vocabulary
Define patrician & plebeian
upper class citizen of Rome, lower class citizen of Rome
Describe Italy's land
mountainous, rocky, peninsula
What did Plebs. Want:
1)voice in gov.
2)treated as citizens
What was the form of government created in the empire?
Republic
they were:
they were patriotic
Define republic
A form of government in which people elect leaders and representatives.
What is the Tiber River?
The river that connects Rome to the Mediterranean Sea.
Plebs. left the city and refused to:
Return until given rights
Who were the original inhabitants of Rome?
The latins
they granted………..
Roman citizenship
Define tripartite
Three branch government
The Latin's settled on the…….
Latium Plians
Why do the Pats. Panic?
There was no military or farming
Who are the upper class?
The patricians
The people of Rome absorbed__________? And used them to_______
the achievement, to help them advance
Define veto
To reject
Four things that early settelers look for when deciding to build their cities were:
Fresh water: Tiber R.
Sea access ports: Ionian sea
Good land for a city to flourish: Latium plains
protection: The alps
What is coming?
CHANGE
Who were the lower class?
The Plebians
Allowed conquered people to____
keep their own language, and religion.
Define checks and balances
A system in which each branch of government limits the power of another branch
The 2 most prized crops in Rome were:
Grapes, olives
Constructed a network of______. For_____
roads, travel and trade