6th Grade BJU Ch. 9

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

• Assembly of Centuries
• consuls
• 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.

• Assembly of Centuries
• consuls
• Senate

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

• Assembly of Centuries
• consuls
• Senate

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

• First Punic War
• Second Punic War
• Third Punic War

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

• First Punic War
• Second Punic War
• Third Punic War

6. Hannibal led his soldiers and war elephants through the Alps to make a surprise attack on Rome. Hannibal returned to Carthage after hearing it was under attack, but the Roman commander Scipio was victorious.

• First Punic War
• Second Punic War
• Third Punic War

13. Italian Peninsula

• A
• B
• C
• D

14. Sicily

• A
• B
• C
• D

15. Carthage

• A
• B
• C
• D

16. Rome

• A
• B
• C
• D