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Rome (Jewell)
| Ancient Rome | Rome |
|---|---|
| Estruscan King whose harsh rule caused the Romans Overthrow the Monarchy and Set up thier Republic | Tarquin the Proud |
| Number of Government Branches in the Roman Republic | Three |
| People who set up a monarchy in Rome and brought many Greek ideas with them | Etruscans |
| Had a one year term because the Romans feared any one person gaining too much power | Consuls |
| The oldest and most powerful branch of the Roman Government | Senate |
| The Senate was controlled by Rome's ___________. | Patricians |
| The plebeians formed a citizen assembly that elected a branch of the government called the __________. | Tribunes |
| Govenment in which the people select or elect their leaders. | Republic |
| After the death of this leader, influence in the Mediterranean slowly shifted from Greec to Rome. | Alexander the Great |
| The ________________ migrated from central Europe to the Italian peninsula around 1000 B.C. | Etruscans |
| The legendary founders of Rome | Romulus and Remus |
| These mountains run along the northern border of Italy | Alps |
| These mountains run down the center of the Italian Peninsula | Apinnines |
| Fertile plain located on the west coast of central Italy | Latium |
| River that flows through the Latium Plain | Tiber |
| What did the ash from volcanoes give the Latium Plain | Fertile Soil |
| Grapes the Romans most important crop gave them what popular item to trade | Wine |
| What erupted in 79 AD. preserving the town of Pompeii and giving us a glimpse of everyday life in Rome | Mount Vesuvius |
| The father and oldest male was the head of the house hold and Romans called this custom | Paterfamilias |
| Spacious homes of wealthy Romans | Villas |
| Women had the right to own property and businesses but could not do what | Vote |
| The art of public speaking | Oratory |
| Romans spoke and wrote in what language | Latin |
| By what age were girls considered fully grown and allowed to be married | 14 |
| Losing a war, owing a debt and being convicted of a crime are all ways that a person could become what | A slave |
| Romans borrowed many customs including art, architecture,religion and ideas of government from ___________. | Greece |
| The river that runs along norther Italy | PO |
| The wealthy class in Roman Society | Patricians |
| The middle class in Roman Society | Plebieans |
| The Greek God Zeus is who in Rome | Jupiter |
| The Greek God Hades is who in Rome | Pluto |
| Means "I forbid" | Veto |
| Name of Region in the Middle East that was on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea | Judea |
| Christians believe he is the Messiah | Jesus |
| The Greek word for Messiah | Christos |
| A religion based on the teachings of Jesus | Christianity |
| Collection of books based on the life and teachings of Jesus and part of the Christian Bible | New Testament |
| Two apostles who are credited with organizing the Christian Religion | Peter and Paul |
| Title given to the Bishop of Rome | Pope |
| Person who dies for a cause | Martyr |
| Roman name for Judea | Palestine |
| Roman emperor who reunited the Roman empire and moved the Capital to Costantinople | Constantine |
| Emperor who became a supporter of Christianity | Constantine |
| Year in which the western portion of the Roman Empire Fell | 476 A.D. |
| The worlds largest religion today | Christianity |
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