Government & Society
The form of government where citizens vote for representatives.
What is a republic?
The enemy Rome fought in the Punic Wars.
What is Carthage?
This strong building material was invented by the Romans and is still used today.
What is concrete?
The founder of Christianity.
Who is Jesus?
One major reason for Rome’s fall: the empire was too ___.
What is large or big?
A person chosen to rule during emergencies in the Republic.
What is a dictator?
This general led elephants across the Alps to attack Rome.
Who was Hannibal?
Romans used these curved structures to build bridges and buildings.
What are arches?
Early Christians believed in this kind of god system.
What is monotheism?
This group made up much of the army in later Rome and were often disloyal.
What are mercenaries?
Poor Romans were kept happy with this food-and-fun policy.
What is Bread and Circuses?
Rome gained this island after the First Punic War.
What is Sicily?
This Roman invention carried clean water into cities from far away.
What is an aqueduct?
He legalized Christianity and moved the capital.
Who is Constantine?
In the later empire, many of these leaders were assassinated, causing chaos and weak leadership.
What are emperors?
These officials were elected to represent the plebeians.
What are tribunes?
As Rome expanded, it took control of land around this body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This huge stadium in Rome was used for gladiator fights and other events.
What is the Colosseum?
Christians were seen as a threat because they didn’t do this.
What is worship Roman gods?
A deadly disease that killed millions and weakened the Roman Empire.
What is the plague?
This emperor became the first to hold total power after the Republic.
Who is Augustus?
One 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?
Reasons why Christianity spread so quickly, despite early persecution.
What is the Roman road system, and a common language?
A lot of Rome’s money was spent on this to protect the empire, but it caused high taxes and hurt the economy.
What is the army?