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A Review On The Politics Of Ancient Rome. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What is a republic?
a) A government where all citizens directly make the decisions
b) A government where people elect representatives to make decisions for them
c) A government where a small group leads and makes decisions
d) A government where one ruler makes all the decisions

Why did the plebeians demand the laws be written down?
a) so they could learn to read
b) so their land was protected by the government
c) so the process of creating laws took longer
d) so the patricians couldn't change them anytime they wanted

What were the Twelve Tables?
a) Jesus' teachings
b) the written laws created after the Plebeians revolted
c) the list of demands created by the Plebeians when the revolted
d) the list of steps to make a law in Ancient Rome

What is a tribune?
a) A pleb elected to the Senate
b) A pleb forced into the army
c) A patrician elected to the Senate
d) A patrician who led the army

What kind of government did the Romans create after overthrowing the Etruscan kings?
a) Democracy
b) Monarchy
c) Tyranny
d) Republic

How did the plebeians revolt against the Patricians?
a) They marched out of the city and refused to come back until their demands were met
b) They started battles with them
c) They didn't
d) They made a twelve point plan to overthrow the rulers

What role plebeians serve the republic during its early years?
a) preists
b) foreign advisors
c) soldiers
d) government officials

What was the Conflict of the Orders?
a) The conflict between Carthage and Rome
b) The conflict between Patricians and Plebeians
c) The conflict between Rome and Gaul
d) The conflict between paterfamilias and materfamilias

Which group looted and burned down the city of Rome during the Roman Republic?
a) Latins
b) Etruscans
c) Gauls
d) Greeks

During the Roman Republic, what was the name of the two elected leaders who shared command of the army?
a) Tribunes
b) Consuls
c) Senate
d) Armors

During the Roman Republic, what was the name of 300 patricians elected to hold most of the power?
a) Senate
b) Consuls
c) Tribunes
d) Colossus

Who were the wealthy landowning families in Rome?
a) Pateramilias
b) Plebeians
c) Patricians
d) Consuls

Who set up the Roman Republic?
a) plebeians
b) patricians
c) Greek settlers
d) Etruscan princes

Why were plebeians unhappy when the Roman Republic was first set up?
a) they had no say in making the laws
b) they preferred living in an empire
c) they had lost the right to vote
d) they preferred to be ruled by a king

Who first ruled early Rome?
a) Etruscan kings
b) military consuls
c) Roman senators
d) plebeian assemblies

When did Rome take over the Italian Peninsula?
a) First period of expansion
b) Second period of expansion
c) Third period of expansion
d) fourth period of expansion

Who were the Romans fighting against during the Punic Wars?
a) Greece
b) Macedonia
c) Carthage
d) Gauls

How did the general Hannibal surprise the Romans?
a) He burned their city to the ground
b) He crossed the Alps with elephants
c) He attacked their ships in the harbor
d) He hired spies to pretend to be citizens

Which of the following did NOT occur during the third period of expansion?
a) slave revolts
b) Caesar Augustus took over
c) civil wars
d) Pompey fights Caesar for control of Rome

Which of the following is NOT a reform made Julius Caesar?
a) gave work to many by starting projects to build roads and buildings
b) staged free gladiator contests to keep the poor entertained
c) started new colonies and granted citizenship to the people living there
d) created a new money system to improve the economy

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