Q3 34-35 review

What was a common way to become a Roman slave?

• having skill at a craft

• doing poorly in school

• being captured in a war

• losing a political election

During the early republic, why was it important that Roman laws were written on 12 tablets and shown to the public?

• The laws could then apply equally to all Romans.

• Plebeians could then work to veto, or block, the laws.

• Plebeians could then appeal a judgment made by a patrician judge.

• Judges could demand that the laws were known so they should be obeyed.

How did the general Hannibal surprise the Romans?

• He burned their city to the ground.

• He crossed the Alps with elephants

• He attacked their ships in the harbor.

• He hired spies to pretend to be citizens.

What was the Pax Romana?

• The 41 years of Augustus's reign.

• The standardization of Roman law.

• A system for choosing new emperors.

• A 200-year period of peace for Rome.

The Punic Wars were a long series of conflicts between which groups?

• Greeks and Romans

• Romans and Etruscans

• Romans and Carthaginians

• Spartans and Athenians

What was a major contribution of the Roman Republic to Western European culture?

• concept of government by laws

• rejection of the concept of slavery

• establishment of collective farming communities

• belief that political power should be controlled by the military

In the Roman Republic, who were the representatives of the Plebeian class?

• Consuls

• Dictators

• Senators

• Tribunes

Why are both the Roman Republic and the United States considered republics?

• All citizens vote directly on all the laws.

• Any citizens can voice an opinion about the laws.

• The people gave a leader the right to veto some laws.

• The people elect representatives to make laws for them.

The common people in Rome, farmers and craftspeople.

• plebeians

• consuls

• patricians

• senators

The Roman Republic and the United States have in common?

• Both have two executive leaders.

• Both have three branches of government.

• Both allow all the people to participate in government.

• Both have required that all the people vote on all laws.