The name of the river the the city of Rome was established along
What is the Tiber River?
Type of government in which citizens vote on representatives to vote on the laws and issues of society.
(Two acceptable answers)
What is a Representative Democracy?
What is a Republic?
The reason behind Julius Caesar's assassination.
What is: The Patricians (senate) felt that he was gaining too much power.
What the Roman Aqueducts was used for.
What is irrigation?
What is the movement of fresh water?
The central religious figure of Christianity and their Holy text.
(Needs BOTH answers for credit)
Who is Jesus Christ?
What is the Bible?
The solution to Rome becoming to big to properly government.
What is: the empire was divided into two regions, Eastern and Western Roman Empire.
Name of the mountain range found to north of the Italian Peninsula
What are the Italian Alps?
The social class that consisted of regular folks: Soldiers, Merchants, Preachers, Farmers, Teachers, etc.
What are the Plebians?
The meaning of Pax Romana
What is "Roman Peace," a time period of peace and stability after Rome is united under Octavian.
This roman innovation allowed for merchants, tradesmen, soldiers, etc. to move more quickly and easily throughout the Roman Empire.
What are Roman Roads?
What is Ancient Greece?
The name Constantine gave the NEW capital, that he moved to the Eastern Empire
What is Constantinople?
The name of the sea surrounding the Italian Peninsula that Rome dominated control over.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The rich, landowning citizens. Consisted of about 2% of the population
What is a Patrician?
The name Octavian took when he united Rome with himself as the first emperor.
What is Augustus Caesar?
The reason the architecture of the pantheon in Rome was unique.
The name of the event when Romans forced the Jewish from their homeland (Canaan/Israel/Judea) due to their religious beliefs.
What is the Diaspora?
Provide an example of economic difficulties an empire could face
Answers will vary
What the Mediterranean Sea would be used for by the Romans
(Give AT LEAST 2 examples)
What is: Trade, travel, communication, food, economy
The name of Rome's set of written laws.
What is the Twelve Tables
What are the Plebians?
The United States took these two design features from Ancient Rome.
What are arches and domes?
The name of the Roman leader that legalized Christianity.
Who is Emperor Constantine?
The use of powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain.
What is political corruption?
The major difference between Greece and Rome's development.
(Rome had a physical feature that Greece did NOT)
What is a river?
What is the Tiber River?
The system that prevented the branches of government from gaining too much power over each other
What is Checks and Balances?
What is Separation of Power?
Julius Caesar declared himself this title when he returned to Rome after successful campaigns (ask for definition if needed)
What is "Dictator for Life"
What the Roman Colosseum was used for.
What is entertainment?
Result of the Jewish Diaspora
(Will accept a few variations of answers)
What is: Jewish religion spread throughout the world
Jewish religion/culture survived
The meaning of "civil unrest"
What is a population of people no longer happy with their government/society