Government & Society
Group of representatives for selecting a leader.
What is a republic?
Romes Enemy in the Punic Wars.
What is Carthage?
Strong building material that was invented by the Romans and is used today.
What is concrete?
Christain founder
Who is Jesus?
Major reason for Rome’s fall: empire was too ___.
What is large or big?
Poor Romans kept happy with food-and-fun policy.
What is Bread and Circuses?
Rome gained island after the First Punic War.
What is Sicily?
Roman invention that carried clean water to cities far away.
What is an aqueduct?
Legalized Christianity and moved the capital.
Who is Constantine?
In the empire, many of these leaders were assassinated, causing chaos and weak leadership.
What are emperors?
Person chosen to rule during the Republic.
What is a dictator?
General that led elephants across the Alps to attack Rome.
Who was Hannibal?
Roman people used these curved structures to build bridges, buildings, and roads.
What are arches?
Christians believed in this kind of system for gods.
What is monotheism?
Group made up much of army in Rome and was often disloyal.
What are mercenaries?
Officials that were elected to represent plebeians.
What are tribunes?
As Rome expanded, it took control of the land around this body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A huge stadium in Rome was used for gladiator fights and other events.
What is the Colosseum?
Christians were a threat because they didn’t do this.
What is worship Roman gods?
The deadly disease that killed millions and weakened the Roman Empire.
What is the plague?
The emperor that became the first to hold total power after the Republic.
Who is Augustus?
A reason Rome was able to grow so big was because of constant construction of these:
What are roads?
These helped the Roman army move quickly, connect cities, and are still used today.
What are Roman roads?
This action gave Christians the right to practice their religion freely.
What is the Edict of Milan?
Rome’s money was spent on this group to protect the empire, but it caused high taxes and hurt the economy.
What is the army?