Roman Republic key words

Question 1

Peninsula

Answer 1

a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

Question 2

Geographical advantages in Rome

Answer 2

Tiber River, Alps, 7 hills, Mediterranean

Question 3

What helped Rome flourish

Answer 3

adopted different cultures

Question 4

What were Rome’s most commonly traded objects

Answer 4

olive oil and wine

Question 5

What were the 7 hills homes for?

Answer 5

Political buildings and temples

Question 6

Legends

Answer 6

a story from the past that is accepted as truth but cannot be proven

Question 7

Who was the Trojan hero

Answer 7

Aeneas

Question 8

founders of Rome

Answer 8

Romulus and Remus

Question 9

Who raised Romulus and Remus

Answer 9

found by a wolf and raised by a sheperd

Question 10

753b.c.

Answer 10

Romulus became the first king of the city

Question 11

Different cultures in Rome

Answer 11

Latins, Eurticans, Greeks, and some Cathlics

Question 12

republic

Answer 12

a type of government in which citizens vote for their leaders

Question 13

patricians

Answer 13

a wealthy landowner in ancient Rome

Question 14

plebeian

Answer 14

a common person in ancient Rome

Question 15

494 b.c.

Answer 15

plebeians went on strike until they were able to get a say on what happens in Rome

Question 16

tribune

Answer 16

a representative who fought to protect the rights of ordinary citizens in ancient Rome (the lawors for the plebians)

Question 17

Twelve tables

Answer 17

a set of laws engraved in bronze suggested by the plebians

Question 18

what are the three branches

Answer 18

executive, legislative, and judicial

Question 19

executive

Answer 19

led the government in the army

Question 20

legislative

Answer 20

led the government in making the laws

Question 21

judicial

Answer 21

led the government in applying the laws

Question 22

consul

Answer 22

one of two chief leaders elected yearly in ancient Rome

Question 23

veto

Answer 23

to reject or prohibit

Question 24

who was Cicero

Answer 24

one of Rome’s greatest speakers

Question 25

dictator

Answer 25

a person who rules with total authority

Question 26

Cincinnatus

Answer 26

one of Rome’s dictators

Question 27

patriarchy

Answer 27

a type of society in which men have all the power

Question 28

aristocracy

Answer 28

an upper class that is riker and more powerful than the rest of society

Question 29

pantheon

Answer 29

the gods of a group of people or a civilization

Question 30

legionary

Answer 30

a professional soldier in ancient Rome

Question 31

Who fought between the Mediterranean control

Answer 31

Carthage and Rome

Question 32

264b.c.

Answer 32

The first punic war broke out between Carthage and Rome over the island of Sicily, afterwards Rome built a powerful navy

Question 33

241b.c.

Answer 33

Carthage surrendered to Rome

Question 34

who was scipio

Answer 34

a roman general

Question 35

second Punic war

Answer 35

hannibal led his army and elephants to defeat Rome by suprise

Question 36

province

Answer 36

an administrative district of a larger empire or country

Question 37

3rd punic war

Answer 37

Rome laid siege on Carthage and used catapults and won

Question 38

reform

Answer 38

a change to make the situation better

Question 39

civil war

Answer 39

a war between groups in the same country

Question 40

Juslius Cesar

Answer 40

political and general genius