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Chapter 7 Study Guide


	Chapter 7 Study Guide The Roman World Answer on a Separate Sheet of Paper Section 1 Know the Following Terms: republic, dictator, consuls, veto, checks and balances, Praetors, censors, tribunes, patricians, plebeians What mountain range separates Italy from the rest of Europe? Rome was founded on the banks of what river? Which people conquered the Romans in the late 600’s B.C.? What type of government did the Romans establish? What were the powers of the Senate? What were the powers of a consul? What were some of the rights that plebeians gained over time? Which class of people wanted the twelve tables written down? What was the main unit of the Roman Army? What rights did partial citizens have? Section 2 Know the Following Terms: equites, Punic Wars, Hannibal, Scipio, Spartacus What was name for the war between the Romans and the Carthaginians? What device allowed the Romans to defeat the Carthaginian army? How long did the First Punic War last, and who won? Which Punic War did Hannibal participate in? Why was Hannibal unable to capture Roman cities? Which general defeated Hannibal at Zama? Why did the 3^rd Punic War occur? Why did the Romans attack Macedonia? What did soldiers returning from the Punic Wars come home to? Why did Spartacus and other slaves revolt? Section 3 Know the Following Terms: triumvirate, the Gracci, Gaius Marius, Lucius Cornelius, Sulla, Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompey, Cleopatra, Marc Antony, Augustus (Octavian), Pax Romana, Julio-Claudian Emperors, Five Good Emperors Why did Roman allies fight in the Social War? Which 3 people made up the First Triumvirate? In which area did Caesar lead his army? What did Caesar’s government do to the power of the Senate? What happened to Caesar shortly after he took power? Which 3 people made up the Second Triumvirate? What were some of Octavian’s titles? What was the downside to the Pax Romana? What group were Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius from? How did the Romans typically select a new emperor? Section 4 Know the Following Terms: gladiators, Galen, Ptolemy, aqueducts, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Tacitus, Plutarch What two ways did Romans change their laws? Why did roads allow for the growth of the empire? How long did men have to serve in the Roman legion? What were the living conditions of the common person in Rome? Why did people own slaves? What were lares? What types of activities were considered entertainment in the Roman world? What is the Ptolemaic system? What materials and architecture did Roman architects use? Who criticized Roman lifestyles in their writings? What are the Romance languages? Section 5 Know the Following Terms: rabbis, martyrs, bishops, patriarchs, pope, Jesus What group of Jews rebelled against Roman control? What is the Wailing Wall? What were some of Jesus’ teachings? Why did the Romans put Jesus to death? Why did people like Christianity? Why did the Romans kill Christians? Which emperor spread Christianity throughout the empire? What cities were the centers of Christianity? Section 6 Know the Following Terms: Inflation, Diocletian, Constantine, Goths, Vandals, Huns, Attila Why did inflation increase rapidly throughout the empire? What were some of Diocletian’s reforms? Why did Constantine support Christianity? What did the Goths gain in their victory over the Romans? What did the Vandals do to the empire? How long did the Eastern Empire last? How did the method of transportation affect the empire? How did the army make the government unstable? What were some of the reasons for economic decline? Things to Review Terms to review: Parthenon, philosopher, Democritus, Pythagoras, Aristophanes, phalanx, Demosthenes, Epicurus, Linear B, polis, acropolis, aristocracy, metics, archons, rhetoric, Themistocles, Delian League How did Greek sculptors make their work more lifelike? What did Greek art express belief in? Why were early philosophers called cosmologists? Hellenism is a blend of what two cultures? What is the furthest point that Alexander’s army reached? What is the earliest known Greek civilization? What is the Iliad about? Who were the nobles that ran city-states? What was the job of the ephors? Who established a democracy in Athens? Why did the Athenians defeat the Persians in the Salamis Strait? How did Sparta in the Peloponnesian War?