Unit 2B: Ancient Rome

What is the form of government that allows people to vote for their representatives?

• Dictator
• Pax Romana
• Oligarchy
• Republic

What were the series of wars between Rome & Carthage, which resulted in the Roman Republic controlling the Mediterranean Sea?

• WWI
• Trojan Wars
• Greek Wars
• Punic Wars

Which popular Roman attraction is pictured?

• Colosseum
• Pantheon
• Circus Maxiums
• Forum

What ROMAN architectural invention allowed them to make a larger enclosed building compared to the Greeks?

• Elevators
• Columns
• Domes
• Posts

The Pax Romana was

• A program to give land to the poor
• A period of Civil Unrest, riots, & wars
• Period of peace, prosperity and expansion
• The leader of the senate

"A wealthy noble that has control of some aspects of government" would be described as a

• Ciceros
• Plebeians
• Visogoths
• Patricians

What word defines the social class made up of the 'common people' which included the craftsmen, merchants, and poor farmers?

• Ciceros
• Patricians
• Visogoths
• Plebeians

What was the primary reason for building the Roman road system?

• To allow the empire to be unified for trade and protection.
• To allow for the access to water routes, which would help with travel.
• To allow for more opportunities to reunite with other cultures.
• To allow for the leaders to discuss their plans with others.

What was the purpose of checks and balances?

• To keep one part of the government from having too much power (Separation of Power)
• To keep all the power in the hands of the well educated and elite.
• To keep the discussion and opportunity to vote open to all people.
• To keep the armies and military leaders from having too much control.

In addition to their own developments, the Romans borrowed many ideas from the

• Chinese
• Greeks
• Egyptians
• Mesopotamians