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Unit 2: Rome
Study Guide
SWBAT describe the government of the Roman Republic and compare it to that of the US
1. How was the government in the Roman Republic different than the government in Athens?
2. What was the basic legal code of Rome?
3. Which two groups of people were citizens in the Roman Republic and how were they different?
4. Complete the following chart:
What they do
Executive
Legislative
Who they were in
Rome
Who they are in the
US
Two consuls
Make the laws
Judicial
SWBAT trace the events of the Punic Wars and explain their significance
5. Initially, who was allowed to serve in the Roman military?
6. What event caused the Romans to extend military membership to others?
7. What different divisions was Rome’s military broken into?
8. Who did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?
9. What was the result of the Punic Wars?
10. What is a corvus?
SWBAT analyze the events leading to the fall of the Roman Republic
11. The Punic Wars increased Rome’s wealth, but what problem did they create?
Supreme Court
12. Why was Caesar murdered?
13. What caused the failure of the Roman Republic?
14. What is an emperor?
15. Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire? Which famous Roman leader was he related to?
SWBAT analyze ancient Roman Culture and trace the development of Christianity
16. What were aqueducts used for?
17. What does the term pater familias mean?
18. Write two sentences about women’s rights in Rome.
19. Describe the Pax Romana?
20. What types of events took place at the coliseum?
21. Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek poet Homer?
22. What was the name of the racetrack in ancient Rome?
23. What did the Edict of Milan do?
24. Which religion was spread throughout the Roman Empire by the apostle Paul?
SWBAT trace the origins of the Byzantine Empire
25.
How did Diocletian reform (change) the Roman Empire? Why?
26.
Where did Constantine move the capital of the Roman Empire to? (Give both names)
27.
After the collapse of the Western part of the Roman Empire, what did the Eastern part change
its name to?
28.
What branch of Christianity was followed in the Byzantine Empire?
SWBAT analyze the events leading to the fall of Rome
29.
When the Roman Empire reached its height, what areas were under its control?
30. What factors contributed to the fall of Rome?
31. Of the factors you listed in 30, which do you think is most important? Why?
32.
What happened to Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
33.
Write paragraph comparing the Roman, Greece and American cultural legacies.
39. Explain and draw an example of each of the following Roman architectural advances.
Arch
Vault
Dome
Aqueduct