| A | B |
|---|
| Member of the landholding elite | Patrician |
| People elected to the Roman goverment as representatives for the poor people | Tribunes |
| The common, poorer farmers and artisans | Plebians |
| The year Rome was founded | 509BC |
| Twin brothers who founded Rome | Romulus and Remus |
| How were the Roman laws made public? | They were written on 12 tablets and hung in the marketplace |
| Who was Rome's enemy during the Punic Wars? | Carthage |
| Carthage is located in | North Africa |
| Who led Carthage against Rome? | Hannibal |
| Who led Rome against Carthage? | Scipio |
| How many Punic Wars were there? | 3 |
| Why couldn't Hannibal attack Rome via the Mediterranean Sea? | Rome controlled it |
| How did Hannibal enter Italy to start the 2nd Punic War? | Through Spain and over the Alps |
| Who could not vote in 1st century Rome? | Women, Slaves and poor people |
| What protected Rome to the north? | The Alps |
| What River did Rome settle near? | The Tiber |
| What group made up most of the population of Rome? | Plebeians |
| The 1st Punic War resulted from a dispute over | Sicily |
| Rome's golden age was called this | the Pax Romana |
| Rome began as a small | city-state |
| Italy looks like a | Boot |
| Why was Italy easier to unite than Greece? | Less rugged mountains, low valleys |
| The group of people who settled in northern Italy | Etruscans |
| Who was the Etruscan king kicked out of power? | Tarquin the Proud |
| First dictator of the Roman Empire | Julius Caesar |
| The tribunes were able to ________, or reject laws they though were unfair | Veto |
| The basic military unit of the Roman citizen army | Legion |
| King of all Roman gods | Jupiter |
| Queen of all Roman gods | Juno |
| God of the Sea | Neptune |
| God of death | Pluto |
| God of war | Mars |
| God of love | Cupid |
| Goddess of love | Venus |
| Messenger of the gods | Mercury |
| God of the sun | Apollo |
| Hannibal died how? | Suicide |
| What culture dotted the southern landscape | the Greeks |
| The laws of Rome were written on 12 tablets and hung where? | In the public marketplace |
| What group demanded that laws be written down? | The Plebians |
