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Rome
Unit 7: Ancient Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adapt | use someone else's idea, but change it a little |
| two social groups from Rome | Patricians and Plebeians |
| republic | a government where people vote for representatives |
| Greeks | Romans took their ideas and adapted them |
| three Greek ideas that Romans adapted | columns, sports, religion |
| senate and consul | two parts of the Roman government |
| senate | 300 government men who voted on laws |
| consul | 2 government men who were in charge of the army |
| conflict | a disagreement or argument |
| Conflict of Orders | a disagreement between the Patricians (rich) and Plebeians (poor) |
| compromise | a deal where two sides agree |
| Conflict of Orders: compromise | (1) senate included 10 Plebeians (poor) (2) consul had 1 Patrician (rich) and 1 Plebeian (poor) (3) they wrote laws on the Twelve Tables |
| Who was happy about the Roman expansion? | Patricians (rich) |
| Who was UNhappy about the Roman expansion? | Plebeians (poor) |
| civil war | war against your own people |
| Rome and Carthage fought over the ___ | Mediterranean Sea |
| Pax Romana | time of peace |
| peninsula | a piece of land with water on 3 sides |
| decline | get weaker and eventually end |