The Twelve Tables explained the legal rights of which two groups of Romans?

• Greeks and Romans
  
• bishops and magistrates
  
• plebeians and patricians
  
• consuls and rabbis
  

Rome was mostly located in which geographic region?

• desert
• mountains
• peninsula
• plains

Italy is in the shape of a

• hat
• boot
• horse
• bell

What were wealthy landowners called who made up Rome's ruling class? 

• Plebeians
• Patricians
• Monarchs
• Aristocrats

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What commoners such as artisans shopkeepers, and owners of small farms were called 

• Aristocrats
• Patricians
• Monarchs
• Plebeians

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What were the two top officials in the Roman government chosen to serve one year?

• Consuls
• Praetors
• Tribunes
• Senators

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Rome's most important legislative or law-making body of 300 Patrician men was called the

•  Forum
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Senate

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Why did the Plebeians think they should have equal rights?

• They fought in the army and paid taxes
• They fought in the army and built temples
• They worshipped the gods and paid taxes
• They fought in the army and worked at the Forum

The complex structure of Roman government to limit the power of any one group or persons is called a system of 

• Checks and balances
• Checks and penalties
• Checks and denarii
• Checks on power

Who made himself dictator for life and was seen as a hero to the plebeians because he gave them land & food, but was power-hungry to the patricians?

• Julius Caesar
• Mark Antony
• Scipio
• Caesar Augustus