1. Who Was Rome S Greatest Public Speaker?

CHAPTER 8 TEST REVIEW

1. Who was Rome’s greatest public speaker?

CICERO

2. Who were the rich people that greatly influenced the growth of Rome?

ETRUSCANS

3. What was the first war Rome defeated Carthage?

FIRST PUNIC WAR

4. What position interpreted laws and acted as judges?

PRAETOR

5. What is the port city on the Bay of Naples?

PUTEOLI

6. What were large farming estates worked by enslaved people?

LATIFUNDIA

7. Who were the artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms in ancient Rome?

PLEBEIANS

8. What included Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar?

FIRST TRIUMVIRATE

9. What island was part of Italy?

SICILY

10. What is a human-made channel for carrying water long distances?

AQUEDUCT

11. Who founded the city of Rome according to legend?

ROMULUS AND REMUS

12. In early Rome what social class could hold political office?

PATRICIANS

13. In what year did the Romans take over most of Italy?

267 B.C.

14. What helped Rome’s trade?

ROMAN CURRENCY

15. What important political reform occurred in 287 B.C.?

COUNCIL OF PLEBS COULD PASS LAWS

16. What was the purpose of Hadrian’s Wall?

DEFEND BRITAIN

17. What were Rome’s first written laws?

TWELVE TABLES

18. What was Augustus’s former name?

OCTAVIAN

19. What happened in the Second Punic War?

CARTHAGE ATTACKED ROME

20. What happened on March 15, 44 B.C.?

CAESAR’S ENEMIES KILLED HIM

ESSAY

21. How did the Greeks influence the Romans?

- GREEKS TAUGHT THE ROMANS THEIR ALPHABET

-ROMAN ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, AND LITERATURE ARE MODELED AFTER GREEKS

- GREEKS TAUGHT THE ROMANS HOW TO GROW GRAPES AND OLIVES

22. How are modern dictators different from Roman dictators?

- ROMAN DICTATORS WERE APPOINTED BY THE SENATE IN TIMES OF DANGER AND GAVE UP THEIR POWER AFTER THE DANGER PASSED

- MODERN DICTATORS TAKE POWER BY MILITARY FORCE AND DO NOT GIVE UP THEIR POWER VOLUNTARILY