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Geography
Rise of Republic
From Republic to Empire
Daily Life
100
Italy can best be described as a what?
peninsula
100
In the Roman Republic, a member of the upper, ruling class.
patricians
100
How many periods of expansion or growth did Rome experience?
4
100
The center of most of the important public activities of the city of Rome.
Forum
200
Mountain range that runs the length of Italy.
Apennines
200
In the Roman Republic, one of the common people.
plebeians
200
A series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage for control of the Mediterranean Region.
Punic Wars
200
The idea that people should live according to a set of agreed-upon laws.
rule of law
300
What river runs North/South out of Rome?
Tiber River
300
One of two chief leaders in Rome.
consul
300
Julius Caesar's grandnephew and adopted son, Octavian; Rome's first emperor.
Caesar Augustus
300
A large arena in Rome where gladiator contest were held.
Colosseum
400
What mountain range is just north of the Italian peninsula?
Alps
400
Which two groups greatly influenced Roman culture?
Etruscans and Greeks
400
A Roman general who ended the Roman Republic when he seized power and became dictator for life.
Julius Caesar
400
Who, rich or poor Romans, could accuse someone else of a crime?
Both, rich and poor
500
Name the five seas that make up the Italian peninsula
Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Mediterranean, Ionian, Adriatic
500
An important engineering adaptation Romans took from the Etruscans was an irrigation system called what?
cuniculus
500
Period of Roman expansion marked by the empire adding lands by pushing borders to natural boundaries.
4th period of expansion
500
What percentage of the Roman Empire's population lived in the country?
90%