2022 Rome Newlan

At one point, the Meditaerranea Sea was dominated by the Roman Empire. Why was this important to the Roman Empire (the Mediterranean Sea)

• Romans were excellent at building ships

• There was no benefit

• Rome was by the ocean

• The civilization that controlled the sea could easily travel ot and conquer other civilizations.

Romulus and Remus were:

• Legendary story tellers

• Legendary brothers who founded Rome-they were supposed to have been raised by a she-wolf

• builders of a great wall

• builders of a great column

The city of Rome was built near:

• the Nile Delta

• Seven hills and the Tiber River

• The Gobi desert

• The Amazon River

Julius Caesar:

• Was one of the five Good Emperors

• Transformed Rome from a republic into the beginnings of an empire and made himself dictator for life

• invented the Sumerian calendar

• built a large wall in northern Britain to keep invaders out

He moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium (later named Constantinople for him) in modern Turkey. He became a Christian after having a dream about a fiery cross.

• Hadrian

• Julius Caesar

• Caesar Augustus

• Constantine

The builder of a large wall in northern Britain in order to protect Roman territory and control trade-

• Trajan

• Constantine

• Hadrian

• Romulus

The first official emperor of Rome. His time was the beginning of wealth and peace for Rome called the Pax Romana.

• Julius Caesar

• Caesar Augustus

• Nerva

• Trajan

worshipping many gods is called:

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Democracy

• Monarchy

The civilization of Domos elected their leaders to run things and make the laws. That type of government was in the US and the beginning of Rome.

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy/Republic

• Monarchy

When comparing Athens/Greek government and Roman government before it was an empire-what statement is true?

• They had the same kind of government

• They were monarchies and oligarchies

• Athens had a direct democracy-making their own laws directly and Rome had a Republic, electing their leaders

• Athens elected their leaders and Rome was a direct democracy