Chapter 10 Period 1

Question 1

a government with 3 parts

Answer 1

tripartite government

Question 2

nobles; the most powerful citizens of Rome

Answer 2

patricians

Question 3

government in which people elect their leaders

Answer 3

republic

Question 4

rulers with almost absolute power

Answer 4

dictators

Question 5

Rome’s common people

Answer 5

plebeians

Question 6

groups of soldiers

Answer 6

legions

Question 7

Rome’s most powerful magistrates

Answer 7

consuls

Question 8

Who had the power to veto actions by other government officials?

Answer 8

tribunes

Question 9

What did the Gracchus brothers want to create for poor Romans?

Answer 9

farms

Question 10

Who led a slave revolt against Rome?

Answer 10

Spartacus

Question 11

Punic Wars were wars between Rome and ______________.

Answer 11

Carthage

Question 12

Name the farmer who was chosen to be a Roman dictator.

Answer 12

Cincinnatus

Question 13

The Law of the Twelve Tables was displayed in the ______________.

Answer 13

Forum

Question 14

Magistrates stayed in office for a year, but ____________ stayed in office for life.

Answer 14

senators

Question 15

After the Gracchus brothers were killed, Romans began to see violence as a _____________________________.

Answer 15

political weapon

Question 16

Why did the patricians decide to change the Roman government and give plebeians more rights?

Answer 16

Plebeians formed a council and elected their own officials

Question 17

Why did the Roman government have checks and balances?

Answer 17

to prevent one part of the government from becoming too powerful