Rome 9/2005
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- ______ were the citizens of Rome.
- Romans
- The ________ were the "people of the sea" and ruled over Rome for 200 years.
- Etruscans
- The _____ settled on the Palatine in about 1200 B.C.
- Latins
- the citizens of Carthage in North Africa were called _____.
- Carthaginians
- The _____ River Valley was at the southern tip of the Roman Empire.
- Nile
- The _____ and _____ Rivers separated the Romans from the Germanic tribes.
- Rhine and Danube
- The _____ and ______ Rivers flow into the Persian Gulf.
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Constantinople was located on the western shore of the ______.
- Bosporus
- One of the eastern boundaries of the Roman Empire was the ______ Sea.
- Caspian
- the Romans fought the Carthaginians for control of the _____ Sea.
- Mediterranean
- ______ was the most common language used in the Roman Empire.
- Latin
- _____, ______, and _____ were the three emperors accused of abusing Christinas in the Roman Empire.
- Nero, Caligula, Diocletian
- The Senate thought _____ had gained to much power and had him assassinated.
- Caesar
- Caesar's adopted son, _____, was given the name Augustus when he became sole ruler of Rome.
- Octavian
- an upper class Roman was known as a _____.
- patrician
- The lower classes of Rome were called_____.
- plebians
- The _____ had veto power.
- Tribunes
- The _____ had the power to protect the morals of the roman Empire.
- Censors
- the elite guard that protected the Roman emperor was known as the ______ Guard.
- Praetorian
- The subject of _____ helps a person or country to undertand their identity and values.
- history
- Rome set up a _____ for their government in about 509 B.C.
- Republic
- By 275 B.C. Rome controlled all of _____.
- Italy
- The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and _____.
- Carthage
- _____, _____, and _____ were part of the triumverate that ruled after Caesar's death.
- Marc Antony, Lepidus, Ocatavian
- A _____ would be the courses of study at a school.
- curriculum
- Getting paid _____ means you get paid per day.
- per diem
- An addition to a will would be called an _____.
- addendum
- Autopsies are performed _____ (after death).
- post mortem
- Some people are said to talk _____, or to the point you get sick of them.
- ad nauseam
- Some students have brains that are _____ (absent) in the mornings.
- in absentia
- The northern lights are also known as _____.
- aurora borealis
- Clark Kent's _____ (or second self) was Superman.
- alter ego
- An easier way to write "for example" is _____.
- e.g.
- Another way of writing "and so forth" is _____.
- et cetera
- We use _____ when we are writing a time after noon.
- P.M.
- A _____ is somethign that does not follow in the same order.
- non sequiter
- We use the letters _____ to mark "in the year of the Lord".
- A.D.
- If we are writing a time in the morning we put _____ after it.
- A.M.
- The abbreviation for pound is _____ because it comes from the latin word "libra".
- lb