Punic Wars

In the Punic Wars, Rome was fighting whom?

• Carthage

• Greece

• Phoenicia

• Egypt

The 1st Punic War began as fight over what territory?

• Sicily

• Spain

• North Africa

• Gaul

Name the Carthaginian general of the 2nd Punic War?

• Hannibal Barca

• Scipio Africanus

• Attila the Hun

• Odoacer

This picture shows Hannibal crossing what mountain range?

• the Alps

• the Caucasus Mountains

• the Atlas Mountains

• The Apennines

Who is the Roman general who defeated the Carthaginians in the 2nd Punic War?

• Scipio Africanus

• Maximus Decimus Meridius

• Julius Caesar

• Marc Antony

What is the connection of salt to the 3rd Punic War?

• Rome wanted Carthage wiped out; salted their fields

• Salt was the trading commodity they fought over.

• Carthage used their favorable trade in salt to buy ships to destroy Rome

• Rome took over the salt fields of North Africa becoming their primary trading good

What sea trade did Rome control after the Punic Wars?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Red Sea

• Adriatic Sea