The Roman Republic Review

The Romans believed they could trace their history back to a Trojan war hero named _____.

• Virgil

• Aeneas

• Spartacus

• Homer

The government the Romans created was called a _____.

• democracy

• republic

In Roman society, the _____ made up most of the population.

• patricians

• plebeians

_____ keeps one part of a government from becoming too strong.

• forums

• checks and balances

• civic duty

Rome's public meeting place is called

• the agora

• the forum

• the temple

A council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders was called

• the senate

• the assembly

• the magistrates

• the consuls

The language of ancient Rome

• Greek

• Italian

• Latin

• French

True or false: Roman soldiers were organized into legions, or groups of 6,000 soldiers.

• True

• False

True or false: Rome fought the Punic Wars against Carthage, a northern city of Africa.

• True

• False

True or false: Hannibal, the brilliant general from Carthage, was unable to defeat Rome.

• True

• False