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Why were slaves an important part of Roman economy?

• Prisioners of war were sent to Roman cities as a free source of labor

• Plebians bought all the farms and sent slaves to work on them thus providing all the food for the Romans

• Slaves mined the silver used to make coins with the emperor's face on it

• Slave trade was at the center of all trade in Rome

Rome was divided into how many social classes?

• One big group

• two groups

• three groups

• four groups

What was the names of the social groups in Rome?

• Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras and the untouchables

• pharaoh, government officials, priests, scribes, and artisans

• the upper class; or middle class; the lower class, or freedmen; and the slave class

• patricians and plebeians

Which of the following groups of people is the ruling class in ancient Rome?

• patricians

• plebeians

• slaves

• Brahmin

Which group below was a member of the common people in ancient Rome?

• patricians

• plebeians

• slaves

• untouchables

Why did conflict break out between the rich and the poor causing the end of the Roman Republic?

• Plebians had too much power

• The Senators killed Julius Caesar

• Patricians had too much power

• Cleopatra became the last pharaoh of Egypt

When the Plebs started to fight for more rights, what was one of the first changes made?

• All Plebs could vote on any major decision made in the city

• Patricians were given veto power so the Plebs could elect representatives into the Senate

• Laws were carved on 12 bronze arches on the Colosseum for all to read

• Laws were written down for the first time; carved on 12 bronze tablets called the Tweleve Tables on Rome's marketplace called the Forum

Which of the following groups of people were the majority of people, the working class and the poor?

• patricians

• plebeians

• merchants

• slaves

Which of the following groups of people were the ruling class (they made all of the political decisions) and were the wealthy landowners in ancient Rome?

• patricians

• plebeians

• merchants

• artisians

The merchants, artisians, farmers, laborers, slaves, were members of which of the following social classes in ancient Rome?

• patricians

• plebeians

• sudras

• untouchables