Chapter 8 Test Review

Although Italy's landscape is similar to that of Greece, Italy had better...?

• Technology

• Farmland

• Mountains

• Government

Who founded the city of Rome?

• Julius Caesar

• Romulus & Remus

• First Triumvirate

• Aristotle and Plato

When did the Romans take over most of Italy?

• 505 B.C.

• 267 B.C.

• 127 B.C.

• 100 A.D.

Two groups, the Greeks and the ___________ played a major role in shaping Roman civilization.

• Etruscans

• Mongols

• Egyptians

• Carthaginian

What type of government did the Romans set up following their rebellion against the Etruscans?

• Dictatorship

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Totalitarian

What important political reform occurred in 287 B.C.?

• Council of Plebs could pass laws

• Council of the Plebs was created

• Woman earned the right to vote

• Plebeians could marry patricians

In the Second Punic War....

• Carthage attacked Rome

• Carthage defeated Rome

• Most battles took place at sea.

• Rome invaded Spain

Early Romans were divided into two classes: ____________ and the Plebeians

• Upper Class

• Etruscan

• Patricians

• Zamans

True or False: Only Patricians could serve in the Government

• True

• False

What were the Twelve Tables?

• Rome's first written laws

• The tables in the senate

• The seats in the courtroom

• The leaders of the government