Practice Quiz 8-2

a ruler with complete control over the state

• veto
• plebeian
• dictator
• patrician
• Scipio

a wealthy landowner

• veto
• plebeian
• dictator
• patrician
• Scipio

Roman general who helped win the Second Punic War

• veto
• plebeian
• dictator
• patrician
• Scipio

the Latin word for “I forbid”

• veto
• plebeian
• dictator
• patrician
• Scipio

an artisan, shopkeeper, or owner of a small farm

• veto
• plebeian
• dictator
• patrician
• Scipio

The ruling class and top officials of the Roman Republic were the

• nobles
• plebeians
• patricians
• consuls

In 494 B.C., many Roman plebeians __________ to protest for equal rights.

• stopped paying taxes
• burned government buildings
• moved to another country
• went on strike

The best-known early Roman dictator of the Republic was

• Cincinnatus
• Romulus
• Remus
• Livy

Adopted around 451 B.C., Rome’s first code of law was called the

• Forum
• Twelve Tables
• Rule of Law
• New Roman Law

Rome fought __________ in the Punic Wars for control of the Mediterranean region.

• Sicily
• Phoenicia
• Carthage
• Greece