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Rome - EMS
Chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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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 |