The Roman Republic & Punic Wars

What is the midpoint of the Mediterranean Sea?

• Peninsula

• Rome

• Tiber River

• Carthage

What is the midpoint of the Italian Peninsula?

• Peninsula

• Rome

• Tiber River

• Carthage

Rome was founded along what River?

• Po River

• Tiber River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

What mountain range separates the Italian Peninsula from the European mainland?

• Alps

• Apiennines

• Hindu Kush

• Appalachian

What body of water separates the Italian peninsula from mainland Greece?

• Adriatic Sea

• Aegean Sea

• Mediterranean Sean

• Atlantic Ocean

What group of people built the original settlement at Rome, thus giving Rome its language?

• Latins

• Greeks

• Etruscans

• Italians

Wealthy landowners who held most of the power were called:

• Patricians

• Plebians

• Aristocrats

• Mr. Nester

Common farmers, artisans, & merchants who made up the majority of the population were called:

• Patricians

• Plebians

• Aristocrats

• Middle Class

a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders is called a/an:

• democracy

• aristocracy

• republic

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

Rome had 2 branches of government the Senate and the:

• Consul

• House of Represeantatives

• Delegates

• Magistrate