The Roman Republic

Question 1

What was Remus & Romulus raised by

Answer 1

A wolf

Question 2

Who were Remus and Romulus’s parents

Answer 2

A Latin woman & the god Mars

Question 3

Rome was a city that originated from a ______

Answer 3

God

Question 4

What was the Peninsula of Italy broken up into?

Answer 4

Etruscans & Greeks

Question 5

What did the Etruscans and Greeks merging together create

Answer 5

The first Romans

Question 6

When did the republic start?

Answer 6

509 B. C.

Question 7

What is the quote from the republic

Answer 7

“That which belongs to the people.”

Question 8

What is a republic?

Answer 8

A form of government in which citizens have the power to elect their leaders.

Question 9

Romans overthrew the_____

Answer 9

Etruscan ruler, Tarquin

Question 10

How long did the republic last?

Answer 10

500 years

Question 11

What does SPQR stand for

Answer 11

Senate, populace, republic

Question 12

Who were ordinary people

Answer 12

Townsfolk, farmers, soldiers

Question 13

Who are tribunes(10)

Answer 13

Representatives of the plebeians

Question 14

Quaestors(20)

Answer 14

Managed financial and administrative matters

Question 15

Aediles(16)

Answer 15

Looked after particular matters of government such as public buildings food supply and games

Question 16

Praetors(8)

Answer 16

Judges who administered Roman law

Question 17

Consuls(2)

Answer 17

Managed army and affairs of government. Could veto eachother

Question 18

Senate(300)

Answer 18

Comprised current and past magistrates who served for life. Managed foreign policy and controlled the money. Proposed but could not pass laws. (Have advice to cansuls)

Question 19

what 3 groups was the Roman society split between

Answer 19

Patricians, plebeians, and slaves.

Question 20

Patricians(nobles)

Answer 20

Controlled most of the land and held key positions. (Made up 5% or Roman citizens)

Question 21

What were the plebeians

Answer 21

Farmers, merchants, and artisans who made up most of the population

Question 22

Plebeians ______ power in the _____ republic

Answer 22

Shared, early

Question 23

Plebeians could _____ officials that represented their beliefs called ______

Answer 23

Elect, tribunes

Question 24

What was the Roman forum

Answer 24

The center of the government and central republic.

Question 25

What was the most important feature of the republic?

Answer 25

The senate

Question 26

Who founded the city on seven hills and when?

Answer 26

Remus and Romulus in 800 B. C.

Question 27

What did the senate do

Answer 27

Made laws & taxes

Question 28

In what year did government officials write down Romes laws

Answer 28

451 B. C.

Question 29

What did government officials write Rome’s laws onto?

Answer 29

The 12 tables which were hung in the forum for all citizens to see

Question 30

The twelve tables were based on what

Answer 30

The idea that all citizens had a right to the protection of the law

Question 31

What was the Roman religion

Answer 31

Polytheistic

Question 32

What was the Roman religion based on

Answer 32

The Greek gods (usually only the names changed)

Question 33

What was Roman writing called

Answer 33

Latin

Question 34

What was Roman writing based on

Answer 34

Greek writing

Question 35

Latin became the root of 5 “Romance languages” what five languages?

Answer 35

1. Spanish
2 Romanian 
3. French
4. Portuguese
5. Italian

Question 36

Roman _____ architecture borrowed heavily from ______ styles

Answer 36

Architecture

Greek

Question 37

What was built during the reign of Augustus?

Answer 37

The Pantheon

Question 38

What was the pantheon

Answer 38

The first free standing domed structure in the ancient world