Ancient Rome - Study Guide

Which geographic feature helped Rome to establish an empire?

• Atlantic Ocean

• The Red Sea

• Appennines Mt.

• Mediterranean Sea

Match the location to the impact it had on the development of Rome.

• The Mediterranean Sea

• home to major trade routes

• The Alps

• natural boundary & defense in the north

• Italian Peninsula

• less rugged; Romans built roads

• The Apennines Mts.

• 4,700 miles of coastline

How did the Etruscans and the Greeks influence the Romans? (2 correct answers)

• They copied their monarchy type of government

• They set up their social structure similarly to them.

• They influenced their clothing and religion.

• They influenced their art and writing.

Place each item under the social class it describes in the early Roman Republic.

Groups:

(a) Patricians

,

(b) Plebians

,

(c) Enslaved People

• government officials, priests, and wealthy landowners

• farmers, laborers, artisans, and merchants

• had no rights or power

• may have been captured in a Roman conquest

• could hold public office

• could vote, but could not hold public office (at first)

Why did the Roman Republic have two consuls instead of one?

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  to provide checks and balances so neither leader got too powerful

• so one consul could stay in the west empire and the other one stayed in the east

• so one consul could lead the Senate and the other one was in charge of the empire

Greece and Rome had different types of government. Sort each characteristic based on whether it was more likely to be part of Greece's or Rome's government.

Groups:

(a) Greece

,

(b) Rome

• citizens were expected to serve government roles

• two elected consuls

• the assembly was open for citizens to attend

• the Senate is made to make laws

Why did the Romans utilize dictators?

• if an army was loyal to a specific general rather than the Roman state

• if someone overthrew the consuls

• if the Roman government needed a powerful leader during a crisis

• if the patricians were unhappy with the Senate’s decisions

What was the purpose of the Roman forum?

• It was a fertile place for farming.

• It separated the plebeians and patricians.

• It gave people a place to meet in public.

• It gave the Roman army a place to train.

Think about the rights and restrictions that women had in the Roman Republic.

Place each item according to whether both women and men had the right, or only men did.

Groups:

(a) Women and Men

,

(b) Men only

• vote

• citizens

• join the military

• wealthy would be educated to read and write

What effect did the use of centurions, cohorts, and legions have on the Roman Army?

• They allowed more people to volunteer.

• They kept the army together as one solid group during battle.

• They allowed a large force of soldiers to move in a variety of formations.

• They made soldiers more loyal..