Roman Government
What kind of government did Rome create in 509 BC?
What is a republic?
What kind of animal did Romulus and Remus get saved by?
What is a wolf?
What does the country of Italy look like?
What was the Roman Forum?
What is the heart of the city of Rome?
What is a legion?
What is a group of up to 6,000 soldiers
What is a monarchy?
What is a government with a king and queen in charge?
Who found Romulus and Remus and adopted them?
Who was a shepherd?
Where is Italy located?
a peninsula in Southern Europe
Who were the Patricians?
How did the growth of the city of Rome affect trade?
What is Rome had such a large population that farmers couldn't grow enough food to support the city; therefore, they had to trade from other parts of the Mediterranean?
What is the difference between a monarchy and a republic?
What is a monarchy is ruled by kings and queens and a republic is ruled by a group of people elected by citizens.
Where did Romulus and Remus decide to build a city?
What is the spot where the wolf had rescued them?
Why was Italy able to grow a wide variety of crops?
What is the mild climate? Warm dry summers, mild, rainy winters.
What activities took place in the Roman Forum?
What is shopping, assembly meetings, gossip, speeches, and fights between gladiators?
Who was an army general for Carthage?
Why was the senate so powerful?
What is they were in office for life?
What group of people did Aeneas form an alliance with?
What is the Latins?
How did Rome's location affect its early history?
What is it determined where Romans settled and what food they could grow?
What was Rome's first written law code called?
What is the Law of the Twelve Tables?
Who fought the Punic Wars?
Who was Carthage and Rome?
How was civic duty demonstrated in Rome?
What is attended assembly meetings and vote in elections?
(or hold public office)
How did Rome get its name?
How did Romans take advantage of Italy's physical geography?
What is they built cities on hills for defense and captured the fresh water flowing down from mountains?
Why did the people of Rome want their laws written down?
Who was Spartacus?
Who was a gladiator that led thousands of slaves to rise up against Rome and demand freedom?