Rome Republic Vocab 1

What is a republic?

• a government with at least 3 branches

• a government in which the aristocracy selects senators

• a democratic government. A type of government when the citizens elect representatives to make laws and decisions

• a government with no leaders

What was the importance of the "Twelve Tables"?

• Romans finally had a place to eat

• These Roman laws gave women equal right

• Roman leaders could not force citizens to serve in the army

• Roman laws were written down for all to see

Rome is at the center of a long narrow peninsula that we now call ____________________. (HINT: It looks like a boot.)

• Germany

• The United States

• Canada

• Italy

Patricians grew wealthy because of Roman's conquests but the Plebeians grew poor. As a result, the plebeians refused to fight in the Roman __________________.

• stores

• army

• seas

• farms

What is a republic?

• A type of government where a king and a queen rule and make all of the decisions for the people.

• A government position

• A type of government when the citizens elect representatives to make laws and decisions

• The mountain range to the north of Italy

What river flows through Rome?

• Tiber River

• Adriatic River

• Atlantic River

• Roman River

What social class was considered the wealthy landowning upper class?

• Consuls

• Plebeians

• Patricians

• Senate

What Carthaginian general led Carthage during the 2nd Punic War?

• Hannibal

• Spartacus

• Scipio

• Gauis Gracchus

Following the 3rd Punic War, Rome gained...

• Spain

• Control of Greece and the northern territory of Africa

• Gaul

• The Alps

What was the name of the first written law code in the Roman Republic?

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Constitution

• The Parliament

• The Twelve Tables