Vocabulary
What is a forum?
A public place where people could meet and exchange goods and ideas
Who were Patricians?
rich land owners and descendants of oldest Roman families
How many Punic Wars were there?
3
Rome is located on what peninsula?
The Italian Peninsula
What was the main language of the Roman Empire?
Latin
What is a republic?
A government where people elect leaders
Who were Plebeians?
Farmers, merchants, soldiers, and craftworkers
In the first Punic War, it was mostly fought in a naval battle. How did the Romans win against the strongest navy in the Mediterranean?
They used grappling hooks and gangplanks in order to board ships and then fight like they did on land.
Name at least one sea that surrounds the Italian Peninsula
Adriatic, Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian Sea
Which had a larger population - the Patricians or the Plebeians?
The Plebeians
What is a dictator?
Who were considered Roman citizens?
In the second Punic Wars, Hannibal, the general from Carthage, used what animal to move many of his troops from Spain to Rome?
Elephants
What is the name of island southwest of the Italian Peninsula? This island was what the Punic Wars were mainly fought over.
Sicily
What number is this - XVI
16
What is a senate?
A council of representatives
Why did the Senate have two consuls?
So no one person could hold too much power
Who won the second Punic War?
Name one mountain range in the Italian Peninsula
Alps, Apennines
What number is this MI
1,001
What is a legion?
A unit of soldiers in the Roman army
Most people couldn't read
In the third Punic War, name at least two things the Romans did to the city of Carthage.
Destroy it, burn it, enslave the remaining population, take everything of worth, salt the fields surrounding the city
Why was the land so great for farming? Name one reason
Extinct volcanoes spread nutrient-rich ash
Silt from all the rivers provided nutrients
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