Chapter 8

Question 1

men in First Triumverate

Answer 1

Crassus, Pompey, Julius Caesar

Question 2

Cicero was Rome’s greatest…?

Answer 2

public speaker

Question 3

a rich people that greatly influenced the growth of Rome

Answer 3

Etruscans

Question 4

plebian jobs

Answer 4

artisans, shopkeepers, owners of small farms

Question 5

human-made channel for carrying water long distances

Answer 5

aqueduct

Question 6

First Punic War (winner/loser/date)

Answer 6

Rome defeated Carthage in 241 B.C.

Question 7

latifundia

Answer 7

large farming estates worked by enslaved people

Question 8

port city on the Bay of Naples

Answer 8

Puteoli

Question 9

job of praetors

Answer 9

interpreted law & acted as judges

Question 10

an island that is part of Italy

Answer 10

Sicily

Question 11

founders of the city of Rome

Answer 11

Romulus & Remus

Question 12

group that could hold political office in early Rome

Answer 12

patricians

Question 13

when Romans took over most of Italy

Answer 13

267 B.C.

Question 14

Hadrian’s Wall (where and why)

Answer 14

built to defend Rome (keep out Picts & Scots in Britain)

Question 15

important political reform in 287 B.C.

Answer 15

Council of Plebs could pass laws

Question 16

helped Rome’s trade

Answer 16

currency

Question 17

Octavian’s title

Answer 17

Augustus

Question 18

significance of March 15, 44 B.C.

Answer 18

Ides of March–Caesar murdered

Question 19

Twelve Tables

Answer 19

Rome’s first written laws

Question 20

cause of Second Punic War

Answer 20

Carthage attacked Rome