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10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 20 Points 20 Points GEOGRAPHY AND BEGINNINGS THE REPUBLIC WAR AND PEACE LIFE IN ROME FALL OF ROME 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points
THE ITALIAN PENINSULA IS SHAPED LIKE THIS THING PEOPLE WEAR
WHAT IS A BOOT?
ITALY IS LOCATED NEAR THE MIDPOINT OF THIS BODY OF WATER
WHAT IS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA?
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY AND GREECE, MAKING ONE EASIER TO UNIFY THAN OTHER
WHAT IS THAT GREECE WAS MORE MOUNTAINOUS WITH ISOLATED VALLEYS?
ANCESTORS OF THE ROMANS CAME FROM THIS GROUP
WHO WERE THE LATINS?
ROMAN ALPHABET, ARCH BUILDING, ETC. WERE ADAPTED FROM THIS GROUP
WHO WERE THE ETRUSCANS?
MOST POWERFUL GOVERNING BODY IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC
WHAT IS THE SENATE?
SENATORS WERE MADE UP OF THIS LANDHOLDING CLASS
WHAT ARE THE PATRICIANS?
BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT WHO SUPERVISED BUSINESS AND COMMANDED ARMIES
WHAT WERE THE CONSULS?
GROUP MAKING UP BULK OF POPULATION BUT HOLDING LITTLE POWER
WHO ARE THE PLEBEIANS?
MAJOR LEGAL GAIN FOR PLEBEIANS IN 450 BCE
WHAT IS THE POSTING OF THE 12 TABLES IN THE FORUM?
BASIC MILITARY UNIT OF THE ROMAN ARMY, MORE FLEXIBLE THAN GREEK PHALANX
WHAT IS THE LEGION?
CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL FACED BY ROMANS IN THE SECOND PUNIC WAR
WHO WAS HANNIBAL?
HARSH PUNISHMENT FOR COWARDICE IN WHICH 1 IN 10 MEN IN UNIT PUT TO DEATH
WHAT IS DECIMATION?
AREA CONQUERED BY JULIUS CAESAR
WHAT WAS GAUL?
PERIOD OF 200 YEARS BEGINNING WITH AUGUSTUS AND ENDING WITH MARCUS AURELIUS
WHAT IS THE PAX ROMANA?
POLICY OF PROVIDING SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS TO THE MOBS
WHAT IS BREAD AND CIRCUS?
TERM FOR RELIGION HAVING MANY GODS, LIKE IN ROME
WHAT IS POLYTHEISTIC?
ROMANS BORROWED HEAVILY FROM THIS CIVILIZATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE ARTS
WHAT IS GREECE?
BUILDING MATERIAL RELIED ON BY ROMANS TO ENGINEER AQUEDUCTS AND DOMED BUILDINGS
WHAT IS CONCRETE?
PEOPLE LIKE EARLY CHRISTIANS WHO SUFFERED OR DIED FOR THEIR BELIEFS
WHO WERE MARTYRS?
EMPEROR WHO BEGAN ECONOMIC REFORMS AND SPLIT THE EMPIRE
WHO WAS DIOCLETIAN?
EMPEROR WHO BUILT A NEW ROMAN CAPITAL ON THE BOSPORUS STRAIT AND CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY
WHO WAS CONSTANTINE?
THIS NOMADIC WARLIKE PEOPLE INTIMIDATED GERMANIC TRIBES, SENDING THEM TO SEEK SAFETY INSIDE ROMAN BORDERS
WHO WERE THE HUNS?
GROUP THAT DEFEATED THE ROMAN ARMY AT ADRIANOPLE IN 378
WHO WERE THE VISIGOTHS?
FOREIGN SOLDIERS SERVING IN THE ROMAN ARMY FOR PAY
WHAT ARE MERCENARIES?
Final Jeopardy MAKE YOUR WAGER
ONE IDEA FROM THE ROMAN REPUBLIC THAT WAS ADAPTED INTO THE U. S ONE IDEA FROM THE ROMAN REPUBLIC THAT WAS ADAPTED INTO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
WHAT IS THE VETO, THE SENATE AND/OR CHECKS ON POLITICAL POWER?