Vocabulary People Geography Government Wars
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What is a Republic?
Government in which people elect their leaders
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Who is Romulus?
Legendary founder of the City of Rome
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What is a peninsula?
In geographic terms, Italy is
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What are Consuls?
The two most powerful magistrates in Rome
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What is Troy?
According to legend the Greeks destroyed this city before Aeneas reached Itlay
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What are Dictators?
Rulers with absolute power
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Who is Hannibal?
Brilliant military leader of Carthage
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What is the Apennines?
The two major mountain ranges that run through Italy are the Alps and
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What is the Roman Senate?
A council of wealthy and powerful Romans the advised the city's leaders
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What is would not have attacked?
If the Gaul's attacked on Rome in 387 BC had failed other countries
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Who are Patricians?
Wealthy, powerful citizens of Rome
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Who is Spartacus?
Gladiator that led a slave revolt
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What is grow large amounts of food?
Italy's mild climate allowed the people to
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What is Twelve Tables?
The Roman Laws were called
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What is threatened by Rome?
Many nearby countries attacked because they felt
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What is Veto?
To prohibit actions by other officials
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Who is Aeneas?
Legendary Trojan hero that formed an alliance with the Latins, Rome's founders may have descended form him
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What is the Forum?
The center of Roman life was located in
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What is Checks and Balances?
Kept one part of the government from becoming too strong
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What is the Second Punic War?
Hannibal led Carthage in this Punic War
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What are Legions?
Groups of up to 6,000 Roman soldiers
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Who are Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus?
Killed because they angered wealthy and powerful Romans
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What is rugged?
The land of Italy is very
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What is Violence?
The killing of the Gracchus brothers set a trend of using this as a political weapon
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What is flexibility?
The most important factor in Rome's military success was






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