Ancient Rome

Rome is located on the Italian peninsula that juts out into which body of water?

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

A brilliant military general who conquered Gaul (France), _____ became dictator of Rome and was killed by senators because he became too powerful.

• Julius Ceasar

• Ceasar Augustus

• Constantine

• Sparticus

A wealthy, upperclass person in the Ancient Roman Republic

• patrician
• plebian
• counsul
• dictator

Why was trading easy in for the Romans?

• Rome is located near the

  Tiber River

• Built many roads

• Romans spoke the same

  language of Latin

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  Correct

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

• Chinese
• Greeks
• Egyptians
• Mesopotamians

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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By expanding the empire and reorganizing the military and government to make it safe and strong, Caesar Augustus created a new era of peace and prosperity that lasted 200 years called

• Pax Romana

• Golden Years

• Pax Augustus

• Age of Prosperity

The two brothers that supposedly founded Rome were

• Romulus

• Remus

• Roma

• Ronald

This group of people were merchants, farmers, and artisans who initially could not vote or hold public office in Rome.

• patricians

• plebeians

• slaves

• servants

Julius Caesar conquered _________ and returned to Rome to demand to be dictator, stating "I came, I saw, I conquered!"

• Gaul

• Egypt

• Carthage

• Greece