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1
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Where did the Etruscan come from

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Came from Asia Minor

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2
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What did they adapt

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Greek alphabet

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3
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What were cities protected by

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Moats and walls

Most- a city wall and then a ditch

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4
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What were they?

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Farmers
Minors
Traders

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5
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Who did they rule

A

Rome

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6
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Early Rome

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Romulus

Remus

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7
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What was formed

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Republic after getting rid of the last etruscans king

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8
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Republic

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Sovereignty (have to have a document)

Is done by voting

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9
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Who could vote

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Male citizens with property

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10
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Patricians

A

200 wealthy families

Had all the political powers

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11
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Plebeians

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Rest of the free population
Threatened to move away(wanted political power)
Tribunes( officials were elected to listen to plebeians (gave them a voice)

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12
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Twelve tables

A

Law code
Codes created to limit patricians
Elected two councils (leaders)
Controlled army also

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13
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Roman army

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In order to vote had to be in army

To get a piece of the booty

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14
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Fighting style

A

Checker board formation

Legion formation

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15
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Who was closer to the enemy

A

Newbies

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16
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Middle

A

Mix

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17
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Back

A

Most experienced

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18
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Why were the oldest in the back

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Want the best to survive, and the old ones are more experienced and they will be able to get the kill

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19
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Executive

A 
1 person 
Veto 
Controls military 
Appoints justices 
Carries out and inforces laws
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20
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Judicial

A

Supreme Court
9 people
Interpret laws- it is constitutional ?

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21
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Legislative

A

Makes laws
Senate- 100
House of rep- 435

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22
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Which group was responsible for electing aediles ans quaestors

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Assembly of tribes

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23
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Which group had power to veto the action of the senate? How is this shown

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Tribunes

The gives instructions to the magistrates and they take action. The tribunes can veto the magistrates

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24
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How is the role of the consuls distinguished from that of other officials in this diagram

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The only ones connected to the dictator

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25
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How does this diagram indicate the function of republic of

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The officials were elected

Checks and balances

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26
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How would this diagram change if Rome engaged in war

A

The dictator would take over (6months)

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27
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Similarities

A

Senate
Dictatorship(commander in chief)
Voting

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28
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March 15, 44 b.c.e, who was killed

A

Julius Cesar

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29
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How long did it take to build a bridge across the Rhine river into Germania

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10 days

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30
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Who did Romulus kill?

A

Remus

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31
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What system still works today, 2500 years after it was built

A

Cloaca maxima (sewer system)

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32
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Did roman roads have curves

A

No

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33
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What was Octavian renamed?

A

Augustus

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34
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Why were the Romans a clean people?

A

They had water from the aqueducts (running water)

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35
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Who paid for running water?

A

Emperors and wealthy Romans

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36
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Who did Nero blame the fire of Rome on

A

The christians

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37
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During neros reign 1 out of every 3 people living in Rome was a

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Slave

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38
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What did Vespasian build where Neros pool was

A

the coliseum

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39
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What was the coliseum used for

A

fights

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40
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Who built the coliseum/amphitheatre

A

jewish prisoners

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41
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How did it take to build the coliseum

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8 years

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42
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How many people could fit in the coliseum

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70,000

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43
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How did Trajan get money to fix up Rome

A

dacia

44
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How many people were living in Rome during trajans rule?

A

1 million and growing

45
Q

What did Hadrian build across Great Britain

A

63 mile defense wall 15 ft high + 6ft ditches

46
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Who did the building of hadrians wall

A

men

47
Q

Who designed the pantheon

A

we dont know

48
Q

How did Caracalla rise to power?

A

murdered his brother

49
Q

What did germania invanders destroy to end the massive Roman Empire

A

H

50
Q

to be an empire you have to

A

expand

51
Q

Rome expanded and controlled

A

Italy

52
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3 types of cities

A

Sea coast
Municipia
Allied

53
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Sea coast cities

A

were colonies run by military officials

54
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Municipia

A

other towns that were controlled by Romans (Citizens could not vote)

55
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Allied Cities

A

independent, allowed to keep own government

56
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where is Carthage

A

in northern Africa

57
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what former colony was it

A

phoenician

58
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who were the punic wars between

A

Carthage and Rome

59
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punic is the latin term for

A

phoenicians

60
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Hannibal

A

famous military leader from Carthage

61
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Romans took over

A

carthage

62
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What did they do with the citizens

A

sold them into slavery

63
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what did they do to the land

A

salted it so nothing would grow

64
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what were the main work force

A

slaves

65
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what was the problem of having slaves as the main workforce

A

people dont have jobs

economy is ruined and crime goes up because people have to feed their kids

66
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what did this do to the different groups

A

rich got richer and pushed poor farmers into the cities to work. This caused disease because there was too many people

67
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what happened when too many people were in the city

A

riots and mob broke out

disease

68
Q

what did leaders do about these problems

A

gave peasants free food and entertainment

69
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what did slaves become

A

gladiators

70
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what did gladiators do

A

fought with animals or with each other (only at the end of the day)

71
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who formed the first triumvirate

A

Pompey
Crassus
Caesar

72
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pompey

A

military

73
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Crassus

A

riches guy and military

dies fighting

74
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Caesar

A

military

gaul victories made him powerful

75
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what was triumvirate

A

ruling committee of 3
wealthy patricians
they were excellent military leaders

76
Q

pompey ordered caesar to do what

A

disband his army

77
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how did caesar respond

A

refused and marched to Rome

78
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what did Pompey and the senators do

A

fled to greece

79
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what did ceasar declare

A

himself dictator

80
Q

what did ceasar do when he became dictator

A

helped the poor and created jobs

81
Q

Aristocrats got upset ( Brutus, Cassius) what did they do

A

assassinated him

82
Q

who was the second triumvirate formed

A

octavian
mark anthony
Lepidus

83
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what did octavian change his name to after he was empire

A

Augustus

84
Q

his empire was

A

vast and prosperous

85
Q

His reign brought two centuries of

A

“pax Romana” ( Roman peace)

86
Q

who did he offer to give his thrown back to

A

the senate

87
Q

what did the senate do and why

A

gave him full power. They thought he would do better than they could do

88
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what did octavian do

A

stabalized everything

89
Q

what did he do with power

A

spread it out

90
Q

what did he call himseld

A

Princeps ( first citizen)

91
Q

what happened to the roads

A

they were expanded

92
Q

the government was made more ___

A

efficient

93
Q

he made

A

new boundaries

94
Q

he had what to protect the borders

A

an army of 300,000

95
Q

he made it strong and ___

A

stable

96
Q

All roads lead to

A

Rome

97
Q

Army and Navy protected

A

merchants

98
Q

Economic center was a

A

forum (outside marketplace)

99
Q

Rome bought more than it

A

sold

100
Q

where did they get their money from them

A

used taxes and conquered money

101
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west of rome

A 
Maximian ruled the west 
too many attacks in the west 
west could not hold on 
people fled the violence, disorder and taxes
Octavian
102
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east of Rome

A 
Diocletian ruled the East
constantine eventually took over 
east flourished for another 1000 yrs
as the byzantine empire 
Anthony she
103
Q

What river did Caesar cross

A

Rubicon

104
Q

Capital in east

A

Constantinople

105
Q

Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire

A

Christianity’s emphasis on a spiritual kingdom weakened Roman military virtues

Traditional Roman values declined as non Italians gained prominence in the empire

Lead poisoning through leaden water pipes and cups caused a mental decline in the population

Plague wiped out 1/10 of the population
Rome failed to advance in technology due to slavery
Rome could not create a workable political system

106
Q

Where did they move the capital to

A

Byzantium on the shores of the Bosporus

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