Geography
Italy has a central location in the _____ Sea, giving it a trading advantage in the region.
What is the Mediterranean
The term _____ means “thing of the people.”
What is Republic
Who was made Dictator for Life in 44 B.C.
Who was Julius Caesar
_____ were nobles who controlled the government of the Roman Republic.
What are Patricians
The Latins settled south of the _____ River about 1200 B.C.E.
What is the Tiber
According to legend, Rome was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and _____ in 753 B.C.E.
Who is Remus
Julius Caesar, Pompey, and ______ made up the First Triumvirate.
Who is Crassus
_____, with absolute power, were elected by the Senate in times of emergency to rule for six months.
Who are Dictators
The _____ Sea runs along the eastern coast of Italy.
What is the Adriatic
The Roman Republic was created out of rebellion from the Etruscans & conflict between _____& _____.
Who are patricians & plebeians
The Roman Republic ended with the _____ in 31 B.C.E.
What is the Battle of Actium
_____ were the common people, with few rights and little power.
Who are the Plebeians
_____ is an island which, on a map, appears to be being “kicked” by the “boot” that is the Italian peninsula.
What is Sicily
The first written laws of Rome, the _____, came into effect in 450 B.C.E.
What are the Twelve Tables
The loss of ______ would be one of the signs that the Roman Republic would fall
What is Virtue
_____ settlers colonized the “heel” and “toe” of Italy, as well as the eastern portion of Sicily.
Who are the Greeks
Rome was built on the _____ hills on the eastern bank of the Tiber River.
What are the 7
_____ from the north plundered and burned Rome in 386 B.C.E.
What are the Gauls
To make sure the Carthaginians did not rise up again, the Romans ______ the land.
What is salted
What branch of Roman government could only serve for 1 year terms?
Who are the Consuls
The _____ Sea runs along the western coast of Italy.
What is the Tyrrhenian
_____ is the traditional founder of the Roman Republic, who overthrew the Etruscan kings in 509 B.C.E.
Who is Lucius Junius Brutus
In the 2nd Punic War, Carthage was forced to pay Rome for _____ years.
What is 50
The Roman government used checks and balances & division of power to prevent ________.
What is tyranny