Chapter 6

Question 1

rights of women in Rome

Answer 1

Women slowly gained more rights and were able to own property and later even run their own businesses

Question 2

The Senate

Answer 2

Made laws to control government
and Originally made up of 300 patricians

Question 3

who are the Consuls

Answer 3

Two patricians nominated yearly by the Senate

Question 4

role of the consuls

Answer 4

Supervised business of government and command armies

Question 5

dictator

Answer 5

a ruler that had complete control of the senate

Question 6

who are tribunes

Answer 6

Plebeian officials who would veto laws that were harmful to plebeians

Question 7

how many punic wars

Answer 7

3

Question 8

who was the punic war fought between

Answer 8

Fought between Rome and Carthage

Question 9

Roman imperialism over who

Answer 9

Mediterranean world

Question 10

What did Diocletian do to the Roman Empire

Answer 10

split the empire in two to help maintain it

Question 11

what are reforms

Answer 11

reforms helped revive the economy, but they couldn’t stop the long-term decline of Rome

Question 12

pax romana

Answer 12

The 200 years between Augustus and Marcus Aurelius Roman rule brought peace, unity, order, and prosperity.

Question 13

bread and circuses

Answer 13

Used as a method to keep poor citizens happy

Question 14

reforms decline

Answer 14

internal problems and attacks from the outside eventually led to Rome’s decline

Question 15

The four big causes that led to the fall of the Roman Empire

Answer 15

Military, Political, Economic, and Social causes