1. Rome Jeopardy 2012 Vocab 100 200 300 400 500 Government 100 200 300 400 500 Daily Life 100 200 300 400 500 Gifts 100 200 300 400 500

2. Vocab for 100 The term for the class of poor people. What are plebeians?

3. Vocab for 200 The 200 year period of peace started by Augustus. What is Pax Romana?

4. Vocab for 300 The term for taxes on imported goods. What are tariffs?

5. Vocab for 400 Two types of people who became gladiators. Who are criminals, prisoners of war, or wealthy thrill-seekers?

6. Vocab for 500 He came up with the idea that emperors “rule by divine right.” Who was Diocletian?

7. Government for 100 Rome fought this city-state during the Punic Wars. What was Carthage?

8. Government for 200 Two similarities between the Justinian Code and our law code today. What are: Use of witnesses, judges, lawyers Would consider motivation of witnesses Innocent until proven guilty Some standardized national laws

9. Government for 300 Who is Gaius Marius? He started the professional army.

10. Government for 400 Some possibilities: –Weak/crazy emperors –No rule about inheriting throne –Not enough soldiers –Population drop from plague, earthquake, floods –Germanic groups attack –Empire too large to govern effectively Three causes of the fall of Rome.

11. Government for 500 Who were tribunes? These people were chosen to protect the rights of the poor.

12. Daily Life for 100 The volcano that errupted in 79 A.D., preserving artifacts and bodies in Pompeii What is a Mount Vesuvius?

13. Daily Life for 200 Two differences between patricians and plebeians. Rich vs. poor Small % of population vs. larger Could hold office vs. could not *both paid taxes, were in the army, were citizens!

14. Daily Life for 300 Two changes made by Julius Caesar. Gave land to former soldiers Roads and buildings Funded gladiatorial games Doubled Senate Extended citizenship

15. Daily Life for 400 Famous Carthaginian general who brought elephants over the Alps to invade Italy. Who is Hannibal Barca?

16. Daily Life for 500 Advantages of a legion over a phalanx Smaller and faster Soldiers could split up/ change direction Well trained

17. Gifts for 100 An invention used as a “glue” to hold parts of buildings together. What is concrete?

18. Gifts for 200 Two advantages of a professional army. What are: –Motivated- choice –Trained –Paid (also helped motivation) –Gov’t supplied weapons

19. Gifts for 300 Two places you might see a dome today. Sports arenas, theaters, capitol buildings, igloos…

20. Gifts for 400 The term for when laws are the same in all parts of a country. What is standardized?

21. Gifts for 500 Advisors to the consuls in the Roman Republic… we have officials with the same name today! What is the Senate?