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Rome
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forum | A Roman public meeting place |
| Dictatorship | A ruler who has almost absolute power |
| Senate | Roman officials who were appointed by the consuls |
| 1 of the city-state | Rome |
| Veto | To reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials |
| Latin | The language of the Romans |
| Arch | A structure that spans a space and supports structure and weight above it. |
| Aqueduct | A human-made raised channel that carries water from distant places |
| 3 sea | Adriatic Sea Ionian Sea Tyrrhenian Sea |
| 2 rivers | po and Tibers Rivers |
| THE LAW APPLIED TO | EVERYONE. |
| Oldest man in a famly owned What | all family property. |
| Men Could sell his own __________ or kill them! | children |
| Women had More what than Greeks. | freedom |
| What is a Republic | power is held by the people and their elected representatives |
| How did Roman religion change? | by masking with Uther's religion |
| Senators Had | great political power.Wealthiest nobles |
| Nobles and Patricians | Officials and advisors Landowners Rome’s ruling class. |
| Plebeians | Majority of the Roman class. Less wealthy craftspeople, merchants, and landowners. |
| Freedmen | Were once slaves, now free.Major restrictions on legal rights. |
| Slaves | Lowest Class No freedom Considered property of the land owners |
| What country is Rome found in? | Italy |
| What continent is Rome a part of? | Europe |
| What physical features are found on or around Italy? | 3 sea Alps apushuns plan |
| What physical features are found on or around Italy? | peninsula of Italy |
| City’s hills gave a natural what | natural defense from invaders |
| Small boats could go out to sea from | the city onto the Tiber River |
| River was too fast /dangerous for large ships to | attack Rome |
| First a what. | monarchy |
| Kings ruled as head of | army, chief priest, supreme judge |
| Built first buildings in the | forum. |
| Then a what | Republic |
| All free adult males could participate in what | government |
| By late 200s BC, Rome ruled all of | Italy |
| Legion | basic unit of the Roman army |
| Maniple | unit of 60-160 soldiers who formed a solid line. |
| Loyal allies were given | Roman citizenship and voting rights. |
| Checks and Balances | A system that balances the distribution of power in a government |
| PATRICIANS | Could hold public offices. Performed religious ceremonies. Once controlled all aspects of Government. |
| Italy is mostly | mountains and flat plains. |
| APENNINES | Mountain range that runs down the center of the Italian peninsula. |
| ALPS | mountain range that separates Italy from the rest of Europe. |
| Several rivers provided water and | trade routes flow out of Italy’s mountains. |
| Romulus & Remus | two people how made Rome |
| What saved them | she-wolf |
| As adults they founded the city, but fought over the | name of Rome. |
| who killed who | Romulus killed Remus |
| giving the city the name what | Rome |
| Roman forum | an open area in a city with public buildings temples and markets |
| Approx. 800 B.C. archeologists discovered that | people settled in Rome |
| hew could participate in government. | All free adult males |
| What is a republic? | People elect leaders to govern them. |
| ROME WAS NOT A | DEMOCRACY!Only a small group of wealthy & powerful men had say in how the government was ran. |
| As Rome grew - connected with other what | Italian peoples |
| As Rome grew - connected with other Italian peoples and borrowed what | cultures. |
| 700 BC Greeks settled in S. Italy and taught the Romans | Greek culture. |
| Romans identified with Greek what | mythology gods and made their own with the Greek. |
| Adopted what | heroes and legends as their own |
| Believed Virgil, a Roman writer of the Aeneid and character Aeneas what | was their ancestor |
| Etruscans were most what in Italy. | powerful |
| Influenced Roman culture | skilled artists, builders, sailors, and traders. |
| Legion | groups of up to 6,000 soldiers. |
| There were _____ wars fought between Rome and Carthage. | 3 |
| is a city in northern Africa | Carthage |
| Rome | STRONG ARMY |
| CARTHAGE | STRONG NAVY |
| 3 what fought over Sicily. | wars |
| Carthage sent what to Sicily so Rome sent their what in response | armies army |
| Lasted ____ years. | 23 |
| won! Took control of Sicily | Rome |
| Led by a Carthaginian genral named | Hannibal |
| Hannibal invaded _____ from the north with soldiers, horses, & elephants. 218 BC | Italy |
| Hannibal defeated all ______ troops, but could not win the war. | Roman |
| 204 BC Had to return to _______ because Rome was attacking. | Carthage |
| Rome sent an army to Africa to destroy ______ | Carthage |
| Rome easily | won |
| Rome _______ the city, _______ most of its people, and sold the rest of the people into ________ | burned killed slavery |
| Rome took control of ___________________& the majority of countries along the __________________ Sea | Northern Africa Mediterranean Sea |
| Who fought in the Punic wars | Rome and Carthage |
| Became first _________ and changed name to Augustus | emporer |
| 2nd 1st 3RD WAR what were thares names | PUNIC WARS |
| Hannibal ended up taking his life so that he wouldn’t become a Roman __________ | prisoner |
| Became first _________ and changed name to Augustus | emporer |
| 2nd 1st 3RD WAR what were thares names | PUNIC WARS |
| Hannibal ended up taking his life so that he wouldn’t become a Roman __________ | prisoner |
| hew Could not vote, attend assemblies, or hold office. | Women |
| Most important role | Have children and raise them to follow traditions |
| Wealthy | Earned $ from agriculture. Owned large farms or businesses. Grew rich from what people (slaves) produced. Men looked after business while women supervised slaves at home and children. |
| Common People | Most lived in cramped apartments without running water.Poorly built homes, disease, crime, fire dangers.Worked a variety of jobs: tenant farms, laborers, ran stores, taverns, and restaurants. |
| Common People | Most lived in cramped apartments without running water.Poorly built homes, disease, crime, fire dangers.Worked a variety of jobs: tenant farms, laborers, ran stores,taverns, and restaurants. |
| Civil Law | A legal system based on a written code of laws |
| ROMANS DIDN’T WANT TO RULED BY ONE | man |
| TO MAKE SURE NO ONE PERSON BECAME TOO | POWERFUL |
| SPLIT THE OFFICE BY ELECTING __ OR MORE | 2 men |
| groups of up to 6,000 soldiers. | Legion |
| THE LAW APPLIED TO | EVERYONE |
| LOOKED AFTER $ OF ROME WERE ALSO JUDGES | CONSULS MAGISTRATES |
| ROME’S CONSTITUTION | A SYSTEM OF RULES BY WHICH A GOVERNMENT IS ORGANIZED |
| UNLIKE U.S. CONSTITUTION IT WAS | UNWRITTEN |
| BASED ON TRADITION AND | CUSTOM |
| EACH COULD _____ THE OTHER | VETO |
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