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Ancient Rome
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why were settlers attracted to Italy's location? | Because of its flat plains ideal for farming and raising animals. Also because of its mountains, river, and steep hills |
| Italy's flat plains were ideal for what? | For growing and raising crops |
| What crops and animals did the Italians raise? | They raised, wheat, grapes, olives and sheep |
| What was the tiber river used for? | The Tiber river was used to ship goods between the southern and northern Italy. |
| The passes in the Apennie mountains allowed for what? | For trade to move throughput Italy. |
| People could easily travel to where? | Europe, Asia, Africa |
| Romes location on the seven steep hills provided them with what? | Protection from enemies |
| Romes location was far enough up river to what? | Escape from enemies/ sea going pirates |
| When did the Roman republic begin? | When the Romans overthrew the Etruscan king |
| Julius Caesar gave what to his soldiers and did what to generals that opposed him? | He gave land to his soldiers and defeated generals that opposed him |
| Julius Caesar only appointed who to be gov officials and gave plenty of citizenships to who? | He appointed only government officials who were loyal to him and also gave lots of citizenships to non- Romans |
| What good things did Julius Caesar do? | create jobs for the unemployed and also created the Julian calendar |
| Julius Caesar was murdered by who? | Senate enemies |
| What good things did Augustus do to the Roman empire? | Give food to the poor, rebuilt many public buildings, created a professional army, made the empire easy to protect by using natural barriers |
| Augustus created what to oversee Roman provinces? | Proconsul |
| Augustus was... | The first emperor of Rome! |
| Galen introduced ideas about what that influenced the western world? | anatomy |
| Plotemy studied the what? | The sky and mapped over 1000 different stars |
| Romans built what to bring freshwater from the hills to the cities? | Aquaducts |
| The Romans were the first to master the usage of what materials? | Concrete, volcanic ash, lime, and water |
| The Roman poet Virgil wrote what poem the told the story of the founding of Rome? | The Aeneid |
| Latin was the basis fro what modern languages? | Spanish, French, and Italian |
| Romans believed what about the law? | That everyone was equal under the law and were innocent until proven guilty and that judges should decide cases fairly. |
| Rome's strong and disciplined army helped them what? | win battles, protect their huge empire |
| Good roads and transportation made it easy to what? | Move goods, soldiers, and information across the empire |
| What does Pax Romana mean? and what was this era in Roman life? | Pax Romana means peace and stability and this era was when the Romans lived peacefully for about 200 years, helping people live better and for trade to flourish |
| Rome's smart government created laws that protected what and who? | Peoples rights and they helped keep order all throughout the empire |
| The Romans learned from what other cultures? | The Greeks |
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