Chapter 7- The Roman World

Question 0

Witch sea helped make Italy a great trading civilization

Answer 0

Mediterranean

Question 1

Which mountain range protected northern Italy from foreign invasion

Answer 1

Alps

Question 2

What was the name of the people who ruled northern Italy between 900 to 500 BC

Answer 2

Etruscans

Question 3

Which group of people overthrew the Etruscans

Answer 3

Latins

Question 4

What city was home to the Latins?

Answer 4

Rome

Question 5

What to brothers founded Rome, according to legend?

Answer 5

Romulus and Remus

Question 6

What year was Rome founded?

Answer 6

753 BC

Question 7

Name the Etruscan family that provided kings to rule over the Romans.

Answer 7

Tarquin the Proud was the last of the Etruscan to rule Rome as a king, and was overthrown after an attack on Lucretia.

Question 8

What location became the heart of Roman government

Answer 8

Forum

Question 9

Who were the patricians?

Answer 9

Class of roman nobles, minority of the population, upper class

Question 10

What was Rome declared once the Etruscans were driven out?

Answer 10

Republic

Question 11

Who were plebeians?

Answer 11

Common farmers, merchants, and artisans; lower class

Question 12

Could plebeians hold office?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

What two officials headed Rome’s executive branch?

Answer 13

Consuls

Question 14

What is the word for when one consul could reject others ideas?

Answer 14

Veto

Question 15

When would a dictator hold power?

Answer 15

During war, for 6 months

Question 16

Which house of the legislative branch was held by the patricians?

Answer 16

Senate

Question 17

What function did the assembly have in the Roman Republic?

Answer 17

Pass laws

Question 18

What became the basis for all Roman laws? What principal of law was created in Rome?

Answer 18

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- innocent until proven guilty

Question 19

Whose religion did the Romans copy?

Answer 19

Greeks

Question 20

What god was Venus?

Answer 20

Goddess of love and beauty.

Question 21

What god was Juno?

Answer 21

Jupiter’s wife; goddess of childbirth and fertility, and protector of Rome

Question 22

What god was Jupiter?

Answer 22

God of god

Question 23

What god was Diana?

Answer 23

Goddess of the hunt and moon

Question 24

What god was mars

Answer 24

God of war

Question 25

What god was Apollo

Answer 25

God of sky and light

Question 26

What god was Minerva

Answer 26

Goddess of wisdom and war

Question 27

Who was the absolute head of the household?

Answer 27

Father

Question 28

What did a predator do? A censor?

Answer 28

Praetor- oversaw legal system in peace, commanded army in war Censor- monitored moral conduct of citizens, appointed candidates to the senate, and registered citizens to wealth

Question 29

Which mountain range ran down the eastern coast of Italy?

Answer 29

Apennines

Question 30

What was the name given to Roman soldiers?

Answer 30

Legions

Question 31

What were the latifundia?

Answer 31

Large estates that raised cattle instead of growing grain

Question 32

What was the Mediterranean area's wealthiest city?

Answer 32

Carthage

Question 33

Who did Rome fight for control of the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 33

Carthage

Question 34

What was the name of the wars between Rome and Carthage?

Answer 34

Punic Wars

Question 35

Who won all three Punic wars?

Answer 35

Rome

Question 36

What is an indemnity?

Answer 36

A sum paid as compensation of loss

Question 37

Which General invaded Italy by crossing the Alps?

Answer 37

Hannibal

Question 38

Which General defeated Hannibal at Zama?

Answer 38

Scipio

Question 39

What 3 things did Carthage give up after losing the 2 Punic war?

Answer 39

- money - land in Spain - navy

Question 40

What was one result of the 1st Punic war?

Answer 40

Rome won

Question 41

What was the result of the third Punic war?

Answer 41

They completely killed all of Carthage and burned it

Question 42

Who proposed a law to limit the size of latifundia?

Answer 42

Tiberius

Question 43

What happened to Tiberius Gracchus?

Answer 43

He was murdered by senators

Question 44

Which reformer gave the poor jobs by enlisting them in the army?

Answer 44

Marius

Question 45

How did Marius change the Roman military?

Answer 45

He allowed the poor to enlist for 16 years as professionals, and gave them food, loot, and money.

Question 46

Which general drove Marius to exile and made himself dictator?

Answer 46

Sulla

Question 47

Which 3 men made up the first triumvirate?

Answer 47

- Caesar - Crassus - Pompey

Question 48

Which river did Caesar cross, officially committing treason?

Answer 48

Rubicon