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The Twelve Tables

Authored by John Robinson

Social Studies

6th Grade

The Twelve Tables
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What were the first written laws of Ancient Rome called?

The code of Hammurabi.

The Bible.

The Torah.

The Twelve Tables

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who was protected under the Twelve Tables?

Patricians

Plebeians

All the citizens of Ancient Rome

Etruscans

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why were the Twelve Tables placed in the Forum?

It was the only location they would fit.

So all citizens can read & know the laws.

They wanted to sell copies of them in the market place.

They were too heavy to put anywhere else.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who was protected under the non-written laws of Ancient Rome?

Patricians

Plebeians

All the citizens of Ancient Rome

Etruscans

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What were the Twelve Tables?

The laws that were posted for all to see and applied to all Roman citizens

A form of government in which citizens elect their leaders

Two leaders who controlled the army

10 Plebeian leaders elected to represent Plebeian interests

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did the Twelve Tables help establish the rule of law in the Roman Republic?

They limited the power of the patrician class.

They increased the rights of enslaved people.

They removed all of the class distinctions in Rome.

They created a process for establishing a dictatorship.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the primary purpose of the Twelve Tables in Ancient Rome?

To establish a written code of laws accessible to all citizens

To create a new religion

To expand the Roman Empire

To build architectural structures

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