Chapter 9 Quiz

What river provided fertile soil from flooding on the river deltas?

• Tiger

• Tiber

• Po

• Yangtze

What did the Tiber River help support?

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• Fishing

• Transportation

• Trade Routes

• Weaving

What contributions did the Etruscans make to the Roman way of life?

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• Writing system based on the Greek alphabet

• Paved roads

• Constructed a sewer system

• Built arches

Who were the ruling class of wealthy landowners and nobles?

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Consuls

• Kings

Who were the working class of farmers, traders, and craftsmen?

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Consuls

• Kings

What was Rome's form of early government?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Republic

How were plebeians treated unjustly?

• They did not have the right to vote

• They could hold public office

• They could marry a patrician

• They had a lot of social priveleges

What rights did patricians give to the plebeians?

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• They had veto power

• They could marry a patrician

• They could make laws

Laws were recorded on these and displayed publicly making it possible for everyone to know what the laws were.

• Ten Commandments

• Law of the Twelve Tables

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

Roman roads were used to promote trade, exchange cultural ideas, and carry the gospel.

• True

• False