10.1 Ancient Rome Vocabulary

Who were Romulus and Remus?

• Twin brothers who led to the founding of Rome
• Friends who conquered the Etruscans and founded Rome
• Germanic Generals who conquered the Late Roman Empire
• Ancient Greek Colonizers who founded the City of Syracuse

A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives is called a?

• Dictatorship
• Republic
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

A Dictator is

• a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force
• a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor
• the elected head of a republic
• a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution

What was a member of the lower social classes, and the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians

• Patricians
• Consuls
• Plebeians
• Tribunes

A Patrician was

• an aristocrat or nobleman, a group of the ruling class families in ancient Rome
• a member of the common people in ancient Rome
• an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city
• an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests

Roman council of powerful and wealthy people who advised city leaders

• Senate
• Consul
• Tribune
• Patrician

to prohibit or block a certain law or action from taking place, a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body

• veto
• injunction
• filibuster
• protest

Draw an example of a peninsula.

What were the first written laws of Ancient Rome called?

• The code of Hammurabi.

• The Bible.

• The Torah.

• The Twelve Tables

What river flows through Rome?

• Tiber River

• Tigris River

• Po River

• Yo River