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Where is Rome located

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In the mediterranean basin

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What mountain range did Rome have for protection

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The Alps

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What was the social structure in Ancient Rome

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Patricians, Plebeians, Slaves

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What were the patricians

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Powerful nobility, very little of them

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What were the Plebeians

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The majority of the population

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Who were citizens

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Patrician and plebeian men and selected foreigners

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What were the rights and responsibilities of citizens

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Taxes and military service

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What were the laws of Rome called

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The twelve tables

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What were consuls

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The highest power in the democratic government besides the emperor

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What kind of government did ancient Rome have

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Representative democracy

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Who were aliens

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Non-Romans living in the republic

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What was the punic war

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Rome vs Carthage, 264-146 BC

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13
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Who invaded the Italian peninsula

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Hannibal

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Who won the Punic war

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Rome

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What replaced the Roman republic

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An imperial regime, the Roman empire

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What is a triumvirate

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A government where the power is shared between three people

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How did Augustus Caesar establish the Roman empire

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By instituting civil service, rule by law, common coinage, and secure travel/trade throughout Rome

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What was the Pax Romana

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200 years of peace and prosperity under imperial rule

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What was the social impact of the Pax Romana

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Returned stability to social classes and increased emphasis on family

20
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What religion did christianity have its roots in

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Judaism

21
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Who established the Christian doctrine

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Church councils

22
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Who converted to christianity and made it legal

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Constantine

23
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The church became the main unifying force of _______ ______

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Western Europe

24
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What made it difficult to defend the Western Roman Empire

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Geographic size

25
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What were the reasons for the decline in Western Rome

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Geographic size, economy, military costs, moral decay, political problems, and invasion

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Who moved the capital from Rome to Byzantine/Constantinople

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Constantine

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What was the last year Rome had an emperor

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476 AD (CE)

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What were the architectural contributions of ancient Rome

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The Pantheon, the Colosseum, and the Forum

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What were the technological contributions of ancient Rome

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Roads, aqueducts, and Roman arches

30
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What were the scientifical contributions of ancient Rome

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Ptolemy

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What were the medical contributions of ancient Rome

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Emphasis on public health, (public baths, public water, and medical schools)

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What were the contributions of ancient Rome in languages

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Latin and romance languages

33
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What were the contributions in literature in ancient Rome

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Virgils Aenid

34
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What are the names of the Roman gods/goddesses

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Jupiter (Zeus), Juno (Hera), Apollo, Artemis (Diana), Minerva (Athena), Venus (Aphrodite)

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Who was Ptolemy

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A Roman astronomer, mathematician, and geographer

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