Transcript 100 - bchoat

Geography
Early
Influences
Government
Roman
Law
Rome
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This country looks like a highheeled boot.
What is Italy?
These craggy, mountains
separate Italy from European
lands to the north.
What are the Alps?
These mountains run all the way
down the boot from the north to
the south.
What is the Apennines?
This river was the site chosen
for Rome and a source of water.
What is the Tiber River?
These were the number of hills
that Rome was built on that were
very steep, making it easy to
defend against enemy attack.
What are seven hills?
This was the plain that Latinspeaking people built the city of
Rome in central Italy
Where is Latium?
This was the legend of two
brothers who founded the city of
Rome.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
This was the group of people
that lived in Rome as early as
1000 B.C.
Who are the Latins?
These were skilled metalworkers
who became rich from mining
and trade in 650 B.C.
Who are the Etruscans?
These group of leaders became
cruel which caused Rome to
form a Republic.
Who are the Tarquins?
This is a form of government in
which the leader is not a king or
queen but someone put in office
by citizens with the right to vote.
What is a republic?
This social class was made up of
the wealthy landowners.
Who are the patricians?
This social group contained
artisans, shopkeepers, and small
farmers.
What is the Plebeians?
The main job of this title was to
interpret the law and act as
judges in court.
Who are the praetors?
This man was a dictator who left
his farm and gathered an army to
defeat the enemy. When he was
done, he gave up his power and
went home.
Who is Cincinnatus?
This was Rome’s first code of
laws.
What is the Twelve Tables?
This is where the carved laws
were placed.
Where is the Forum or
marketplace?
This stated principles of justice
that applied to all people of
everywhere.
What is the Law of Nations?
This is the idea that the law
should apply to everyone
equally and that all people
should be treated the same way
by the legal system.
What is the “rule of law”?
This country owes much to the
Roman legal system.
What is the United States?
This city was found on the coast
of North Africa and had a rich
trading empire.
What is Carthage?
The First Punic War stated when
the Romans send an army to this
island to prevent a Carthaginian
takeover.
What is Sicily?
He was the greatest general sent
by Carthage to start the Second
Punic War and defeated Rome at
the Battle of Cannae.
Who is Hannibal?
This Roman general invaded
Carthage and defeated the
Carthaginians at the Battle of
Zama.
Who is Scipio?
This war is when Roman
soldiers burned Carthage and
enslaved 50,000 men, women,
and children; they also spread
salt to the earth so that no crops
would grow.
What is the Third Punic War?