Which of the following is a similarity between the United States government and the Roman Republic?

The U.S. government is divided into three branches with checks and balances.

Both governments use of a dictator in times of crisis.

Members of the senate rule for life.

The two most powerful people of the government are called consuls.

Why were plebeians unhappy when the Roman Republic was first set up?

They had no say in making the laws.

They had lost the right to vote.

They preferred living in an empire.

They preferred being ruled by a king.

Why did the plebeians want laws to be written?

so the patricians could not change laws whenever they wished

so their land would be protected by the government

so their children could learn to read in Roman schools

Why are both the Roman Republic and the United States today considered republics?

The people elect representatives to make laws for them.

All the citizens vote directly on all the laws.

Any citizen can voice an opinion about the laws.

The people give a leader all power, like a king.

Why were these Twelve Tables placed in the Roman marketplace?

They were a written code of laws placed in a central location for everyone to see.

They applied only to plebeians and the plebeians worked in the marketplace.

They provided a list of slaves available for work in a central location for everyone to see.

They contained the current prices of goods being sold in the marketplace.

Which was the major cause of the Punic Wars?

Rome wanted Sicily so that they can control more of the trade in the Mediterranean

The Carthaginians killed a Roman senator

The expansion of Macedonia caused the Romans to want more territory so that they could be stronger

Julius Caesar became the dictator and wanted to take over the world

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A _____ is a type of government in which people elect leaders to govern them.

Republic

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There were two social classes in Rome. The wealthy landowners were known as _____.

patricians

proletariat

plebeians

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Another name for a common Roman was ______.

proletariat

plebeian

patrician

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Elected yearly to run the city and lead the army.

Senate

Consuls

Assembly

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A council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders.

Senate

Assembly

Consuls

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The part of the government that protected the common people was known as the ____.

Assembly

Senate

Consuls

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Who served as a dictator in Rome?

Spartacus

Cicero

Pericles

Cincinnatus

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The Roman Republic

A _____ is a type of government in which people elect leaders to govern them.

There were two social classes in Rome. The wealthy landowners were known as _____.

Another name for a common Roman was ______.

Elected yearly to run the city and lead the army.

A council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders.

The part of the government that protected the common people was known as the ____.

Who served as a dictator in Rome?

The nobles, or wealthy citizens, of Roman society were called ___.

The common people (farmers, merchants, etc.) of Rome were called ___.

Romans fought in the Punic Wars against which country?

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