Roman Republic Society and Government

*A _________ is a form of government in which voters elect officials to run the country

• republic
• oligarchy
• democracy
• theocracy

*In Ancient Rome, only _____ could vote

• male citizens
• women
• patricians
• plebians

*Most people living in the Roman Republic were _______

• NOT citizens
• citizens
• rich
• slaves

Slaves were often people who had been_______

• captured during battles.
• convicted of crimes
• poor
• unemployed

________ were farmers, merchants, & shopkeepers

• Plebeians
• Patricians
• Slaves
• Women

The _______class was made up of the Roman nobility and upper class. They owned land and paid taxes, could vote & hold office.

• Patrician
• Plebian
• Slaves
• middle

The_______were the most powerful, but smallest social class

• Patricians
• Plebians
• Slaves
• Women

In 494 BCE, the Plebeians ____________ and set up their own republic.

• went on strike by refusing to serve in the military
• killed the patricians
• ate the patricians
• moved to Sicily

Since the Plebeians ___________, the Patricians agreed to compromise and recognized the Plebeians' chosen officials and the Plebeian Council.

• made up most of the military force
• killed most of them
• asked nicely
• were right

*In 451 BCE, the laws were engraved on ________ and displayed in the Forum

• 12 bronze tablets
• a stone wall
• a gold pillar
• the doors of the palace