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Rome - EMS
Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mountains in the northern part of Italy | Alps |
| market to exchange goods and ideas | forum |
| ruler with absolute authority | dictator |
| sea east of italy | Adriatic Sea |
| large Roman armies | legions |
| 2 chief officials elected to the Roman assembly | consuls |
| reason people settled in Rome | good for farming |
| social class of the gladiators | slaves |
| the war between Carthage and Rome | Punic Wars |
| Romulus and Remus were left by the river by this person | their uncle |
| the plebians elected these people | tribunes |
| Italy looks like this shape | boot |
| Julius Caesar was killed on this day | Ides of March |
| Virgil is known for these | poems |
| Julius Caesar was killed by these people | senators |
| the Roman road system made _________ easier | travel and trade |
| Jupiter is the same as __________ | Zeus |
| this was taken to count the people in Rome | census |
| gladiators fought here | colosseum |
| Rome had this type of government | Republic |
| 3 things the Golden Age is known for | democracy was created, art became popular, new architecture |
| slavery differences in with Athens and Sparta | Sprta- slaves were owned by the state, Athens- slaves could be bought and sold |
| why Rome fell | invasion by barbarians, country was split into 2 parts, bad rulers |
| name 3 Greek philosophers | Plato, Socrates, Aristotle |