chapter 10

Question 1

Aeneas

Answer 1

Trojan hero

Question 2

Romulus and Remus

Answer 2

founders were twin brothers

Question 3

republic

Answer 3

people elect leaders to govern them

Question 4

dictators

Answer 4

rulers with almost absolute power

Question 5

Cincinnatus

Answer 5

who gained power in 458 BC

Question 6

plebeians

Answer 6

or common people

Question 7

patricians

Answer 7

nobles

Question 8

magistrates

Answer 8

officials

Question 9

consuls

Answer 9

the two most powerful magistrates in Rome

Question 10

Roman Senate

Answer 10

was a council o wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city’s leaders

Question 11

veto

Answer 11

prohibit

Question 12

Latin

Answer 12

the Romans’ language

Question 13

checks and balances

Answer 13

methods to balance power

Question 14

Forum

Answer 14

roman public meeting place

Question 15

legions

Answer 15

group of up to 6,000 soldiers

Question 16

Punic Wars

Answer 16

a series of wars against Carthage, a city in northern Africa

Question 17

Hannibal

Answer 17

set out of Rome

Question 18

Gaius Marius

Answer 18

encourage poor people to join the army

Question 19

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Answer 19

became consul in 88 BC

Question 20

Spartacus

Answer 20

roes up and demanded freedom