vocabulary
What is a plebeian and what is a patrician?
A plebeian is a lower class citizen of Ancient Rome and a patrician is an upper class citizen.
Which one was upper class?
Patricians
What type of land is italy?
mountainous, rocky and a peninsula.
What mountain range does the po river go through?
The Alps
Who were the original inhabitants of Rome?
The Latins
Rebublic
A form of government in which people elect leaders and representatives ”thing of the people”
How much percentage did patricians take up of the Roman empire compared to plebeians?
The patricians took up 5% while plebeians took up 95%
What is the river that connects Rome to the Mediterranean Sea?
The Tiber River
What are the three main islands next to Italy?
Corsica, northern island
Sardinia, middle island
Sicily, southern island
The form of government created in the empire was a _____
Republic
A system of where leaders were elected and then were advised by a group of men from more powerful families
Tripartite
Three branch government
Did the plebeians have any say in the government?
None
The Latins first settled on the:
Latium plains
what is the mountain range that is from north to south of Italy
Apennine mountains
The ______ were the lower class that consisted of common people
Plebians
Veto
To reject and “I forbid”
What were the jobs of plebeians and patricians?
The plebeians were farmers, laborers, traders, and soldiers and the Patricians were land owners, government officials, military and religious leaders.
Four things that early settlers looked for when deciding to build their cities were:
Fresh water, Tiber River
Sea access, Mediterranean Sea
Good Land, Latium Plains
Protection, The Alps
Where does the Tiber River get through?
it goes through the latium plains and through Rome.
The ______ were the upper class that consisted of political, military, and religious leaders
patricians
Checks and balances
A system in which each branch of government limits the power of another branch
What is the conflict of orders
Conflict of orders is when the plebeians left the city and refused to come back until they get equal rights
The two most prized crops in Rome were:
Grapes, used for wine
Olives, used for oil and to be eaten
What are the seas surrounding Italy?
Mediterranean Sea to the west
Ionian Sea to the south
Adriatic Sea to the east
Five reasons Rome could unite the territory of the empire and united under one rule
They were patriotic
Granted Roman citizenship to people who had lived in the regions that they took control of
The people of Rome absorbed achievements of Concord people and use them to help them advance
Allowed conquered people to keep their own language and religion
constructed a network of roads throughout the empire to allow for more efficient, travel, and trade