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82 Cards in this Set
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The twins ____ & ______ founded Rome by the ____ River
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Romulus
Remus Tiber |
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Italy has the ____ Sea to the east and the ___ to the west. Both seas are part of the ____ Sea.
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Adriatic
Tyrrhenian Mediterranean |
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About 300 years after Rome was founded, the ____ took power.
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Etruscans
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Romans eventually defeated the ____ in 509 BC,but adopted many of their ideas.
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Etruscans
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The Romans disliked the king concept of the Etruscans, so the made a ____.
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republic
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A ___ is a form of government where the people vote for their leaders, who then rule on behalf of the people.
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republic
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The most powerful part of the government was the ___.
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senate
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Upper class men of the senate, of which there were 300, were called...
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patricians
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Ordinary citizens were known as....
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plebeians
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The two men who led the senate were called the ....
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consuls
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If both consuls did not agree on an issue, then the issue was dropped. This was called a ___.
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veto
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In an emergency, the consuls gave power to a ____ who could only hold office for 6 months.
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dictator
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The plebeians were often jobless because the patricians used ____ to do work for free, instead of hiring plebeians.
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slaves
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Because of conflict between plebeians and patricians, the Laws of ___ ____ was created and applied to all people.
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Twelve Tables
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Because of fighting and bickering among the patricians and plebeians, a new dictator arose named ....
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Julius Caesar
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After conquering Gaul, ___ returned to conquer the ___ in Rome.
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Caesar
senate |
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Caesar seemed a lot like a ___, so the senate members ___ killed him.
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king
killed |
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Many years later, Caesar's son, _____ , held power and had the title ____
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Octavian
Augustus |
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Gaul is present day ___
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France
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Romans divided areas into ...
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provinces
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Structures that carried water ove long distances were called...
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aqueducts
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One of the worst emperors that Rome had was...
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Caligula
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One of the best emperors that Rome had was...
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Hadrian
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Many Romans went to study art, architecture, and government in...
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Greece
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The greatest Roman building ever made was the ___. It could hold 50 000 spectators
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Colosseum
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The____ even had elevators to lift animals up from below the arena.
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Colosseum
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There was much prosperity and peace during the rule of ____. He was liked.
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Augustus
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Arena shows in Rome were called...
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circuses
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A poet who wrote about eh early Roman empire was...
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Martial
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The rich lived in nice homes in the ...
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city
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Poor people usually lived in ___ with no running water, toilets, or kitchens.
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apartments
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Slaves who worked in ____ had better lives than those who worked in ___.
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households
mines |
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In the ____ slaves were often sacrificed or fed to the ...
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circuses
animals |
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A savior was a ...
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Messiah
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Jesus' followers were called...
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disciples
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Stories written by the disciples were called...
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gospels
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Four well known disciples of Jesus were ___ ___ ___ ___
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Matthew Mark
Luke John |
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Letters to Christian groups in distant cities were called...
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Epistles
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People who choose to die for a cause they believe in are called....
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martyrs
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The founder of Christianity is....
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Jesus
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A disciple of Jesus who spread the word of Jesus later in life was....
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Paul
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A Roman Emperor who was known for hiw mistreatment of Christians was...
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Nero
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Judea is the same city as....
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Jerusalem
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Judea was the ____ capital.
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Israeli
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Jesus promised that whoever followed him and believed in him would....
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have everlasting life.
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The Romans believed that Jesus would lead an...
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armed revolt
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The Christians refused to believe in....
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Roman gods or follow Roman emperors
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Jesus told the Romans that there is only one....
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true God
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Jesus' God is more ___ and ___ than any of the Roman gods or e____.
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loving
caring emperors |
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The religion Jesus leads is called...
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Christianity
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The Mediterranean Sea's name means...
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our sea
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He was so liked that Rome's senate gave ___ as much power as he wanted.
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Augustus
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Each ___ had a Roman governor supported by an army and often had a capital city.
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province
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The language of the Romans was...
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Latin
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Emperor ___ murdered his half-brother, mother, and wife.
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Nero
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Emperor ___ had laws that protected women, children, and slaves and encouraged learning.
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Hadrian
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The last of the good emperors was ....
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Marcus Aurelius
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The Romans took many of their "building" ideas from the....
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Greeks
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A strong building technique created by the Romans was the ....
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arch
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The Romans were noted for their well built ____ and they all seemed to go to Rome.
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roads
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Every 1000 paces on a Roman road could be found a...
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milestone
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Roman roads were ___ in the center to allow water to run off into ___ on the side of the road.
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higher
ditches |
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The Roman ruler, ____, used Roman law to create a famous code of justice.
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Justinian
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The US Bill of Rights was influenced by ___'s laws.
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Justinian
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Most Romans were ___ and ___.
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poor
jobless |
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Ruler of Judea was....
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Herod
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Jesus was born during the reign of ___ in ___
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Herod
Bethlehem |
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Jesus was put to death by being...
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crucified
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Early Christians worshiped in secret in underground passageways called....
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catacombs
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The first public hospital in Wesern Europe was founded by a Christian named _____, a rich Roman noblewoman
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Fabiola
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The emperor, ______, may have been the first Christian emperor.
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Constantine
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Most of the weak, corrupt rulers between 180-284 AD were...
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murdered
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In 476 AD, the last Roman emperor was...
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driven from the throne
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Foreign soldiers who serve only for pay are called...
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mercenaries
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Rome's army in its dying days were made of ____ instead of loyal citizens.
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mercenaries
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The Roman Empire had gotten so ___ that it couldn't rule from one place anymore, and got easily overrun.
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big
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Because the dying Roman empire had fewer people paying taxes, those who remained had to...
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pay even more taxes (which wasn't very popular)
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When they made more money with less silver, the money has ____ value.
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less
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When money gets less value and can buy less, we call the situation....
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inflation
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It was emperor Constanine that made ____ the accepted religion of the Roman Empire.
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Christianity
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After Constantine died, ___ tribes, or barbarians from the north overran the Empire.
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Germanic
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The last emperor to persecute Christians was...
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Diocletian
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