rome

In addition to their own developments, the Romans borrowed many ideas from the Etruscans and the 

• Chinese
• Greeks
• Egyptians
• Mesopotamians

In what sea was Rome a peninsula, which allowed it to prosper in trade and interact with and conquer other lands? 

• Red
• Black
• Mediterranean
• Arabian

What were wealthy landowners called who made up Rome's ruling class? 

• Plebeians
• Patricians
• Monarchs
• Aristocrats

What is a form of government called in which the leader is put into office by citizens with the right to vote?

• Republic
• Monarchy
• Empire
• Theocracy

What were wealthy landowners called who made up Rome's ruling class? 

• Plebeians
• Patricians
• Monarchs
• Aristocrats

Whose job was to make sure the plebeians' concerns were brought to the government's attention?

• Praetors
• Consuls
• Tribunes
• Patricians

Rome's most important legislative or law-making body of 300 Patrician men was called the

•  Forum
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Senate

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A key idea that Romans passed on to the world which states that everyone should be equal under the law is called the 

• Rule of Senators
• Rule of Law
• Rule of Rome
• All of the above

What were the wars called that were fought for 20 years between Rome and Carthage? 

• Twenty-year Wars
• Mediterranean Wars
• Punic Wars
• Elephant Wars

Who made himself dictator for life and was seen as a hero to the plebeians because he gave them land & food, but was power-hungry to the patricians?

• Julius Caesar
• Mark Antony
• Scipio
• Caesar Augustus