Geography of Rome
This river provided water and trade access for Rome.
What is the Tiber River?
The 2 most powerful officials in the Roman Republic.
What are consuls?
Gladiator games were most often held at this massive arena.
What is the Colosseum?
This group from the north invaded Rome and contributed to its collapse.
Who are the Germanic tribes (or Visigoths)?
There are a myriad (a lot) of these still in existence today, which you can walk or bike on.
What are Roman Roads?
These mountains to the north helped protect Rome from invasion.
What are the Alps?
I am the law making body of the government in the Republic.
What is the Senate?
Roman leaders used this policy to keep the poor entertained and less likely to revolt.
What is "bread and circuses"?
Hiring these paid foreign soldiers weakened the Roman army's loyalty and strength.
What are mercenaries?
This Roman language is the root of many modern languages like Spanish, French, and Italian.
What is Latin?
The central mountain range that runs down Italy.
What are the Apennines?
Chosen to lead the Republic in times of war or emergency.
What is a dictator?
Romans relaxed and socialized in these public places with access to water.
What are public baths?
What happened to Carthage at the end of the Punic Wars?
What is it was destroyed completely?
This type of large, curved structure used in Roman buildings and aqueducts is still used in architecture today.
What is an arch?
Rome's location on this landform helped it trade and control the Mediterranean.
What is a peninsula?
Rome changed from a Republic to this type of government ruled by emperors.
What is an empire?
This event took place at the Circus Maximus.
What are chariot races?
This emperor split the empire into Eastern and Western halves to make it easier to govern.
Who is Diocletian?
This famous Roman building inspired the design of many modern capitol buildings with its large dome.
What is the Pantheon?
These 3 continents contained the vast Roman Empire.
What is Europe, Asia and Africa?
These wars made Rome the most powerful force in the Mediterranean.
What are the Punic Wars?
Many slaves and people forced into debt became fighters known as this.
What is a gladiator?
Two reasons why the Roman Empire fell.
What are invasions, weak or cruel emperors, economic trouble, reliance on mercenaries or internal conflict? (Any two acceptable.)
This form of government, where citizens elect leaders to make decisions, was used in Rome and inspired many countries today.
What is a republic?