This is a collective body of elected officials who make laws and run the Empire.
What is the Senate?
100
This Enlightened thinker believed that by observing nature, we can find the truth about life.
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
This was the poor, low class citizens of Rome who could not own land.
What are Plebeians?
100
This was the group of wealthy Romans who controlled government and were the head of the military.
What are Patricians?
100
This was the adopted son of Julius Caesar, who later became know as Augustus.
Who is Octavian?
200
In which war did Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca?
What is the Second Punic War?
200
This Enlightened thinker believed that government should be separated to balance power.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
200
This was the bloodless event in which William and Mary of Orange took power in England.
What is the Glorious Revolution.
200
This is the invisible force that holds the universe together.
What is gravity?
200
PHYSICAL CHALLENGE!! Do your favorite dance during the question and answer.
This person wrote the Aeneid to give Roman citizens pride about their heritage.
Who is Virgil?
300
These are 2 examples on how Julius Caesar was different from Augustus.
What are 1) he was a better public speaker and 2) he was a better politician?
(other answers will be considered).
300
This Enlightened thinker wrote, "The Leviathan", a book about how the government should control people for their own good.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
300
This means, "understanding through experience".
What is reason.
300
This group of people allied themselves with Hannibal to fight the Romans.
Who are the barbarians?
300
This was the act of removing or holding back information from people.
What is censorship?
400
This was an epic poem written by Virgil to instill pride in Romans during the rule of Augustus Caesar.
What is The Aeneid?
400
Born Francois Marie Arouet, this thinker spent time in prison for making fun of the French government.
Who is Voltaire?
400
This was the title that Julius Caesar held before he defeated Pompeii and became Emperor of Rome.
What is consul?
400
This term was coined by John Locke, explaining that all people are born with a blank slate.
What is "Tabula rasa"?
400
PHYSICAL CHALLENGE!! Hold your nose shut and hop on one leg during the question and answer.
This was a fake name used by Enlightened thinkers to protect their identity.
What is a pseudonym?
500
Who were tyrannical group of people who the Romans kicked out of Rome to become a Republic?
Who are the Etruscans?
500
These were the natural rights that John Locke believed every person is born with.
What is Life, Liberty, and Property.
500
This advanced system of mathematics helped scientists determine the location of planets and stars.
What is calculus?
500
This was the prison in which Voltaire was held for his crimes.
What is the Bastille?
500
These are two concepts of the Roman government that are used in the United States today.