Chp 11 lesson 2

a wealthy landowner

• dictator

• patrician

• plebian

• veto

Roman general who helped win the Second Punic War

• patrician

• plebian

• Scipio

• Remus

an artisan, shopkeeper, or owner of a small farm

• dictator

• patrician

• plebeian

• veto

In 494 b.c. what did many Roman plebeians do to protest for equal rights?

• burned government buildings

• moved to another country

• stopped paying taxes

• went on strike

The best-known early Roman dictator of the Republic was

• Cincinnatus

• Livy

• Remus

• Romulus

Adopted around 451 b.c., Rome’s first code of law was called the

• Forum

• New Roman Law

• Rule of Law

• Twelve Tables

Whom did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?

• Carthage

• Sicily

• Spain

• Italy

The government of the Roman Republic was organized into ____ branches.

• 2

• 4

• 5

• 3

The Roman Republic was headed by two ____.

• consuls

• praetors

• legion

• tribunes

Why did Cincinnatus leave his farm to serve as dictator?

• He would have been killed if he refused to serve.

• His farm was failing and he needed a new job.

• He was required to serve by law.

• He considered it his civic duty.