of the following would a plebeian most likely say? 

• “I’m glad I don’t serve in Rome’s Senate.”
• “In the Republic, I own my own land.”
• “I fight Rome’s wars, but I can’t vote.”
• “In the Republic, I serve as a priest.”

Why did the plebeians want laws to be written? 

• So their children could learn to read in Roman schools
• So the patricians couldn’t pass new laws too easily
• So their land would be protected from the government
• So the patricians couldn’t change laws too easily

Why were the plebeians unhappy when the Republic was first set up? 

• They preferred living under the king
• They had lost their right to vote 
• They had no say in making the laws
• They preferred living in an empire

What changed as a result of the action taking place in the image     

• Patricians had less power than before
• Scribes became the most powerful people in  Rome
• Plebeians followed more laws than before
• Priests became the most important people in Rome

What was the final change that made plebeians equal citizens? 

• The right to serve as senators and consuls
• The right to write down laws
• The right to pass laws for all Romans 
• The right to choose their own king

Upper-class citizens, called ________________, came from a small group of wealthy landowners.

• tributes
• consuls
• Plebeians
• Patricians

________________ were mostly peasants, laborers, craftspeople, and shopkeepers.

• Plebeians
• Patricians
• tribunes
• consuls

The _______________ was a group of 300 men that the patricians elected.

• consuls
• senators
• tribunes
• government officials