Geography
This is the modern day country where Rome is located
What is Italy?
These connected Roman cities and allowed traders and armies to move easily.
What are roads?
This is the one way that Roman gods were different than Greek gods.
What are their names?
True or false: The silk road was a single road
FALSE
This was the law making group in the Roman Republic that was made up of elected representatives
The senate
True or False: Rome was more isolated that Greece because the environment was difficult to travel
FALSE
These brought clean water into Roman cities from mountains and lakes.
What are aqueducts?
Before becoming an Empire, Rome had this type of government, where people would elect senators to make laws.
What is a republic?
True or false: The silk road was only used to spread objects to sell
FALSE: ideas and knowledge were spread on the silk road
These two leaders were chosen by the senate. There were two to avoid anyone getting too much power.
Consuls
These are the three continents where Rome had territory: Europe, Asia, and __________
What is Africa?
This architectural invention used rounded openings to distribute weight and build larger structures.
What are arches?
This was the language spoken in ancient Rome. It inspired modern languages like French, Spanish, and Italian.
What is Latin?
Which one of these was NOT connected to the silk Road: India, Africa, China, America, Europe
What is America
These wars were fought against Carthage and allowed Rome to take over North Africa
Punic Wars
These acted as protection for the Italian peninsula and kept invaders out of Rome
Mountains (The Alps)
These places were open to the public and allowed Romans to stay clean and socialize.
What are Baths?
This was the Roman currency.
What is Denarii?
This material came from China and was so popular in Rome that it caused an economic crisis
What is silk?
The Roman government had ___ branches so that power was evenly balanced
Three
This is the sea that Rome used to trade and conquer. At its largest, Rome controlled this sea on all sides.
What is the Mediterranean?
This material was poured as a liquid and then hardened, and was used to build structures that still stand today!
What is concrete?
This structure was used as an arena for gladiator fights and still stands in Rome today.
What is the coliseum?
This religion began in Nepal/India and spread throughout Asia because of the silk road
What is buddhism?
These people were the commoners of Rome and had to fight for rights from the patricians
Who are the Plebeians?