Rome

Question 1

republic

Answer 1

form of government in which power rests with the citizens who have the right to vote to select their leaders

Question 2

patrician

Answer 2

the aristocratic landowners who held most of the power

Question 3

plebeians

Answer 3

the common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population.

Question 4

tribunes

Answer 4

where the Senate allowed them to form their own assembly and elect representatives

Question 5

consuls

Answer 5

in place of king, Rome had two of these officials, with limited power and commanded the army and directed the government

Question 6

senate

Answer 6

aristocratic branch of Rome’s government, traditionally 300 members

Question 7

dictator

Answer 7

a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army

Question 8

Hannibal

Answer 8

29-year old Carthaginian general; brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage’s earlier defeat

Question 9

Scipio

Answer 9

a general who devised a plan to attack Carthage, daring military leader that could match Hannibal’s boldness

Question 10

legion

Answer 10

Roman military