11.2 Rome as a Republic Quiz Review

Match each term to its definition.

• artisan, shopkeeper, or small farm owner

• Scipio

• the Latin word for "I forbid"

• dictator

• a ruler with complete control

• veto

• Roman general who won 2nd Punic War

• patrician

• a wealthy landowner

• plebeian

Match the following

• magistrates

• registered citizens according to their wealth

• praetors

• 100 soldiers

• quaestors

• oversaw the legal system

• century

• managed the treasury

• censor

• men elected to government positions

Match the following

• indemnity

• "our sea" in Latin

• spoils

• non-citizen soldier

• Mare Nostrum

• made up of 3,000-6,000 soldiers

• auxiliary

• payment for war damages

• legion

• wealth from conquered areas

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

• artisans

• patricians

• plebeians

• shopkeepers

The best-known early Roman dictator of the Republic was

• Cincinnatus

• Livy

• Remus

• Romulus

Adopted around 451 BC, Rome's first code of law was called the

• Forum

• New Roman Law

• Rule of Law

• Twelve Tables

Whom did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?

• Carthage

• Greece

• Sicily

• the Phoenicians

When did Rome take over Sicily?

• before the Punic Wars started

• in the First Punic War

• in the Second Punic War

• in the Third Punic War

In 494 BC, what did many Roman Plebeians do to protest for equal rights?

• burned government buildings

• went on strike

• stopped paying taxes

• moved to another country

Who could hold political office in early Rome?

• any citizen

• only patricians

• only plebeians

• women