Ancient Rome

Question 1

A system of government in which the head of the state is not a monarch

Answer 1

Republic

Question 2

The myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins

Answer 2

Romulus and Remus

Question 3

Name the Roman King of the gods(whose symbol was a thunderbolt)

Answer 3

Jupiter

Question 4

A powerful North African naval and trading city from the third century

Answer 4

Carthage

Question 5

The name of the plain in Italy where the Romans originated

Answer 5

Latium

Question 6

The name of the people that lived to the north of Latium,who controlled Rome before the Romans rebelled

Answer 6

Etruscans Kings

Question 7

Rebelled

Answer 7

resist authority, control, or convention.

Question 8

The name of the Carthanginan general who rode an elephant into battle against the Romans in the 2nd Punic war

Answer 8

Hannibal

Question 9

True or false-the Roman conquered Britain but never Scotland

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Goods or property taken from a defeated enemy after a battle

Answer 10

Loot

Question 11

Etruria

Answer 11

The Etruscans lived in Etruria.It is located where now Tuscany,Lazio(central Italy)

Question 12

Members of aristocratic families that founded the Republic of Rome

Answer 12

Patricians

Question 13

Why did Romans see Christianity as a threat?

Answer 13

Because Christians refused to worship the emperor,only their own God.They were giving hope to the slaves and workers encouraging them to rebelle

Question 14

What is a Civil War

Answer 14

A civil war is a war between rival fractions within a state or country

Question 15

Who were the patricians?

Answer 15

The Patricians were members of the aristocratic families that found the Republic.

Question 16

Who were the plebeians?

Answer 16

The plebeians are all non-patrician citizens of Rome.

Question 17

What are bureaucrats?

Answer 17

Bureaucrats are government officals

Question 18

What does it mean to be conscripted?

Answer 18

Being conscripted means to be forced to become a soldier

Question 19

Who are infantry soldiers?

Answer 19

Infantry soldiers are foot soldiers which means that they take flight on the ground.

Question 20

What is a aquaduct?

Answer 20

A structure built to carry water over long distances

Question 21

Which countries were part of the Roman Empire?

Answer 21

Egypt,Spain,Israel,France,parts of Germany,Greece,Turkey,

Belgium

Question 22

The fall of the Roman Empire

Answer 22

The Roman Empire fell because there were more plebeians than patricians meaning they would attack with more people(civil wars) Christianity,The attackings by the Barbarians,moral decline,the economic collapse and declining health.

Question 23

REVISE ABOUT THE ROMAN SOLDIER

Answer 23

In book

Question 24

Explain the myth of Romulus and Remus

Answer 24

Romulus and Remus were twin brothers that were abandoned by their family and was raised by a she-wolf on the site of Rome .As grown men they began fighting and then Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome.