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Rome study cards
There are 10 questions and 7 define questions
Question | Answer |
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What happened after the Tiber Marshland was drained ? | _ The reclaimed areas as a forum _ A temple to the Latin`s great god , Jupiter was constructed |
By the 7th century Rome was developing an identity . List 2 things that Rome accomplished. | _ Built a bridge over the Tiber _ Founded a seaport downriver at ostia _ Roman forces destroyed a rival Latin city called Alba Longa |
Why was it important for the Romans to trade with the Greek Traders ? | Victory goes to the state with the highest culture |
When Rome was founded who controlled the government ? | Nobles ( patricans _ protective fathers ) |
Who was the government designed to protect ? | Wealth and power of nobles |
What does the idea of of "guns and butter " mean ? | You cant spend a dollar on guns or you can spend it on butter but you cant spend it on both. |
List and describe the 3 branches of government . Give 2 details for each branch. | ( the senate ) _ Oldest branch most powerful controlled by patricians. _ controlled foreign policy taxes and expenditures ( Tridunes ) _ elected by the plebian`s citizen assembly _ worked to gain rights for plebians (the consuls ) _ Citizen assembl |
When the patricians wrote 12 laws where did they post laws ? | In the Forum |
Even though king Pyrruhus beat Rome`s forces again and again how did the Romans win the war ? | -Rome supplied a steady stream of reinforcements |
How did the Roman army change to deal with tougher enemies ? | - looser in structure than phalant - bound together with discipline |
Define cumbersome | clumsy |
Define radial | big change |
Define plebeians | common people |
Define patricians | nobles |
Define oligarchy | a goverrnment run run by a small group of important powerful rich people |
Define republic | a form of government in which citizens representatives to speak or act for them |
Define phalanx | a tight_ packed for mation of heavily armored infantry with long spears capable of smashing opposing forces by sheer momentum. |