Ch.8 Section 1 and 2 Vocabulary

What does Republic mean?

• Common people in Rome.

• A form of government with elected leaders; the leader is not a king or a queen

• Wars fought in Rome.

• A person trained to fight.

The Roman army was divided in groups of 6000 soldiers called a:

• Legion
• Century
• Battalion
• phalanx

noble class, wealthy, position by birth, only people allowed to hold public office, vote, pay taxes, and serve in military.

• Patricians
• Plebians
• Republicans
• Democrats

This group was part of the lower or middle class. Common people.

• Patricians
• Plebeians
• Slaves
• Priests

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The 2 most powerful government officials who led the army and ran the city were called -

• consuls
• senators
• tribunes
• plebeians

What term describes an action taken by a leader in which they say no to a law?

• consul
• legion
• tribune
• veto

This governmental official was in charge of interpreting and applying the law.

• Consul
• Senator 
• Praetor 
• Citizen

A dictator has ________ control over the state.

• little

• complete

• no

• some

In 509 B.C. what form of government in which citizens elect their own leaders did Romans choose over the Etruscan monarchy?

• Republic

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Empire

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

• Plebeians
• Patricians
• Monarchs
• Aristocrats