Rome 1.0 - the Republic

The city of Rome was founded, like the other civilizations we studied, in what geographical feature? (a)  

• A mountain range
• A desert oasis
• An Alpine basin
• A River Valley

Rome was founded by the mythical ...

• Snake from the Garden of Eden

• Refugees from Africa

• Brothers Romulus and Remus

• Queen of the Night

The Roman Senate overthrew the Monarchy, saying: never again would there be ...

• a King of Rome

• someone that bad as king

• a democratic government

• free candy for all citizens

There were two classes in the Roman hierarchy: the Aristocrats, called ​ (a)   and the ordinary Romans, called ​ (b)  

• Patricians
• Plebeians
• Patagonians
• St Patrickites
• Palisadians

As the Roman Republic grew stronger, it expanded its territory and trade ...

• by clever marketing

• by conquering neighboring territories

• by sneaky insinuation into foreign markets

• piracy

Rome's neighbor and immediate competitor across the Mediterranean was ...

• Athens

• Memphis

• Carthage

• Mogadishu

The Carthaginian general ​ (a)   took his armies over the Alps to attack Rome from the north.

• Hannibal
• Eisenhower
• Wu Han
• Scipio Africanus

Hannibal's army included foot-soldiers, mounted warriors, and ...

• Flying warships

• War Elephants

• hundreds of bag-pipers to scare the Romans with their noise

• wolves trained to attack