Ancient Rome

Rome was located near what body of water?

• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Red Sea
• Mediterranean Sea

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Why was trading easy for the Romans?

• Was near the

  Tiber River

• Build many roads

• Used the same

  language

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A modern soccer stadium is similar to which Roman accomplishment?

• Pont du Gard
• The Colosseum
• Basilica of Constantine
• The Pantheon

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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What city was buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted?

• Naples
• Florence
• Rome
• Pompeii

What was the name for the large, open, market in the center of town?

• Agora

• Forum

• Market

• Mercado

Rome created a ________, which allowed voters to elect leaders into office to make laws.

• republic

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

Italy looks like a _________ and is a ___________.

• boot, boot

• flower, peninsula

• boot, peninsula

• hand, island

Building _______________ allowed traders to gain greater profits from expanded markets.

• power

• Senate

• veto

• roads

What is a gladiator?

• men who fought against one another or against large animals as a form of entertainment for others.
• a panel of ordinary people who, in many democracies, take part in cases that are brought to trial.
• a place for the public to gather to hear speeches, shop, worship at temples, and mingle with friends.
• a form of government in which people elect leaders, called representatives, to stand in for them.

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