3. Rome’s Beginnings Roman Republic Roman Emperors Wild Card 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Final Jeopardy

4. 10 On what peninsula is Rome located? Answer

5. Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula

6. 20 Answer What mountains in northern Italy provided protection?

7. The Alps

8. 30 Answer What group of people were the “first Romans?”

9. The Latins

10. 40 Answer According to legend, what two Brothers built Rome?

11. Romulus & Remes

12. 50 Answer What did the Etruscans teach the Latins?

13. Building with brick & tile, how to drain marshes, Etruscan alphabet

14. 60 Answer Along what river did the Latins Settle?

15. Tiber River

16. 70 Answer From what group did the Romans get most of their culture?

17. Greeks

18. 80 Answer What type of religion did they have?

19. Polytheistic

20. 90 Answer The Latins revolted against Etruscan kings to create what type of government?

21. Republic

22. 100 Answer What was the Forum?

23. Square where government buildings and laws were located

24. 10 Answer In a republic, the power rests with _______________.

25. The citizens

26. 20 Answer What were the two classes in Rome that struggled for power?

27. Patricians & Plebeians

28. 30 Answer Who were the patricians?

29. Wealthy landowners

30. 40 Answer Who were the Plebeians?

31. common farmers, artisans, and merchants

32. 50 Answer What percentage of the population were the Plebeians?

33. 95%

34. 60 Answer What made up the executive branch of the Roman Republic?

35. 2 Consuls

36. 70 Answer What made up the legislative branch in the Roman Republic?

37. Assembly of Centuries & the Senate

38. 80 Answer What did the Plebeians do to demand representation?

39. Went on strike from the military

40. 90 Answer What kind of representation did the Plebeians receive?

41. Tribunes

42. 100 Answer What were the Twelve Tables?

43. The Roman laws hung in the Forum on bronze tablets

44. 10 Answer Who was the 1 st emperor of Rome?

45. Octavian (Augustus)

46. 20 Answer What period in Roman history began during Augustus’ reign?

47. Pax Romana

48. 30 Answer What did the emperors after Augustus have in common?

49. They were mentally unstable.

50. 40 Answer Who murdered Claudius and why?

51. His wife; she wanted her son to be emperor

52. 50 Answer Why was Nero a bad emperor?

53. Spent the empire’s money Accused of burning Rome Murdered his wife and mother

54. 60 Answer What did Nero say when he committed suicide?

55. “What an artist the world is losing!”

56. 70 Answer What emperor built a wall across the width of Britain?

57. Hadrian

58. 80 Answer Who was the last of the good emperors?

59. Marcus Aurelius

60. 90 Answer What did the emperors built in order to increase communication throughout the empire?

61. Roman Roads

62. 100 Answer Who was the first Christian emperor?

63. Constantine

64. 10 Answer Here, people could watch gladiators fight against each other or wild animals to the death

65. Colosseum

66. 20 Answer Temple to the gods of ancient Rome

67. Pantheon

68. 30 Answer Artificial channels for carrying water (some brought water from 60 miles away)

69. Aqueducts

70. 40 Answer What language did the Romans speak?

71. Latin

72. 50 Answer Latin is the basis for the Romance languages. Name two.

73. French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian

74. 60 Answer Romans forced Jews out of Jerusalem, and they of Jerusalem, and they were forced to settle elsewhere. What is this called?

75. Jewish Diaspora

76. 70 Answer Who was the leading teacher of Christianity?

77. Paul

78. 80 Answer From most important to least, list the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.

79. 1.Pope 2.Archbishops 3.Bishops 4.Parish priests

80. 90 Answer Who split the Roman Empire into 2 separate empires (through his will) ?

81. Theodosius

82. 100 Answer What caused the fall of the Roman Empire?

83. Inflation, poor leadership, and Germanic invasions

84. Final Jeopardy Answer Type your text here.

85. Type the answer