TODAYS

Question 1

What is a form of government in which citizens elect their leaders?

Answer 1

republic

Question 2

What is made of three rulers who share equal power?

Answer 2

triumvirate

Question 3

What is the term for an ordinary citizen?

Answer 3

plebeian

Question 4

What does it mean to veto something?

Answer 4

reject say no

Question 5

What is a large group of Roman soldiers called?

Answer 5

legion

Question 6

What is the head of the Roman republic called?

Answer 6

consul

Question 7

What is a tribune?

Answer 7

an elected official who protects the rights of ordinary citizens

Question 8

Who is a member of the ruling class?

Answer 8

patrician

Question 9

Who are government officials who interpret the law and serve as judges?

Answer 9

praetors

Question 10

What does it mean to be a dictator?

Answer 10

you have absolute power

Question 11

Who were the Etruscans?

Answer 11

rich miners and traders from the north of Rome who influenced Rome in many ways

Question 12

How did they influence Rome?

Answer 12

building styles, road types, clothing changes, and a more effective army

Question 13

How did the Greeks influence Rome?

Answer 13

growing olives, the alphabet, and art

Question 14

Who were the 2 brothers who were orphaned as babies and raised by a she-wolf?

Answer 14

Romulus and Remus

Question 15

Who founded Rome?

Answer 15

Romulus

Question 16

How many men made up a legion?

Answer 16

6k

Question 17

How did romans treat conqured people

Answer 17

fair

Question 18

What modern government did we learn was modeled after the republic in Rome?

Answer 18

The United States government

Question 19

What are the twelve tables?

Answer 19

Rome’s first written laws

Question 20

what was the ‘rule of law

Answer 20

everyone should be treated equal

Question 21

how many punic wars

Answer 21

3

Question 22

Who was Hannibal?

Answer 22

the great general of Carthage

Question 23

What was the outcome of the last Punic War?

Answer 23

Hannibal and his army was defeated and Carthage was no more

Question 24

Who was the general who forced Marius out of power?

Answer 24

sulla

Question 25

Who was Spartacus?

Answer 25

gladiator who led the slave revolts in the 70s B.C.

Question 26

Who were the members of the First Triumvirate?

Answer 26

Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar

Question 27

Why was Caesar crossing the Rubicon such a big deal?

Answer 27

it was known by all as an act of war

Question 28

Overall, were citizens happy that Caesar became dictator?

Answer 28

no

Question 29

What year was Caesar assassinated?

Answer 29

44 BC march 15

Question 30

Who were members of the Second Triumvirate?

Answer 30

Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus

Question 31

Who was the Battle of Actium between?

Answer 31

Octavian and his army vs. Antony and his army / Cleopatra

Question 32

What was the outcome of that battle?

Answer 32

octaivian won

Question 33

What happened to Cleopatra and Mark Antony?

Answer 33

they committed suicide days apart from each other

Question 34

By killing Caesar, did people accomplish what they wanted and avoid the fall of the republic?

Answer 34

no, the republic still fell and a dictator rose

Question 35

What does Augustus mean?

Answer 35

the majestic one

Question 36

Who became dictator after Caesar

Answer 36

octaivian

Question 37

How long did the Pax Romana last?

Answer 37

200yr

Question 38

Who were the Julio- Claudian Emperors?

Answer 38

Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero

Question 39

Who were Vespasian and his sons?
the last of the “bad” emperors

Answer 39

(Domitian, Domitilla)

Question 40

Who were considered the “good” emperors?
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius

Answer 40

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius,
Marcus Aurelius

Question 41

Who ruled during a time when the Roman Empire was its largest?

Answer 41

Trajan

Question 42

How big was the Roman Empire by 100 A.D.?

Answer 42

3.5 million square miles of land