What 3 continents did the Rome's territory expand to?
Europe, Asia, Africa
patricians
True/False: Women could serve in the senate.
False
True/False: Women in Rome were allowed to vote.
False, women were considered citizens but not allowed to vote
What is an aqueduct?
-structure that moves water from one place to another
How did the geography of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece differ?
-mountains were less rugged and not isolating
-Rome is on a broad plain, favorable for growing crops
What are magistrates?
-government workers who put the laws and policies into practice
Who can be a tribune?
-plebeians
What distinguished plebeians from patricians?
-patricians were land owners
What innovation is shown by the picture below?
-Arch
Along the banks of this river is where Rome was founded.
Tiber River
What was the role of the senate?
-suggest laws, policies and give advice to the Consuls
What is the role of the tribunes?
-protect the interests/rights of the lower class plebeians
What is a freedman?
Are they citizens of Rome?
-former slave, no
What would Rome build after conquering new territory?
-roads to connect the new territory and Rome
What sea was at the center of the Roman world?
Mediterranean Sea
What were the powers of the Consuls?
-pass laws and manage the army
What power is shared by the Consuls AND Tribunes?
-veto laws
-plebeians
Describe 2 innovations used in the Colosseum
-arches
-retractable roof
-underground tunnels, trapdoors, passages
-elevators
-running water
What is the name of the two mountain ranges in Italy?
the Alps and the Apennines
Name 4 parts of the Roman government (branches)
-senate
-consuls
-tribunes
-magistrates
-questors
-praetors
-aediles
What parts of the Roman governments were adopted by the framers of the U.S. Constitution?
-Senate
-Checks and Balances
-Veto
Where did a majority of Roman slaves come from?
-areas conquered by Rome
-the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials