Download Ancient Rome - Roman Republic Review Scramble ANS

Ancient Rome: Roman Republic Test Review Scramble Answers
1. Italy is in the __________________ of the Mediterranean Sea west of _____________________.
NECTRE
RGEEEC
Center
Greece
2. Rome is located just inland on the ___________________ River in west-central Italy.
RIBET
Tiber
3. The great mountain chain to the north of Italy is the _______________.
LSPA
Alps
4. The Romans copied many things from the _________________, such as their gods and
architectural styles.
EGKRSE
Greeks
5. One of the Romans’ greatest legacies is their advances in engineering. They didn’t make great
structures just to impress people or properly worship the gods. More importantly, they made
them to solve __________________________ problems.
RILCAPCAT
Practical
6. Engineering achievements of the ancient Romans include building ________________________,
advanced sewer and 0plumbing systems, amphitheaters (think of the Colosseum), and domed
structures.
DAEQCUTUS
Aqueducts
7. The three major periods of ancient Roman history are the Regal Period (rule by Etruscan kings),
Roman __________________, and Roman ___________________.
EPRILUBC
MERIEP
Republic
Empire
8. The famous Roman epic that tells the story of the Trojan horse and follows the flight of a Trojan
prince from Troy to Italy, as well as the story of the founding of Rome is the
______________________ written by ______________________.
ENEIDA
LVIREG
Aeneid
Vergil
9. Per Roman tradition, ____________________ and Remus founded the city of Rome.
ORLUMSU
Romulus
10. Per tradition, Rome was founded as a village built among ___________________________ hills.
VENES
Seven
11. Because Roman mansions were built on the Palatine Hill, we call a king’s mansion a
__________________________.
LCAAEP
Palace
12. The Regal Period (753 to 509 B.C.E.) was the period in Roman history when Rome was ruled by
______________________ kings from north of Rome.
RSTEUACSN
Etruscans
13. The Roman Republic lasted from 509 to 31 B.C.E. During the early centuries of the Roman
Republic, _______________________ (wealthy people with important family names) lost
political power to the __________________________ (rich and poor people who didn't have
important family names).
TCAPIRNSAI
EPNALSBEI
Patricians
Plebeians
14. During the Struggle of the Orders (the political struggle of the early Roman Republic), plebeians
gained the right to have their own assembly, to have laws posted, to be elected consuls, and
eventually gained the right to pass laws affecting all Roman citizens, including ______________.
IAARTNPCIS
Patricians
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15. The word ____________________ comes from the Latin term res publica. This term means "a
public thing" and refers to the Romans' belief that a ___________________ should be under the
control of the people.
PBERLCUI
MNORVGNTEE
Republic
Government
16. In a _______________ democracy, all citizens can __________________ and vote on all issues.
ERDTIC
BAEETD
Direct
Debate
17. In a _______________________, or representative democracy, citizens elect representatives to
vote for them, such as when Americans elect Congressmen during a national
_______________________.
ECRPLNUIAB
OLTNICEE
Republican
Election
18. The center of Roman political and religious life was the _________________.
ORUMF
Forum
19. Per Polybius, the three parts of the Roman government were monarchy (rule by a king),
aristocracy (rule by wealthy landowners), and ____________________________ (rule by the
people).
MEACORYDC
Democracy
20. Most Roman officials were elected to one-year terms and served in office with at least one other
person who had the same ______________________ as themselves.
SROEPW
21. There were two Roman consuls who carried out the laws and served as commanders-in-chief.
This means that they led the Roman _______________________. This currently is a power of
the president of the United States.
TLIYRAIM
22. Each consul could __________________ (forbid) each other’s actions. This is also currently a
power of the U.S. president. Consuls served ____________-year terms to prevent them from
becoming too powerful.
OTEV
ENO
Veto
One
23. The symbol of Roman authority was the fasces. This refers to an axe tied to a bundle of
__________________. The number of servants carrying their own fasces represented the level
of power possessed by a Roman official. Consuls had the most fasces.
CTSKSI
Fasces
24. The U.S. president serves a _______________-year term, a U.S. senator serves a
_______________-year term, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives serves a
_______________-year term.
UROF
IXS
OWT
Four Six
Two
25. Roman praetors were like federal (national) _____________________ in the United States
government.
GJDEUS
Judges
26. The most important common people’s assembly in ancient Rome was the ________________ of
the Plebeians. Though it passed laws, it did not ________________________ laws.
ICONLCU
OERSPPO
Council
Propose
27. The plebeians gained the right to have officials called ______________________ protect them.
In today’s world, newspapers have the term for these officials in their titles to indicate that they
are protectors of the people through their reporting of the news.
ESUTBRIN
Tribunes
28. The U.S. Senate is based on the ancient Roman Senate. The Roman Senate, however, DID NOT
have the power to pass _______________. Instead, senators gave formal __________________
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to the Council of the Plebeians whose members usually voted the way the senators wanted
them to vote.
WLAS
CDAVEI
Laws
Advice
The Council of the Plebeians generally voted the way the Senate wanted it to vote because
senators had auctoritas. Though hard to properly define, this generally refers to the level of
political power and influence one had because of one’s family name, military successes, the
political offices one has held, etc. This Latin term is the origin of the English word
_________________________, meaning one’s right to rule.
TIAUORHYT
Authority
The Roman Senate had control over Rome's _______________ policy and had control over the
empire's finances. In American politics, this is called the power of the ____________________.
ROFEING
ERSPU
Foreign
Purse
The top government official in the Roman Republic was called a consul and is like the office of
the __________________ of the United States.
DPISRNEET
President
The term veto is a Latin term meaning "I _____________."
OFIBDR
Forbid
A _____________________ was a Roman official given total power for six months to solve a
crisis. In today’s world, a dictator is someone who has strong control over a government and
usually refuses to give up power.
TTCIROAD
Dictator
______________________ were Roman officials who could remove senators from the Roman
senate for amoral behavior. They also conducted surveys for assigning people to the voting
blocs of the Centuriate Assembly. They assigned people based on wealth. In today’s world,
censors prevent people from seeing or listening to content that is deemed inappropriate.
Censors in today’s world also conduct surveys for the government every ten years for the main
purpose of determining how many seats states gets in the House of Representatives.
OCNRESS
Censors
The idea for the method by which we choose the electors that elect the president of the United
States comes from the bloc voting method of the Roman Centuriate ______________________.
MSABYESL
Assembly
Romans came to dominate the _________________ Mediterranean region because of the Punic
Wars.
SERENWT
Western
Rome came to dominate the Eastern Roman Empire by conquering the ____________________
kingdoms that had been created after the death of ________________________ the Great.
SLECLEHNTII
DAERNAXEL
Hellenistic
Alexander
The period of civil wars that began in Roman history in 133 B.C.E. started because of
the _______________________ brothers' attempt to pass reforms outside of the
traditional unwritten ____________________ governing Rome's republican political system.
CHAURGCS
UELSR
Gracchus
Rules
_______________________ won the war among the members of the First Triumvirate but was
killed by senators after he had himself appointed __________________________ for life.
UJULIS SRCAAE
ADCTTORI
Julius Caesar Dictator
Octavian Caesar won the wars among the members of the Second Triumvirate in 31 B.C.E. when
he defeated Mark Antony and ____________________, the queen of Egypt. This marked the
end of the Hellenistic Age.
LCEOPTAAR
Cleopatra
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41. Octavian Caesar became Rome’s first _________________________.
PEREMOR
Emperor
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