Roman Republic Quiz

A powerful noble

• Plebeian
• Republic
• Patrician
• Checks and Balances

a form of government where people elect their leaders to govern them.

• Plebeian
• Republic
• Patrician
• Checks and Balances

a common person, 95% of Rome's population.

• Plebeian
• Republic
• Patrician
• Checks and Balances

Why did the Plebeians want laws written down?

• So they would know what the laws were
• So the Patricians would not change them as easily 
• Neither Answer
• Both Answers

What was the name of Rome's written laws?

• The U.S. Constitution
• Law of the 12 Tables
• Laws of Rome and Greece
• Code of the Tribunes

Form of Government that elect their leaders to run their government - Roman Govt and US Today.

• Democracy
• Republic
• Parliament
• Communism

Made up of 300 elected Roman officials to make laws and taxes.

• Congress
• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Assembly

During the Roman Republic, the senate was a select group of

• Patricians
• Plebeians
• Consuls
• Both Patricians & Plebeians

The social class made up of craftsmen, merchants, and poor framres

• Ciceros
• Patricians
• Visogoths
• Plebeians

Why was the Law of Twelve Tables an important step?

• Rome had no laws before that time
• they gave plebeians citizenship for the first time
• they made laws public for all citizens to read
• they gave plebeians more rights than patricians