Rome Kingdom 200 years- Part 1, pages 1-2
Rome was a Kingdom
List the reasons why Rome was built where it was
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Who ruled the family? ______What was their job? ______Who ruled the people? ______What was their job? ______
Why did kings think they had the right to rule? ______
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Etruscans
What evidence supports the idea that the Etruscans might have been Greek? ______
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What does it mean that men and women were equal? ______
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Romulus and Remus
Why did Romulus and Remus believe they had the right to rule Rome? ______
Why did Rhea send her boys done the river? ______
Who found them?______
Summarize the last paragraph describing how Rome was formed? ______Gods and Goddesses
How did the Romans come up with the may gods and goddesses they had?
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What didn’t the Romans change about the gods or goddess? ______
Which two gods were Roman inventions? ______
Who is the leader or king of the Roman gods and goddess ______
List the gods and goddess and what they are ruler of.
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Rome Kingdom 200 years- Part 2, pages 3-4
Patricians and Plebeians
Patricians ______
Plebeians
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Describe in your own words each of the following Pater Familias: ______
Would both classes have slaves? Why? ______
Who were the citizens of Rome?______
What was the language of Rome? ______
Who did they worship for religion? ______
What was it illegal to do? What do you think about this? Why?
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What is an atrium?______
What were their apartments called? ______
Describe the poor, unsanitary living conditions of the plebeians.
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Describe the rich and poor life style
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Click On Daily Campus
What was the campus?______
What was the campus used for by the Romans? ______
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What are some similar activities that we do today? ______
Click On Pantomime/Theatre
What is Forum and what is the purpose? ______
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What is a Pantomime? Why was it performed? ______
List 4 other facts about theatre
Rome Kingdom 200 years- Part 3, pages 5
Click On Circus Maximus
Why was the Circus Maximus built? ______
Why did they rebuild using marble and concrete? ______
Why was it unusual that women attended? (think about what you know about women during this time) ______
Click On Horatius at the Bridge
Who was the last king? ______
Who did the king go to for help? ______
Why did the people go to the city of Rome? ______
Who saved Rome? ______
How did he save Rome? ______
Rome established government by the people and for the people it was called ______
For about 500 years, Rome was a Republic Part 4 page 6-7
Click on Republic Government
______is the highest power in the government. They are elected for ____ years. There most important power was to ______.
Who selected the senate? ______Their term was for ______. There were ______seats in the senate. What are they responsible for ______.
Who made up the Assembly?______Where did they meet? ______
What was the one power that the plebeians did have? ______
Why was this important? ______
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Read the chart- when could the consul choose a dictator? ______
Click on SPQR
What does SPQR stand for?______
Why was SPQR important for the people? ______
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12 Tables
What are the 12 Tables?
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Where were the 12 Tables displayed?______
Read over some of the laws given, which two would be important to you and why?
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Click on Daily Life
Read through the information Things we don’t know and what we do know
At the bottom of the page click on The ancient Romans started their day with breakfast.
What did the Plebeians eat for breakfast? ______
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What did the Patricians eat for breakfast? ______
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For about 500 years, Rome was a Republic Part 5 page 8-9
Roman Houses
How were plebeians living style similar to yours? How were they different?
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Why did patricians have windows facing the court yard? ______
Clothing and Hair Styles
Why did the Roman’s stop wearing togas? ______
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What did they begin to wear instead? ______What material was used to keep them cool? ______, to keep them warm? ______
What can facts can you provide about men’s clothing? ______
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What color did women usually dye their hair? ______. What did they use protect themselves from the sun?______What were some sandals decorate with ______.
How were Roman boy’s different from boyhood to adulthood? ______
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When did boys become citizens? ______How did they celebrate? ______
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What is a bulla? ______
When do girls stop wearing them? ______
When do boys stop wearing them? ______When can start wearing them again? ______
Status of Women
Who was a women’s guardian? ______
What changed came for women during the 500 years that Rome was a Republic?
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What changes came in marriage? ______
For about 500 years, Rome was a Republic Part 6 page 10-11
Forum
What was the Forum? ______
What did the Romans do in the Forum? ______
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What is an orator? ______What was their job? ______
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What else was the Forum used for? ______
Baths
How did they make sure men and women did use the bath at the same time?
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What else was available at the baths? ______
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What are baths like in today’s society? ______
Could kids use the bath? ______Was there a fee to use the bath? ______
When could salves use the bath house? ______
Kids and School
During the days when Rome was a Kingdom did Roman children go to school? ______Who taught the children? ______
Where children mostly taught during Rome as a Kingdom? ______
When Rome was a Republic who did they borrow their educational system from? ______
At what age did most children begin going to school? ______When did school begin?_____
Why did students need to bring candles to school?______
What did boys do at rhetoric school? ______
How did the poor get their education? ______
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What happened to the senate when Rome was an Empire? ______
Wedding Customs
When could a Roman get married?______
Why was choosing someone to marry so important during the first 500 years of Rome?
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Why is the ring wore on the third finger on the left hand? ______
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What did the ring stand for? ______
What is a dowry (dowries)? ______
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Why was the belt tied in the ‘knot of Hercules” ______
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What are the 3 things that we do at weddings that are similar to the way Roman’s did?
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Roman Legion
What was the armor made of? ______
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How many people were in each legion? ______
How did they identify which legion was theirs? ______
What was also part of their uniform ______
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Do think it was a good idea for shoes and other items to make noise? Why or why not?
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How long did they need to serve in the legion? ______If they retired what were they given? ______
Roman Roads
What does the expression “all roads lead to Rome” mean______
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What did the milestone tell people in Rome? ______
Provinces and Expansion
What is a province? ______
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Why was each province important to Rome? ______
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Click on Barbarian and tell me what made you a barbarian? ______
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The Aeneid by Virgil
What was this story about? ______
For about 500 years, Rome was a Republic Part 8 page 14-15
Hannibal and Punic Wars
What two groups of people fought in this war? ______
How long was the First Punic War? ______Why were they fighting? ______
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What was the outcome of the First Punic War? ______
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What did Carthage offer Rome to end the war? ______
What happened to make Carthage furious? What did they decide to do? ______
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Why did Hannibal’s father make him swear to fight Rome? ______
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How did Hannibal win most of his battles? ______
How did Hannibal plan to attack Rome? ______Why? ______
Why didn’t his plan work?
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What is a talents? ______
How did Hannibal die? ______
Why do you think he did this?
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Julius Caesar
What month was named after Julius Caesar? ______
What law did Julius Caesar break? ______
Cicero
Cicero was educated as a ______. He served as a ______which is the highest position in the Roman Republic government.
Why Cicero flee Rome? ______
For about 500 years, Rome was an Empire Part 9 page 16-18
Republic Fails
What some of the problems facing Rome?
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What is a tax farmer?______
What was the problem with the tax farmers? ______
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What was the problem with elected officials? ______
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How did the wealthy protect them selves? ______
Why couldn’t the government protect the people of Rome? ______
Rome was an empire
What things stayed the same? ______
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Who now had the power? ______
Who was the first emperor of Rome? ______
Roman Emperors
During the 500 years of Rome as a Empire how many emperors were there? ______
Click on writing after Nero- what made the Senate realize that Nero was insane? ______
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Trajan was the first emperor from ______. What happened under his rule?
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Pax Romana
What does Pax Romana mean? ______
Where did the Romans get most of their culture? ______
Improvements
How were improvements made in health? ______
How was crime reduced? ______
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What new rights did women have? ______
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How was entertainment improved for the poor? ______
For about 500 years, Rome was an Empire Part 10 page 19
Afternoon/ Siestas
Why do you think people took siestas in mid afternoon? ______
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Entertainment
Why did the poor go to bed as soon as it got dark and rich stayed up? ______
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What did the Romans do for entertainment? ______
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Holidays and Festivals
Valentine’s Day is Rome was a festival called ______which honored ______.
What did young people do on this day? ______
What do you think about this? ______
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Cupid is the son of ______who is the goddess of ______.
What was the May Pole made of and look like?______
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Why did they celebrate summer? ______
Why did people put flowers on their window ledges? ______
What did the Romans do to celebrate around 25th of December? ______
For about 500 years, Rome was an Empire Part 11 page 19
The Grand Pantheon
Why was the Grand Pantheon built? ______
Pompeii
What happened to Pompeii? ______
Why were archaeologists able to learn so much about the Romans from Pompeii? ______
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At the end of the page Click on Pompeii-The Sleeping Giant
What mountain erupted to cover Pompeii? ______
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What items did the people of Pompeii trade? ______
When did the earthquake hit Pompeii? ______When did the volcano erupt? ______
How many years between them? ______
What other city was buried in ash? ______What was the problem
with digging it up? ______
Colosseum
What was the Colosseum used for? ______
Why would the Colosseum flooded with water? ______
What was the problem with this? ______
When was the Colosseum build?______
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Spartacus
Why was Spartacus sold into slavery? ______
How did Spartacus and the slaves with him defend themselves? ______
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Where did they camp? ______
Why were the wealthy afraid of Spartacus? ______
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How long was it before Spartacus was captured and killed? ______
Rise of Christianity
How was Christianity different from the Roman religion? ______
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Why were Christians hunted? ______What do you
think about this? ______
What two things did Christianity believe?
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2. ______
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Who ruled that Christianity was legal? ______
How was this good and bad? ______
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For about 500 years, Rome was an Empire Part 13 page 21-23
Barbarians/Rome Falls
What 3 things caused Rome to be broke?
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Who were the five barbarian tribes attacking Rome? ______
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What two things did Emperor Valens do to keep the barbarians from attacking Rome?
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What does it mean Rome fell?______
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Which part of Rome continued for another 1000 years?______
Achievements/Contributions
What did Rome contribute to the world?
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Emperor Diocletian Splits the Empire in Half
What were two problems that Rome faced?
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What was the first thing Diocletian did as emperor? ______
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Why did Diocletian split the empire? Do you think this was a good idea? Why or why not?
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What parts did Western Rome contain? ______
What parts did Eastern Rome contain? ______
Why do you think he moved a lot of the money to Eastern Rome? ______
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______was the first Christian Roman emperor?
Constantine choose ______to be his capital and changed it to ______.
How was Western Rome becoming less important? ______
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