Rotation 3 Assignment 2
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- Why was Italy easy to unify (geographically)
- fertile land in the north and west, most of the land is connected, mountains were not very rugged
- Why was Italy's location important to it's expansion
- because it is located in the center of Italy and Italy is in the center of the Mediterranean
- How did Rome first structure the republic
- 300 patricians total: 2 consuls, 1 dictator in times of war
- veto
- to block a law
- How did Rome treat the conquered lands
- they were fair with the conquered people
- Where did the Latins settle in Italy
- in small villages along the Tiber river
- consul
- nominated from patricians, in charge of government business and the armies
- tribune
- elected plebian officials to the republic, they protect the plebian's interest
- With whom did the Romans share the Italian Peninsula
- Greek colonists in southern Italy and the Etruscans
- What could women do in Roman Society
- own property, run businesses, but most were at home raising families, spinning, and weaving
- Cincinnatus
- served as a dictator because he led the Roman army to victory, and then returned to his farm
- Who founded Rome
- Romulus and Remus
- Etruscans
- the people that lived mostly north of Rome, who once ruled Rome and most of Italy
- republic
- created by the Romans to prevent anyone from having too much power, government that belongs to the people
- Which children were educated
- girls and boys from the upper and lower classes could learn to read and write
- What did the people conquered by Rome have to do
- pay taxes, supply soldiers to Roman army, acknowledge Roman power
- What did Rome learn from the Etruscans? (4 things)
- alphabet, supporting architectural arch, gods and goddesses, engineering techniques to drain the Tiber marshlands
- What was the name of the city founded from the 7 Latin villages
- Rome
- How did Rome maintain rule in its Empire
- soldiers were stationed throughout the land, a network of all-weather military roads was built, and people adopted Roman customs and Latin
- How did the Roman Republic grow
- the armies conquered the Etruscans and then the Southern Greek City-States
- plebeian
- a farmer, merchant, or artisan, who made up most of the Roman population
- Laws of the Twelve Tables
- laws that made it possible for plebians to appeal a judgment from a patrician judge
- legion
- basic military unit of the Roman army, which was made up of 5,000 men
- patrician
- members of the land-holding upper class
- dictator
- a ruler who has complete control of government for no more than six months
- How did the membership of the senate change over time
- it was made up of all patricians and changed to both patricians and plebians
- Two possible origins of the Etruscans
- Asia Minor, the Alps
- What did the Romans believe in, and what shaped their religion
- most of the gods, goddesses, and mythology were borrowed from Greek religion
- What are the three most important things left by Rome
- the senate, the veto, a system of checks and balances