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He was chosen in time of emergency to rule for 6 months.
What is a dictator?
The location of Rome influenced civilization there because (name one of the many reasons)
WHAT IS . . .
It was located in the center of Italy, so domination of the entire peninsula was easy.
It was located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, so they could control trade in the Mediterranean
15 miles from the sea; Protection from pirates
Located on the Tiber River; Water for irrigation
Surrounded by seven hills, so it could be easily defended.
On the Tiber River, they could trade along it but far enough inland so a naval attack would not be easy.
300 patricians – members of upper class
Served for life, issued decree
What is the Senate?
There are this many members of the House of Representatives.
What are 435?
These people were originally supposed to be subservient, but some wealthy _____ distinguished themselves and even ran businesses.
What are women?
These men borrowed many Roman governmental practices to establish their own country.
Who are the Founding Fathers?
What is most associated with the period of Ancient Roman history known as the Pax Romana?
What is it was a time of peace?
The city of Rome was built in what modern state/country?
Italy
Elected by senate
Supervised the business of the government
Could serve only 1 one-year term
What are consuls?
The branch of the government executes the laws of the land.
What is the Executive Branch?
Roman gods and goddesses were borrowed from these two civilizations.
What are Etruscans and Greeks?
He tweaked the poems of Horace celebrating Roman farms to describe Virginia agricultural life.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Romans drove out this king in 509 B.C. because the whole line of kings was very cruel.
What is the Etruscan king?
Controlling this body of water enabled the Roman Empire to spread its influence into Africa and the Middle East.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Why establish a Republic?
Limit the power held by one person
This branch consists of the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Roman slaves like Maximus were trained to fight these two things.
What are other slaves and animals?
Rome inspired many features of our own Constitution, including this, which is akin to the separation of powers.
What are checks and balances?
According to legend, Romulus and Remus were my offspring
Mars
These were the ancestors of the Romans. They settled the peninsula in 800 B.C. They settled the Tiber River area with 7 hills – which became Rome.
What are Latins?
Elected officials who represented plebeians
Protected interests of plebeians
What are tribunes?
This branch makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This is how Roman citizen-soldiers were paid.
What are with the “spoils” of victory?
The Founding Fathers followed the Roman path or a very different path than this country during its fight for independence from a monarchy.
What is the French Revolution?
These run through the center, but they are not as rugged as the mountains in Greece.
What are the Apennine mountains?
They lived north of Rome. They came from Asia Minor. They gave the Romans the alphabet they learned from the Greeks. They brought other ideas, such as the arch, engineering, and gods (merged with Roman deities).
What are the Estrucans?
supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives,
has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
What is a republic?
The president is part of this branch.
What is the executive branch?
Those people conquered by the Romans had to do these two things.
What are pay taxes and give soldiers?
That was the brilliance of the Founders: rather than trying to create something never tested, they adapted the lessons of history to their own ____.
What is age?