WH Unit 9 - Roman Republic Review A

In geographic terms, Italy is...

• an island.

• a peninsula.

• a mountain range.

• a continent.

The first settlement at Rome was built...

• on the Balkan Peninsula.

• on Palatine Hill.

• on the ruins of Troy.

• on Capitoline Hill.

According to Roman legend, Romulus and Remus were saved by _ and later a _ raised them as his own.

• a lioness; farmer

• a servant girl; blacksmith

• a mother wolf; shepherd

• Mars; potter

On which river would the city of Rome develop?

• Tiber

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Ganges

What sea was the Roman world built around?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Caspian Sea

• North Sea

According to Roman Legend, its first king was...

• Romulus

• Remus

• Reticence

• Barta

Which was NOT one of the peoples who lived in Early Rome?

• Latins

• Greeks

• Etruscans

• Persians

Which of these was a Etruscan contribution to Roman society?

• Replaced mud huts with stone houses

• Brough traders, metalworkers and engineers

• Planned city street in a grid

• All of these are correct.

The Romans adapted their alphabet from the....

• Greeks

• Etruscans

• Persians

• None of these.

In the early years of the Roman Republic, real political power belonged to...

• the Senate

• the Patricians

• the Plebeians

• tribunes.