Ancient Rome - 12 Tables of Law Vocabulary

True or False:

The 12 Tables of Law helped the people of Rome deal with issues about debt, family relations, property and other matters of public and sacred law.

• True

• False

What does the term "arbiter" mean?

• A person that cares about the environment

• A person who settles a dispute

• A farmer

• A robber

Patricians were considered to be ________.

• poor

• wealthy

True or False: Plebeians were not considered to be Roman citizens.

• True

• False

If plebeians couldn't pay their debt they would lose the following:

• their land and their freedom

• their right to vote

• their land and their wives

True or False: Plebeians found under Plebeian power in the battle field.

• True

• False

Patricians were more powerful than plebeians, mostly because of their ________.

• their education

• wealth (money)

• their military service

The phrase social unrest most likely means:

• people not being able to take a break

• the public not being able to sleep

• the people were not at peace with each other

The word legal most likely means:

• something dealing with the laws/rules of a society

• a rule in a game

• a type of religion

What name was given to the Ancient Roman laws?

• 12 Tables

• 10 Tables

• Laws of Rome