Government
Society
Punic Wars
Legacy
Geography
100

Responsibility to participate in the government by running for office, voting, etc. 

What is civic duty? 

100

The Roman general that defeated the Carthaginians at Zama.

Who is Scipio?

100

The wars between Rome and Carthage for control of the Mediterranean Sea.

What are The Punic Wars

100

Romans used this material to make new architectural designs (arches and aqueducts).

What is concrete?

100

Because Rome is a  ______________, trade was encouraged by both land and sea.  

What is a Peninsula?

200

This part of the Roman government was made up of 300 wealthy men who served for life.

What is the Senate?

200

The early Roman dictator who honorably stepped away from his position after he solved the crisis.

Who is Cincinnatus?

200

This Carthaginian general invaded Rome with war elephants and won the Battle of Cannae.

Who is Hannibal?

200

Created by the Romans to connect their vast empire and to make getting from place to place a little easier. 

What are roads?

200

The flooding of  the _______ of Rome provided for fertile soil for growing crops.

What are rivers?

300

A type of government where people elect representatives to make decisions for them.

What is a republic (or a Representative Government)?

300

This Carthagenian general led a herd of elephants and men through Spain, over the Alps and down the boot of Italy to Cannae, where he defeated the Romans.

Who is Hannibal?

300

At which battle did Scipio defeat Hannibal, helping Rome win the second Punic War?

What is the Battle of Zama?

300

Designed to transport water.

What are aqueducts?

300

These land forms in Rome provided a natural barrier for protection from invasions.

What are mountains?

400

The Plebeians gained political rights after they went on strike.  This strike was called ____________.

What is the Conflict of Orders?

400

The social class which went on strike and left Rome because they were not being treated equally in the government. (They wanted equal political rights.)

Who are the Plebeians?

400

Name two results, or penalties, Carthage had to pay after losing the Punic Wars (any of the wars).

What is pay an indemnity (fine); give up land (Spain, Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily); Gave their Navy to Rome.

ANY TWO

400

Roman engineers refined these to better create larger spans and spaces. 

What are arches? 

400

These provided fresh water to the cities through the use of aqueducts.

What are rivers?

500

The Romans expanded the Greeks model of democracy by developing division of powers,where power was shared among three branches of government. 

What is a tri-partite government ?

500

A United States president and a leader in the Revolutionary war who is compared to the dictator Cincinnatus.

Who is George Washington?

500

Describe what happened to Carthage in the third Punic War.

Rome burned Carthage, enslaved  their people, and (supposedly) salted the land. 

500

All people are treated equal under the law, no matter what their social status is.  This is the basis of our government in the U.S.A.

What is the Rule of Law?

500

Because Rome was a peninsula, they had easier access to areas which allowed them to ________. 

What is expand their empire?