An open area in a city filled with public buildings, temples, and markets

1
Key Vocabulary The Republic Legacies Christianity Important People Early Rome The Roman Empire Potpourri
100



100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
2
An open area in a city filled with public
buildings, temples, and markets

• forum

100
3
The top officials of the Roman republic

• consuls

100
4
These large concrete channels brought fresh water
to Roman cities

• aqueducts

100
5
A person willing to die for his/her beliefs.

• martyr

100
6
He took control of Rome but was assassinated by
the Senate on the Ides of March

• Julius Caesar

100
7
The first form of government

• Monarchy

100
8
He was the first emperor

• Augustus or Octavian

100
9
A system of rules by which a government is
organized

• constitution

200
10
The most powerful part of the Republic.

• Senate

200
11
This early set of laws served as a model for
later law codes

• The Twelve Tables

200
12
The two parts of the Christian bible

• Old Testament and New Testament

200
13
This brilliant general led Carthage in the Punic
Wars

• Hannibal

200
14
These geographic features made Romes location
perfect

• Seven Hills and Tiber River

200
15
Octavian defeated them for control of the Empire.

• Anthony and Cleopatra

200
16
If you are wealthy and own land you are in this
class

• patrician

300
17
A main idea of the Republic system of government

• A separation of power is important

300
18
Latin was the foundation of these types of
languages.

• Romance

300
19
The two apostles most responsible for the
spread of Christianity
Peter and Paul
300
20
He reformed the Roman army by making it larger -
allowing poor citizens to join
Daily Double How much would you like to wager?

• Marius

300
21
The earlier advanced cultures that most
influenced Rome

• Greek and Etruscan

300
22
The stadiums that hold the gladiator games and
chariot races

• Colloseum and Circus Maximus

300
23
A poem humorously mocking our President would
be an example of this

• Satire

400
24
The three branches of the Republic

• Assembly, senate, magistrates

400
25
Romes three most important practical achievements

• Roads, concrete, aqueducts

400
26
The first Roman emperor to accept Christianity

• Constantine

400
27
The three generals that waged civil wars that led
to the end of the Republic

• Sulls, Pompey and Julius Caesar

400
28
The Roman army used these two advantages to
conquer neighboring people
New fighting formations and superior weapons
400
29
After the fall of the western empire, this one
began

• Byzantine Empire

400
30
A long period of peace and prosperity in Roman
history

• Pax Romana

100
31
The belief that the law should be equally applied
to all citizens

• Rule of Law

200
32
The Roman emperors used these to keep the
peoples mind off of their difficult lives.

• Gladiator games and chariot races

300
33
The three factors that most caused the decline of
the Roman Empire
Daily Double How much would you like to wager?

• Economic problems, civil wars, and foreign
  invasions

400