Geography
Greek & Etruscan Influences
Roman Republic
RANDOM
RANDOM
100
Name the plain on which Rome is located.
What is the Latium Plain.
100
Roman sculptors were skilled at creating these.
What are like-life statues.
100
A form of government with elected leaders, or an indirect democracy.
What is a republic.
100
Two elected leaders in the Roman Republic who shares control of the army.
What are the consuls.
100
A semi-circle supported by two columns and a keystone.
What is an arch.
200
Name the southern boundary of the Roman Empire.
What is the Sahara desert.
200
The Romans were greatly influenced by these people’s mythology.
Who are the Greeks.
200
A conflict between the patricians and the plebeians that resulted in the patricians giving up some of their power.
What is the Conflict of Orders.
200
To refuse to approve proposals of government made in the Senate.
What is a veto.
200
A long underground trench connected to the earth by long shafts.
What is a cuniculus.
300
Name the river that connects Rome to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Tiber River.
300
These people took the Greek alphabet and changed it.
Who are the Etruscans.
300
An official of the Roman Republic elected by the plebeians to protect their rights.
What is a tribune.
300
Roman adopted these two bloody Etruscan sports.
What are slave fights and chariot racing.
300
Romans used these two things for their public buildings.
What are columns and marble.
400
Name the two mountain ranges that are the north and east of Rome.
What is the Alphs (North) and the Apennines (East).
400
Romans loved to use this thing that stored goods and was painted with figures, gods, and heroes.
What was Greek pottery.
400
The laws of the Roman Republic were written on this and posted in the Forum.
What is the Twelve Tables.
400
The three branches of the Roman Republic.
What is the Senate, the Consuls, and the Assembly.
400
Like the Greeks, Romans wrote in these kind of letters.
What is all capital letters.
500
Name the three large bodies of water the Roman Empire touched.
What is the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
500
Name the group who controlled northern Italy from 800-600 BCE and the group who had colonies in southern Italy.
Who are the Etruscans and the Greeks.
500
The word patrician mean patre in Latin, which means this in English.
What is “father.” The patricians chose the “fathers of the state” who originally advised the Etruscan kings.
500
The material used by the Romans to builds some its greatest architectural accomplishments such as the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and the Circus Maximus.
What is cement (concrete), or marble.
500
Name 3 geographic features that were the northern boundary of the Roman Empire.
What is the Rhine River, the Danube River, and the Carpathian Mountains.
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