Category One
What large sea did the Roman Empire have almost complete control of?
Mediterranean Sea!
What were the two most popular crops of Ancient Rome?
Grapes and Olives!
What is Italy in the shape of?
A boot!
What types of entertainment went on at the Roman Colosseum?
At the Colosseum, there were gladiator battles, lion taming, and animal parades.
Thanks to Julius Caesar, was does the word "caesar" often refer to now?
A king!
What volcano destroyed the city of Pompeii?
Mount Vesuvius!
What was the Iberian peninsula (Spain+Portugal) called during the time of the Ancient Romans?
Hispania!
What was present day France called during the time of Ancient Rome?
Gaul!
What language did the first people of Rome speak?
Latin!
What popular clothing item was often worn by the Ancient Romans?
Togas!
What were the two class names for Romans called?
Plebeians and Patricians!
What does the word "veto" mean?
To reject!
What was fought over during the first Punic War?
The island of Sicily!
Who became emperor after Julius Caesar died?
Augustus!
What was the plain called that Rome was located on?
Latium!
How many hills was Rome built on and why was it built on them?
Seven, to protect the city.
What two brothers were rumored to have founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
What type of land mass is Italy?
A peninsula!
What was the special council in Rome called that was in charge of creating laws?
The Senate!
What city on the northern tip of Africa was an enemy of the Romans during the Punic Wars?
Carthage!
What is a triumvirate?
A political alliance run by three people!
What are the three islands off the coast of Italy?
Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia!
What was the river called that Rome was located on? How far was it from the sea?
Tiber, fifteen miles.
What form of government is not built upon kings and queens, but built upon leaders voted into power?
What was the top public office in Ancient Rome called?
A consul!
What famous general did the Carthaginians send to destroy Rome during the Second Punic War?
Hannibal!
What is a latifundia?
A large farming estate run by slaves that ruined small farms in Italy.
What specifically was the point of the Colosseum?
Entertainment for the poor. Roman leaders believed that giving poor Romans entertainment and food would keep them happy and unwilling to revolt.
DAILY DOUBLE
What three small seas surround Italy?
Ionian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, and Adriatic Sea!
The word "strike" means to protest. Who would often go on strike during the time of the Romans and why would they go on strike?
The plebeians, because of the division of power.
What was the Pax Romana?
A long period of Roman peace and prosperity.
DAILY DOUBLE
What rivers were the boundary of the Roman Empire?
The Rhine River and the Danube River!
What is the name for a human made channel designed to carry water long distances?
An aqueduct!
What was the governor like position of power that was given to each leader of a Roman province?
A proconsul!
Where were the Carthaginians originally from?
They were originally Phoenicians!
Greece used their entire army all at once whereas Rome split their armies into legions of 6,000 soldiers each, which were then split into even smaller groups.
What three leaders were apart of the Roman triumvirate?
Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar!
Who were the four emperors after Augustus Caesar?
Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero!
On what day did Brutus stab and kill Julius Caesar?
March 15th, the "Ides of March"
What group of people lived on the Italian peninsula in during the Early days of Rome? They originally helped Rome grow as a city but were soon taken down so that Rome could control the entire peninsula.
The Etruscans!
Roman soldiers carried a pilum and a gladius. What are those?
A gladius is a short sword and a pilum is a throwing spear!
How many people lived in Rome at its height? (give or take five million)
Fifty Million!