Roman Republic

Early Romans overthrew the Etruscan kings, and established a kind of government called a republic. What is a republic?

• a form of government in which one ruler has all the power

• a form of government in which citizens elect their leaders

• a form of government in which all property is controlled by the government

• a type of government in which there are no laws, and people can just do whatever they want

Roman citizens were divided into two classes: ______________ and ______________.

• patricians and plebians

• egalitarians and moptops

• aristocrats and hemlocks

• Republicans and Democrats

________________ were Rome's ruling class.

• plebians

• moptops

• patricians

• kilograms

_________________ were typically not as wealthy as the patricians.

• Democrats

• magnificos

• moptops

• plebians

Patricans and plebians were not allowed to ________________.

• marry

• go fishing

• own businesses together

• join the military without permission from their fathers

The government of the Roman Republic was organized into _______ branches.

• 3

• 4

• 5,847

• 2

One branch of Rome's government made laws. Another ran the daily affairs of government. A third branch acted as ________. 

• matchmakers

• judges

• military leaders

• scribes

Two patrician __________ headed the government.

• bureaucrats

• judges

• Superpeople

• consuls

Consuls in the Roman republic served for a term of ___________.

• 5 years

• 1 year

• 6 months

• 10 years

Rome's legislature was the ____________, a group of 300 patrican men.

• senate

• House of Representatives

• burgesses

• calligraphers