What are the The Twelve Tables of Ancient Rome?

The place where the first 12 kings of Rome ruled from

The 12 original generals of the Roman Legions

The area of Rome where slaves could purchase their own freedom

The Punic Wars fought between Rome and Carthage were mainly about which issue?

* Rome wanted to control the entire Mediterranean Sea

The people of Carthage attacking Roman outposts

The Romans desire to expand to North Africa

A dispute over access to the East

Why did the Romans create the republic?

So they would not have a king in control.

So that every person could be a citizen.

So that judges could make laws.

Why was Rome's geographic setting important?

Its position was central to Italy and the known Western world.

Strong winds brought heavy spring rains to the land.

It was surrounded by deserts which kept is safe from invasion.

Farmers depended on yearly flooding to plant crops.

Which of the following was NOT true for women in Ancient Rome?

Had power over all family matters

Sometimes went to school, but not often.

Define Roman civic virtue.

A set of beliefs that benefit the common good.

The requirement that all Roman boys serve in the military.

A set of beliefs considered "harmful" to Roman prosperity.

The requirement that all Roman citizens, man or woman, serve in the military.

In Roman government what was the job of the Consuls ?

Lead the military, preside over the senate, and run the city of Rome

Advise the magistrates, create laws, and manage finances

Serve as judges and organize games and festivals

A group of patricians and plebeians that elected magistrates

Elected by plebeians to protect the common people and veto laws by the magistrates.

In Roman government what was the job of the Senate ?

Advise the magistrates, create laws, and manage finances

Lead the military, preside over the senate, and run the city of Rome

Serve as judges and organize games and festivals

A group of patricians and plebeians that elected magistrates

Elected by plebeians to protect the common people and veto laws by the magistrates.

In Roman government what was the job of the Magistrates ?

Serve as judges and organize games and festivals

Lead the military, preside over the senate, and run the city of Rome

Advise the magistrates, create laws, and manage finances

A group of patricians and plebeians that elected magistrates

Elected by plebeians to protect the common people and veto laws by the magistrates.

In Roman government what was the job of the Assemblies ?

A group of patricians and plebeians that elected magistrates

Lead the military, preside over the senate, and run the city of Rome

Advise the magistrates, create laws, and manage finances

Serve as judges and organize games and festivals

Elected by plebeians to protect the common people and veto laws by the magistrates.

In Roman government what was the job of the Tribunes ?

Elected by plebeians to protect the common people and veto laws by the magistrates.

Lead the military, preside over the senate, and run the city of Rome

Advise the magistrates, create laws, and manage finances

Serve as judges and organize games and festivals

A group of patricians and plebeians that elected magistrates

How are the forms of government created by Rome and the United States most similar?

They both created a Tripartite Republic with a system of Checks and Balances

They both created a Direct Democracy in which all citizens have the power to vote on every law

They both have Assemblies made up of Patricians and Plebeians

They both have Magistrates and Consuls that run the country

Which of the following is an example of Language from Rome?

Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Roman Numerals

Aqueducts, Roads, Bridges, Cement

Mosaics, Frescoes, Paintings, Busts, Sculptures

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Which of the following is a system of government where the people rule?

Direct democracy

Representative democracy

Monarchy

Oligarchy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following is a system of government where the people elect representatives to make the laws?

Republic

Democracy

Monarchy

Oligarchy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rome was founded on which river?

Tiber

Danube

Nile

Tigris

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following cultures did NOT influence the Romans?

Etruscans

Latins

Greeks

Egyptians

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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This culture influenced Roman mythology.

Etruscans

Latins

Greeks

Egyptians

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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A dictator in ancient Rome was

a person granted power but only in a time of crisis

a person who took power and never gave it up.

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The Roman Republic divided territory they conquered into ____________.

provinces

countries

states

continents

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Early Rome to Empire

Which of the following is a system of government where the people rule?

Which of the following is a system of government where the people elect representatives to make the laws?

Rome was founded on which river?

Which of the following cultures did NOT influence the Romans?

This culture influenced Roman mythology.

A dictator in ancient Rome was

The Roman Republic divided territory they conquered into ____________.

Gaul is a region in what modern-day country?

Which group of foreign tribes did NOT attack the Roman Empire?

According to the ancient legend the founders of Rome: Romulus and Remus were the sons of which Roman diety/god?

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