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Learning Outcomes: Ancient Rome
Techbook Chapter 10-11
Essential Question: How do great empires rise to power and fall?
10.1 How did geography and trade routes affect the growth of Rome?
1. Rome is located on the continent of Europe and 15 miles inland near the Tiber River. The Apennine Mountains run
North to South and provide protection to the city of Rome.
2. The Italian Peninsula is shaped like a high-heeled boot.
3. The Alps are the highest mountain range in Europe and separate the Italian Peninsula from the rest of Europe.
4. Rome lacked good harbors so many people traveled and traded on land.
5. Be familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the geography in Rome.
6. Be familiar with the Romulus and Remus myth of Rome.
7. Roman roads allowed for cultural borrowing to happen between provinces and legions could move quickly from
place to place to protect the empire. Roman roads were created first for the military/legion. Then, the roads
were used by other people. Be familiar with the impact the roads had on trade in Rome.
8. Roman coins were used for trade and had images of rulers, gods and goddesses.
10.2 Was the Roman Republic democratic?
9. The Etruscans were some of the first people to live in Italy. They took control of early Rome and their form of
government was a monarchy (king or queen).
10. The Romans rebelled against the Etruscans and formed a new government called a republic.
11. A republic is a form of government in which citizens elect leaders to make all government decisions.
12. The Romans had two social classes: Patricians and Plebeians.
13. The Plebeians were lower class citizens of Rome with little say.
14. The Patricians were descendants of Rome’s earliest settlers.
15. Veto is to refuse or reject a law.
16. A wealthy group of people are called aristocrats.
17. Slaves are prisoners of war from conquered lands.
18. Julius Caesar took control of Rome, made himself dictator for life, so the government became a dictatorship.
19. A dictator is a ruler with complete authority.
20. Punic Wars: A series of 3 wars between Rome and Carthage to control the sea trade routes in the Mediterranean
Sea.
21. Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by the Senate who feared he was becoming too powerful. This is the end of
the Roman Republic.
22. After Julius Caesar’s death, Octavian fought Antony to control Roman lands and became a ruler of an empire.
Octavian is the same person as Augustus Caesar.
23. Augustus Caesar was Rome’s first true emperor.
24.
10.3 How did Rome’s transition from Republic to Empire impact its citizens?
25. The Roman government would persecute Christians in public to establish a sense of order and to set an example
of what might happen to those who chose to break laws.
26. A legion is a group of soldiers in the Roman army.
27. Pax Romana means: _________________________________________________.
28. A Roman coliseum is an area that looks like an amphitheater, stadium or large outdoor theater.
29. An aqueduct is a system of bridges and canals that carry water.
30. An arch is the curved part of an opening, as a doorway. One of Rome’s well known architectural achievements.
31. A craftsperson is known as an artisan.
32. The early Roman Empire required that all people worship the Roman gods.
33. Constantine, an emperor of Rome, issued the Edict of Milan, which made Christianity an accepted religion.
34. The transfer of political power is generally because of conflict between people and/or the death of a ruler.
35. The Roman’s culturally borrowed several things from the Greeks such as religion, art, architecture, and language
(cultural borrowing).
*Be able to compare Rome to ancient Greece (will need to review Greek Unit/Learning Outcomes)
*Be able to compare a Republic to a Democracy (Government Comparison)
*Be able to explain the reasons why the Roman Empire fell.
*Be able to explain the growth and expansion from the Republic to the Empire.
*Be able to answer the guiding questions and essential questions from Chapter 10 and 11 in Techbook.
*Be able to correctly label the following on the map below:
Balkan Peninsula
Rome
Mediterranean Sea
Tiber River
Alps
Europe
Africa
Italian Peninsula