Final Jeopardy
Rome’s
Beginnings
Roman
Republic
Roman
Emperors
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10
On what peninsula is Rome
located?
Answer
Italian Peninsula
or Apennine Peninsula
20
What mountains in northern
Italy provided protection?
Answer
The Alps
30
What group of people were
the “first Romans?”
Answer
The Latins
40
According to legend, what two
Brothers built Rome?
Answer
Romulus & Remes
50
What did the Etruscans teach
the Latins?
Answer
Building with brick & tile, how to
drain marshes, Etruscan alphabet
60
Along what river did the Latins
Settle?
Answer
Tiber River
70
From what group did the Romans
get most of
their culture?
Answer
Greeks
80
What type of religion did they have?
Answer
Polytheistic
90
The Latins revolted against
Etruscan kings to create what
type of government?
Answer
Republic
100
What was the Forum?
Answer
Square where government
buildings and laws were located
10
In a republic, the power rests with
_______________.
Answer
The citizens
20
What were the two classes in Rome
that struggled for power?
Answer
Patricians & Plebeians
30
Who were the patricians?
Answer
Wealthy landowners
40
Who were the Plebeians?
Answer
common farmers, artisans,
and merchants
50
What percentage of the population
were the Plebeians?
Answer
95%
60
What made up the executive branch
of the Roman Republic?
Answer
2 Consuls
70
What made up the legislative branch
in the Roman Republic?
Answer
Assembly of Centuries & the Senate
80
What did the Plebeians do to
demand representation?
Answer
Went on strike from
the military
90
What kind of representation
did the Plebeians receive?
Answer
Tribunes
100
What were the Twelve Tables?
Answer
The Roman laws hung in the
Forum on bronze tablets
10
Who was the
st
1
emperor of Rome?
Answer
Octavian (Augustus)
20
What period in Roman history
began during Augustus’ reign?
Answer
Pax Romana
30
What did the emperors after
Augustus have in common?
Answer
They were mentally
unstable.
40
Who murdered Claudius and why?
Answer
His wife; she wanted
her son to be emperor
50
Why was Nero a bad emperor?
Answer
Spent the empire’s money
Accused of burning Rome
Murdered his wife and mother
60
What did Nero say when he
committed suicide?
Answer
“What an artist the world
is losing!”
70
What emperor built a wall
across the width of Britain?
Answer
Hadrian
80
Who was the last of the good
emperors?
Answer
Marcus Aurelius
90
What did the emperors built in
order to increase communication
throughout the empire?
Answer
Roman Roads
100
Who was the first Christian
emperor?
Answer
Constantine
10
Here, people could watch
gladiators fight against each other
or wild animals to the death
Answer
Colosseum
20
Temple to the gods of ancient Rome
Answer
Pantheon
30
Artificial channels for carrying water
(some brought water from 60
miles away)
Answer
Aqueducts
40
What language did the Romans
speak?
Answer
Latin
50
Latin is the basis for the
Romance languages. Name two.
Answer
French, Spanish, Italian,
Portuguese, Romanian
60
Romans forced Jews out
of Jerusalem, and they
were forced to settle elsewhere.
What is this called?
Answer
Jewish Diaspora
70
Who was the leading
teacher of Christianity?
Answer
Paul
80
From most important to least,
list the hierarchy of the Roman
Catholic Church.
Answer
1.Pope
2.Archbishops
3.Bishops
4.Parish priests
90
Who split the Roman Empire
into 2 separate empires (through
his will) ?
Answer
Theodosius
100
What caused the fall of the Roman
Empire?
Answer
Inflation, poor leadership,
and Germanic invasions
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