CHAPTER 10 SECTION 2 NOTES

The Forum was the center of life in ancient Rome, a popular meeting place for Roman

• slaves

• patricans

• plebeians

• citizens

The patricians developed a ________ government, or a government with three parts.

• tripartite

• triangle

• triannual

• tribunal

Rome's first written law code, designed to protect the rights of Roman citizens, called the ______ was displayed in the Forum.

• Hammurabi's Law

• The Bill of Rights

• Law of the Twelve Tables

• Law and Order

The first part of Rome's government was made up of elected officials or _______.

• magistrates

• consuls

• senate

• assembly

Romans gave government officials the ability to ____ the powers of other officials.

• veto

• restrict

• modify

• balance

We call these restrictions of power ___, to keep any one part of a government from becoming stronger than the others.

• assemblies

• tribunes

• Law of the Twelve Tables

• checks and balances

The two most powerful magistrates were called ____

• tribunes

• consuls

• citizens

• patricians

The second part of Rome's government was the ____, a council of wealthy and powerful Romans who held office for life.

• senate

• consuls

• magistrate

• tribunes

The third part of Rome's government had two branches, the ____

• consuls and magistrates

• senate and consuls

• tribunes and consuls

• assemblies and tribunes

Tribunes had the power to ___, or prohibit, actions by other officials.

• restrict

• veto

• allow

• bypass