CH 9 Ancient Rome Review

1. This most powerful governing branch controlled the finances, passed laws, and oversaw foreign affairs.

• A Assembly of Centuries
• B consuls
• C Senate

2. Two patricians served with equal authority in place of a king to manage the affairs of the government, command the Roman army, and serve as supreme judges.

• A Assembly of Centuries
• B consuls
• C Senate

3. Several of this type of group existed in the early republic with this group being the most powerful by voting on new laws, making declarations of war, and electing members of another governing branch.

• A Assembly of Centuries
• B consuls
• C Senate

4. Plebeians were allowed to have their own _____ and to serve as tribunes.

5. _____ were written down so that plebeians could be familiar with them.

6. Plebeians were given _____ power.

7. The plebeians could be elected as _____.

8. Plebeians were allowed to _____ patricians.

9. After Carthage fought one of Rome’s allies, Rome declared war on Carthage. After three years of battles, Rome captured and destroyed Carthage.

• A First Punic War
• B Second Punic War
• C Third Punic War

10. The Romans developed a ship that dropped a plank with a spiked tip. Rome defeated the Carthaginian navy and gained control of Sicily.

• A First Punic War
• B Second Punic War
• C Third Punic War