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Rome Cards
Study Cards for Ancient Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does FORUM mean? | A Roman public meeting place |
| What does DICTATORSHIP mean? | A ruler who has almost absolute power |
| What does EMPIRE mean? | Land with different territories and people under a single rule |
| What does EMPEROR mean? | Name of the Roman ruler during the imperial age |
| What does PATRICIANS mean? | The Nobles in Roman society |
| What does PLEBEIANS mean? | The common people of Ancient Rome |
| What does CONSULS mean? | The two most powerful officials in Rome |
| What does SENATE mean? | Roman officials who were appointed by the consuls |
| What does VETO mean? | To reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials |
| What does CHECKS AND BALANCES mean? | A system that balances the distribution of power in a government |
| What does LATIN mean? | The language of the Romans |
| What does ARCH mean? | A structure that spans a space and supports structure and weight above it. |
| What does AQUEDUCT mean? | A human-made raised channel that carries water from distant places |
| What does CIVIL LAW mean? | A legal system based on a written code of laws |
| What does PAX ROMANA mean? | Roman peace, a general time of peace and prosperity in Roman empire. |
| What are the 3 seas? | Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Who are the main 2 characters in the legend of Rome? | Remus, and Romulus |
| Who did they learn many things from? | Greeks, and Phoenicians |
| What landscape gave Rome a natural defense from attack? | Hills around the city |
| What group of people settled in Italy in 700 B.C? | The ancient Greeks |
| Who were the Etruscans? | The most powerful people in central Italy when Rome was founded |
| What other culture did the Romans accept? | They accepted Greek legends and heroes as their own |
| What is a Chimera? | A legendary beast with a lions body, the heads of a lion and a goat, and a tail that ends in a snakes head |
| Where is Rome located? | It's located on the western side of Italy |
| By the ---'s A.D Rome was the largest city in the world. | 300's A.D |
| Rome began in the ---'s B.C. | 800's B.C |
| What country is Rome in? | Italy |
| What continent is Rome in? | Europe |
| Where is Italy is Rome found? | The Italian peninsula |
| Italy is mostly what? | Mountains and flat plains |
| Tiber river flows near what? | Rome |
| Po river flows near what? | The Alps |
| What river were the twins thrown into? | The Tiber river |
| What animal saved the twins? | A she-wolf |
| Who was the city named after? | Romulus because he killed Remus |
| Archaeologists found that people lived in Rome when? | 800 B.C |
| What did the Romans have access to near the Tiber river? | A port |
| What type of boat could go into the sea from the port? | A small boat |
| Why couldn't large ships enter Rome? | The river was too dangerous |
| What is a republic? | People elect leaders to govern them |
| Rome was not a what? | Democracy |
| By ---'s B.C Rome ruled all of Italy? | 200's B.C |
| Servants and slaves were part of what? | The family |
| What is a Maniple? | A group of 60-160 soldiers formed in a straight line |
| Patricians could not marry... | Marry plebians |
| Patricians could not hold... | Hold office |
| Patricians preformed... | Religious ceremonies |
| Patricians once... | Controlled all aspects of government |
| Plebians paid... | Paid taxes |
| Plebians could be sold... | Into slavery if in debt |
| Plebians could work as... | Peasants, craftspeople, traders, and other workers |
| Plebians gained... | Right to participate in government |
| How long did the Roman republic last? | 500 years |
| Romans did not elect one leader but how many? | 2 leaders called a consul |
| In Latin what does "veto" mean? | "I forbid" |
| Only citizens could wear what? | Togas |
| What are the 3 branches of the Roman government? | Magistrates, The Senate, and Assemblies |
| The Assemblies elected what? | Magistrates |
| Roman citizens were divided into 2 groups what were they? | Patricians, and Plebians |
| Some Plebians were what? | Wealthy |
| Who did the twins meet at the end of legend? | Their grandpa |
| Tribunes could veto what? | They could veto laws |
| Men ruled what? | Their family |
| Oldest man in the family owned what? | The property |
| They had what over the family? | Absolute power |
| Men could what to their own children? | Sell or kill them |
| Women had more what than the Greeks? | More freedom |
| Women were allowed to own what? | Personal property |
| Women could have a what? | Active social life |
| Women could not what? | Vote, and not hold office |
| Most important role for women? | Have children and raise them to follow traditions |
| Wealthy earned money from what? | Agriculture |
| Wealthy owned what? | Owned large farms or businesses |
| Wealthy grew rich from what? | What slaves produced |
| Men looked after what? | Business |
| Women supervised what? | Slaves and children |
| Most common people lived in what? | Cramped apartments |
| Common people were in danger of what? | Disease, and fire |
| Common people worked as what? | Tenant farms, laborers, ran stores, taverns, and restaurants |
| Slaves were what? | Bought and captured |
| What percentile were slaves in 1 B.C? | 40% |
| Slaves had? | No rights |
| Some slaves were in? | Harsh conditions |
| Some slaves worked for? | Wealthy masters |
| Some slaves were what? | Educated |
| Some slaves what? | Fought back |
| Spartacus led an army of what? | Rebel slaves |
| What happened when Spartacus led an army? | The Romans caught him and the slaves |
| What did senators have? | Great political power |
| What were senators? | The wealthiest nobles |
| What were nobles and patricians? | Officials and advisors, landowners, and Rome's ruling class |
| Plebians were also know as? | "Plebs" |
| Plebians were most of what? | The Roman class |
| Plebians were? | Less wealthy, craftspeople, landowners, and merchants |
| Freedmen were once? | Slaves, now free |
| Freedmen had major restrictions on what? | Their legal rights |
| Slaves were the lowest what? | Lowest class |
| Slaves had no what? | No freedom |
| Slaves were considered what? | Property of the landowner |
| How did Roman religion change? | The Romans picked up other cultures such as Greek mythology |
| Men were limited by what? | Custom |
| Women could attend what? | Parties, theater, and religious rituals |
| Men had a lot more rights than? | Women |
| Rome's constitution was? | Unwritten |
| Senates advised who? | The consuls |
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