Geography
These seas surround the Italian peninsula.
What is Tyrrhenian Sea, Adriatic Sea & Mediterranean Sea?
A form of government in which people elect representatives to act on their behalf.
What is republic?
The first emperor of Rome.
Who was Augustus?
The amphitheater in the center of Rome where gladiator fights were held.
What is the Colosseum?
Roman gladiator who led a slave revolt.
Who is Spartacus?
The continents the Roman Empire reached.
What is Europe, Asia and Africa?
3 branches of American government.
What are legislative, judicial and executive?
Military leader and dictator who was assassinated on the Ides of March.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The language of the ancient Romans.
What is Latin?
A time of Roman peace.
What is Pax Romana?
The river that flows through the city of Rome.
What is the Tiber River?
3 branches of Roman government.
What are consuls, assembly and senate?
This Roman emperor was extremely cruel and had a strong interest in the arts.
Who is Nero?
Use by the ancient Romans to connect the empire and make military travel easier.
What are roads?
The upper class citizens of Rome.
Who are patricians?
The mountain range the runs through the center of the Italian peninsula.
What is the Apennine Mountains?
Features of government the US and ancient Rome have in common.
What are veto, checks and balances, written laws and a constitution?
This Roman emperor enacted policies to help the poor and improved the road system but he also promoted bloodsports.
Who is Trajan?
Carried water through a leveled system of pipes and arches.
What are aqueducts?
The common citizens of Rome.
Who are plebeians?
Crops the Romans grew.
What are olives and grapes?
A framework for government.
What is constitution?
This Roman emperor was responsible for protecting the borders and built Hadrian's Wall as he tried to avoid war.
Who is Hadrian?
The volcano that destroyed the city of Pompeii when it erupted in the year AD 79.
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
The main ancient Roman god.
Who is Jupiter?