UNIT 8: ANCIENT ROME

Question 1

a state in which power is held by the people and their elected representatives

Answer 1

Republic

Question 2

wealthy landowners, members of noble families

Answer 2

Patrician

Question 3

farmers, traders, artisans, served in the military etc. Plebeians worked for the patricians.

Answer 3

Plebeian poor/working class

Question 4

fertile soil along west coast of Italy and the Tiber River runs through.

Answer 4

Latium Plain

Question 5

a series of conflicts fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC.

Answer 5

Punic Wars

Question 6

Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire,

Answer 6

Julius Caesa\r

Question 7

(Roman peace)= 200 years of peace

Answer 7

Pax Romana

Question 8

Emperor of the Roman Empire - united the empire after Diocletian

Answer 8

Constantine