What Mountains are in the northern area of the Italian peninsula?
The Alps
What were the first laws of Rome known as?
The 12 Tables
Why was Julius Caesar killed?
He was a threat to the Republic
What was the minority Religion in Rome before the rise of Christianity?
Judaism
In what way was the Roman Empire split in attempts to help the declining empire?
East and West
What sea did Rome border?
The Mediterranean Sea
What kind of government is a Republic?
Representative Democracy
What is a Triumvirate?
A group of three people ruling
Which is a similarity between Judaism and Christianity?
Monotheism
Why were the Punic Wars fought?
Control of trade in the Mediterranean sea
Rome was built on the ______________ River.
The Tiber River
The Republic of Rome divided its population into classes known as -
patricians and plebeians
What did Caesar Augustus do?
Took over Rome and made it an empire
Why was Jesus seen as a threat to Rome?
He was called the Messiah
Who did Rome fight during the Punic Wars?
Carthage
Which numbered peninsula was the location of the capital of the Roman Empire?
2
Who had the right to citizenship in the Roman Republic?
Male Plebeians and Patricians
What does Pax Romana mean?
Peace in Rome
Who was the Roman Emperor that converted to Christianity and legalized it?
Constantine
Where did Emperor Constantine move the capital of Rome?
Constantinople
__________________ is to Rome as Puerto Rico is to ________________.
Carthage, The United States
What is this structure called?
Aqueduct
What is Inflation?
The cost of things go up and the value of money goes down
What two books make up the Bible?
The Torah and The New Testament
After the fall of Rome, the most unify force in the lives of people of western Europe was the -
church