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Question 1

Great Trojan hero who fled Troy for Italy in a journey told in Virgil’s Aeneid

Answer 1

Aeneas

Question 2

A gifted philosopher and orator

Answer 2

Cicero

Question 3

The queen of Egypt

Answer 3

Cleopatra

Question 4

Two most powerful elected officials

Answer 4

Consuls

Question 5

The emporer under whom the Romans cnoquered most of the island of Britain

Answer 5

Hadrian

Question 6

The brilliant Carthaginian general who attacked the city of Rome

Answer 6

Hannibal

Question 7

groups of upo to 6000 soliders

Answer 7

legions

Question 8

legendary twin brothers who are said to have founded Rome

Answer 8

Romulus and Remus

Question 9

Powerful nobles of Rome

Answer 9

patricians

Question 10

common people of Rome

Answer 10

plebians

Question 11

WHat kind of government did ancient Rome have

Answer 11

Tripartite

Question 12

along which river is Rome located

Answer 12

Tiber River

Question 13

Who was Rome’s most famous dictator?

Answer 13

Julius Ceasar

Question 14

What is civil law?

Answer 14

A legal system based on a written code of laws.

Question 15

What is Rome’s two major mountain ranges?

Answer 15

Alps

Apennines

Question 16

Who did Rome fight in the Punic wars?

Answer 16

Carthage

Question 17

What became the basis of Roman law?

Answer 17

Civil law

Question 18

What are the three parts of Rome’s gvt?

Answer 18

1. Elected officials/magistrates
2. Roman senate
3. Assemblies and tribunes–they protected the common people

Question 19

Know what was located in the Roman forum?

Answer 19

Law of the twelve tables

Question 20

What did Gaius Marius do for the poor?

Answer 20

Encouraged poor people to join the army

Question 21

Who did Sulla come into conflict with which caused a civil war?

Answer 21

Gaius Marius

Question 22

Who was the Roman general who became dictator for life

Answer 22

Julius Caesar

Question 23

Who fell in love with Cleopatra

Answer 23

Mark Antony

Question 24

First emporer of Rome

Answer 24

Augustus

Question 25

Why did Rome expand?

Answer 25

• control hostile neighbors
• collect taxes from people in conquered lands
• gain natural resources
• enjoy a good fight

Question 26

What items from Rome were traded?

Answer 26

raw materias
jewerly
glass
clothing

Question 27

How did the Roman empire influence language?

Answer 27

2 official langues: greek and latin
latin developed into many other languages called Romance languages
also influenced English

Question 28

How long did the pax romano last?

Answer 28

200 yrs

Question 29

Why was there peace during the Pax Romana?

Answer 29

• trade increased
• population grew
• quality of life improved

Question 30

What did the Romans do to honor their gods?

Answer 30

Held festivals which varried greatly from place to place

Question 31

Which emporer reunited the Roman empire?

Answer 31

Constantine

Question 32

What are the reasons for fall of Rome?

Answer 32

• empire was too big to govern
• political crises
• corruption(decay of people’s values) became widespread
• officials ignored the needs of citizens
• population decreased
• taxes and prices skyrocketed
• wealthy citizens left for their country homes, made their own armies, and took power for themselves

Question 33

What year did the Goths sack Rome?

Answer 33

AD 410

Question 34

Where were the last 3 kings of Rome from?

Answer 34

Etruria

Question 35

What problems did Rome have in the late AD 100s?

Answer 35

• taxes increased
• barbarian invasions
• disease killed many
• population decreased
• German communities ignorded the emporeres (they had their own leaders instead)