WorksheetsChapter 10- SS
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
The 2 most powerful magistrates are called?
consuls
plebians
republic
tripartite
A ______ is a war between citizens of the same country.
veto
patricians
Civil War
republic
The __________ is a mountain range that runs the length of the Italian Peninsula.
checks and balances
Apennines
dictators
plebeians
The common people, or ______, of Rome wanted more say in how their city was run.
checks and balances
civil war
legions
plebeians
Groups of up to 6,000 soldiers were called ________?
legions
dictators
republic
tripartite
Tribunes had the ability to _____, or prohibit, actions by other officials.
consuls
veto
Cincinnatus
legions
Rome was run by powerful nobles called __________?
plebeians
patricians
consul
legions
During difficult war times, Rome chose _______ to lead the city.
legions
consuls
dictators
veto
Rome developed a __________ government, or a three-part government.
republic
tripartite
veto
legions
_________ keep any one part of a government from becoming stronger than the others.
checks and balances
republic
civil war
appennines
In a ______ people elect leaders to govern them.
legion
Civil War
consuls
republic
In geographic terms, Italy is
a peninsula
a mountain
a continent
a plateau
The center of life in ancient Rome was the
Palatine Hill
Forum
temple
Capitoline Hill
What was the most important effect the killing of the Gracchus brother had on Roman politics?
Romans saw that violence could be used as a political weapon
Lucius Cornelius Sulla named himself dictator
The Romans formed a tripartite government
What role does the system of check and balances play in the U.S. government?
It is a kind of constitution.
It controls the banking system.
It guarantees that everyone gets to vote.
It prevents each branch from overpowering the others.
The official language of ancient Rome
Greek
English
Romans
Latin
This group ruled over Rome before the establishment of the Republic.
Macedonians
Etruscans
Romans
Greeks
The Punic Wars were fought between
Carthage/India
Rome/Egypt
Rome/Greece
Rome/Carthage
Rome was supposedly founded by
Romulus/Remus
Romulus/Aeneas
Remus/Hannibal
Remus/Cincinnatus
The winner of the Punic War
Carthage
Rome
Egypt
Greece
Which of the following characteristics did not apply to Roman government?
system of checks and balances
sense of civic duty
written code of laws
equality of all people
__________________________ was a consul who became a dictator in Rome in 88 BC after a civil war against
Gaius Marius, and he used his power to punish his enemies, and name himself dictator!
Gaius Marius
Spartacus
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Gaius Marius was a former gladiator who led thousands of slaves in a rebellion.
True
False
The main river that runs through the city of Rome is called the _________________ River.
Tigris
Tiber
Roman
Tigger
Hannibal marches his elephants and army to attack the city of Rome but the walls of Rome are too
strong, so Hannibal marches through Italy defeating the Romans time and time again. Scipio attacks
Carthage. Hannibal finally loses at Zama. This description is from which of the following battles?
3rd Punic War
2nd Punic War
1st Punic War
Peloponnesian War
Roman Law was first recorded in the:
Law of Nations
12 Tables
Code of Justinian
Hammurabi's Code
Which Social group of the Roman Republic made up the majority of the people?
slaves
Patricians
Tribunes
Plebeians
Who were the representatives of the Plebeian class?
Senators
Consuls
Tribunes
Dictators
Who wrote the Aeneid?
Virgil
Homer
John Hammersmith
Mr. Carr
