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Quiz (6/11) on Rome
1) you must be able to locate and identify the following topographical
features (#7 and #9):
Spain
Black Sea
Egypt
Britain
Carthage
Asia Minor
Gaul
Italy
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
2) you must be able to recognize and use the following terms from our
Roman definitions (#1 Vocabulary):
Latins
plebeian
Senate
administration
Palatine
patrician
consul
Pax Romana
arch
civil war
veto
forum
tribune
mob rule
expansion
villa
3) you must interpret the attached map, charts and time line based on our
work on Rome and the Greek forms of government
Early Rome Quiz Definitions
1) Latins -- people from the ancient country of Latium, an area in what is now the
country of Italy
2) Palatine -- one of the seven hills in ancient Rome, it was the site of the founding of
this great city
3) arch -- an upside down U or V shaped structure that supports weight above it, as in
a doorway
4) plebeian -- one of the common people who held no power
5) patrician -- a rich man who held power
6) Senate -- a group of 300 patricians elected to govern Rome during the Roman
Republic
7) consul -- one of two chief leaders in the Roman Republic
8) veto -- to refuse to approve proposals of government made by the Senate
9) tribune -- an official of the Roman Republic elected by plebeians to protect their
rights
10) civil war -- a war between regions of the same country
11) expansion -- the act or process of expanding; the new nation's expansion
westward.
12) mob rule -- government by mob or a mass of the people who are solely interested
in their own personal ideas and welfare
13) administration -- the activity of a government or state in the exercise
of its powers and duties
14) Pax Romana -- Latin for Roman peace, it was the 200 years of harmony
throughout the Mediterranean starting with the reign of Octavian
15) forum -- the large complex of government buildings, meeting halls, temples and
theaters at Rome's center
16) villa -- a fancy country home on a large area of land owned by the wealthy of
Rome
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