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Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What river is on the Italian Peninsula? | Tiber River |
| Where did the Tiber River Pass by? | Italian Peninsula |
| What river stretches 650 miles southward? | Mediterranean Sea |
| What town spreads across seven low hills? | Rome |
| Who killed the emperor in 509 B.C.? | Tarquin |
| Who was the man that made sure that he took the throne from Tarquin? | Junius Brutus |
| Who were the most wealthiest and most powerful people called? | Patricians |
| About 90% of roman people were called what? | Plebeians |
| What is it called when people have the right to vote? | Republic |
| Who was the Roman representatives that served in the governing body which was what? | Senate |
| Who are officials who managed the government and the army? | Consuls |
| Who was a man that has all power and none stopping him? | Dictator |
| Who were men that were appointed by Senates to protect the rights of plebeians? | Tribunes |
| What was a city-state located i north Africa in about 300 B.C.? | Carthage |
| What war lasted nearly 120 years? | Punic Wars |
| Who has the man that launched an invasion from Spain? | Hannibal |
| Who attacked Carthage? | Scipio |
| What is the sense of pride in one's country? | Patriotism |
| Who was one of the most famous generals in Rome? | Caesers |
| Who conquered modern day France, the British Isles, and Belgium? | Julius Caesar |
| What stretched more than 350 miles south and east of Rome? | Appian Way |
| Who were rulers of empires? | Emperor |
| Who was the emperor in 27 B.C.? | Augustus |
| Who was a cruel and mentally unstable emperor?` | Caligula |
| Who else was a bad of an Emperor as Caligula? | Nero |
| Who was the greatest emperor of "The Five Good Emperors"? | Marcus Aurelius |
| What is a Roman Arena that could hold of up to 50,000 people? | Colosseum |
| What was the name of professional fighters? | Gladiators |
| Jesus spread what type of religion? | Christianity |
| Who spread Christianity? | Jesus |
| Most of what we know about Jesus' life comes from what book? | New Testament |
| What was the name of the books that told Jesus' life? | Gospels |
| What was the name for the worship of the Jewish people? | Synagogues |
| What were the people who helped Jesus spread the word of god to people? | Apostles |
| Who were the small group of men that Jesus assemble to help him spread the word of god? | Disciples |
| Who was a savior or rescues? | Messiah |
| What was the name when a person was punished fore their beliefs? | Persecuted |
| What made Christianity equal to other religions? | Constatine |
| Who made Christianity the main religion in Rome? | Theodosius |
| Marcus Aurelius named his son what? | Commodus |
| What emperor introduced a number of reforms? | Diocletian |
| What City-state was named after Emperor Constantine? | Constantinople |
| What church was to the east of Rome? | Byzantine Orthodox Church |
| What church was to the west of Rome? | Roman Catholic Church |