Ch 10: The Roman Republic

Select all of the benefits of the geography of Rome

• trade routes

• protection from invaders

• silt from rivers for farming

• contact with other cultures

To keep any one part of the Roman government from becoming too powerful, the republic

• divided the people into patricians and plebeians.

• wrote down their law code.

• used a system of checks and balances.

• only allowed patricians to vote.

The Tarquins

• were an Etruscan monarchy that ruled Rome for 100 years.

• fought Rome for control of Sicily in the Punic Wars.

• were the 2 most powerful elected officials in Rome.

• created the tripartite Roman Republic.

Why did the Romans write down their laws?

• To keep all 3 tripartite offices equal in power.

• To give patricians and plebeians equal rights.

• To keep the citizens involved in the government.

• To ensure citizens did not unknowingly break the law.

The 2 social classes of Rome

• patricians and plebeians

• magistrates and consuls

• tribunes and assemblies

• democrats and republicans

Select the government officials in the Roman tripartite.

• monarch

• magistrate

• consul

• tribune

• senator

Elected officials served a term of ______ year in the Roman Republic.

• one

• two

• three

• four

a ruler who has almost absolute power, was elected during times of war or disaster

• consul

• dictator

• magistrate

• senator

most powerful elected official in Rome

• consul

• magistrate

• senator

• tribune

the language of the Romans

• Roman

• Patrician

• Latin

• Plebeian