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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which type of government below was developed by the Romans?
Democracy
Monoarchy
Theocracy
Republic
Which of the following governments is a synonym for republic?
Direct democracy
Representative Democracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Which of the following is the best definition of Reprenstative Democracy?
A government ruled by a small group of people
A government that is ruled by the citizens
A government where citizens elect people to represent them and make laws on their behalf, instead of always voting directly on laws and other government actions
A government that is ruled by a king or queen
Which of the following is the best definiton of checks and balances as they were put in place by the Roman government?
A teacher put a check mark on a student's paper
A system that keeps one part of the government from being more important or more powerful than another part
a government that allows the king or the queen to make all the decisions for the citizens
a government where the leader thinks they are god or part god
Which of the following is the best defintion of civic participation?
Participating in athletic events
Participating in a circus
formal and informal activities, such as voting, volunteering, participating in group activities, and community gardening
sending missionaries along the Silk Road to spread religious ideas
Which of the following is a definition of the Twelve Tables?
a set of laws inscribed on 12 bronze tablets created in ancient Rome and posted in the Roman Forum for all to see
A set of rules for people to live by that was given to Moses by God
The world's first set of 282 written laws that were posted for all to see
A set of rules written in the Tanakh that guided the daily life of the Jewish nation
The idea of the "Rule of Law" was started in Athens, Greece. Which of the following is an example of the "Rule of Law" as used by the Romans?
It is a rule that you should obey the law
The idea that the law should apply to all people equally within the empire
The idea that there should not be any laws
People make up their own rules and laws
Which of the following is the best example of civic participation?
During a time when there was a threat to the Roman Republic, Cincinnatus became the dictator to lead them until the emergency was over
The people voted for Caesar Augustus to become the first emperor of Rome
Women got the right to vote in ancient Rome
Cincinnatus became a farmer
How did the Roman Republic use the system of checks and balances in their government system?
Consuls and Tribunes could veto each other
Each branch of the government could write a check to the other brances to keep a balanced accounty
The ideas ensured that every citizen had equal rights
Those ideas ensured that every citizen obeyed the laws
The Roman govenment was divided into three branches, the Senate, the Consuls and the Assemblies? Which of the following was the best reason the Roman government was divided into these three groups?
because they could divide all the citizens into 3 groups evenly
The Romans created 3 brances of the government to set up a set of checks and balances to keep any one branch from becoming to powerful
Because Christians believe God is divided into three parts, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
Because the Greeks had 3 major gods, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
