Roman Review

________are 2 officials elected by the senators who serve for 1-year terms. 

• Consuls
• Senate
• Tribunes
• Dictators

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which best describes the purpose of a system of “checks and balances”?

• All merchants will have an equal opportunity to trade.
• Laws will be written fairly for everyone.
• The military will be paid for their service.
• No one branch of the government will become stronger than another.

Roman society was divided into

• consuls and senators.

• peasants and shopkeepers.

• patricians and plebeians.

• priests and government officials.

This group was part of the lower or middle class. Common people.

• Patricians
• Plebeians
• Slaves
• Priests

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Rome fought against ______________ in the Punic Wars.

• Gaul
• Sicily
• Carthage
• Spain

What was the name of the general who led the Carthaginians through Europe and attacked Rome from north?

• Scipio
• Hamilcar
• Leonidias
• Hannibal

How did the Romans carry water from mountains into cities?

• by combining a set of layers
• by combining a set of arches
• by building aqueducts
• by building a bridge

Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow...

• senators to get to the Senate.
• Rome’s armies to travel through the empire.
• merchants to travel safely.
• slaves to travel into the countryside.

The Roman Empire fell for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...

• barbarian invasions
• strong leadership
• inflation
• political corruption

Rome is located in which country?

• Greece
• Italy
• Egypt
• France