Blank Jeopardy

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Vocabulary
A History Lesson!
Geography and more!
Government Society
Crises
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A group of soldiers who stood in groups of 6,000
to fight
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What are legions?
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A unit of soldiers grouped into 100 to enhance
flexibility and movement
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What are centuries?
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To prohibit, or in Latin, "I forbid"
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What is veto?
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Methods to balance power or to ensure any one
part of the government from becoming stronger or
more influential than the others
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What are "checks and balances"?
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Roman language
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What is Latin?
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They are leaders with almost absolute power
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Who are dictators?
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One of Rome's most famous dictators after
serving faithfully he retired back to the farm
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Who is "Cincinnatus"?
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Romes first written code of law
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What is The Law of the Twelve Tables?
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Carthaginian general who almost defeated Rome and
is considered one of the greatest military minds
of the ancient world
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Who is Hannibal?
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Wrote the Aeneid to record the glorious story of
Rome's founding and to celebrate the "Rome" of
his days
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Who is Virgil?
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A council of wealthy and powerful Romans that
advised the city's leaders
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Who are the members of the Senate?
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Members of the Senate held office for _________
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What is for "life"?
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The 3rd part of the Roman government, the part
that protected the common people, was made up of
two branches . Name them.
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What are "Assemblies and Tribunes"?
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One part of the Roman government held the power
of the veto, or the ability to prohibit the
actions of other government officials. Name that
office.
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Who are the "tribunes"?
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In order to keep the tribunes from abusing power,
their term of office was limited to
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What is "one year?
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Brothers who served as tribunes, were later
assassinated by the rich for trying to grant
farmland to the poor.
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Who are "Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus"?
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From the period after the assassination of the
"Gracchus" brothers, Romans began to see ______
as a political tool.
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What is "violence"?
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A counsel named, _____, encouraged poor people to
join the army. Because he was a good leader, the
army supported him more than the government of
Rome.
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Who is "Gaius Marius"?
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Who won the Punic War?
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Who are the "Romans"?
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The Punic Wars were a series of wars fought by
Rome and _______.
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Who is "Carthage"?
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Rome was located on a geographical landform
called a ____________.
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What is a "peninsula"?
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Rome's warm, mostly dry climate assured the
people ______________________________.
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What is an adequate "supply of food"?
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Romans built their cities on hills, primarily for
reasons of ______________.
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What is "protection" or "defense"?
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Rome was frequently attacked because outsiders
felt threatened by its ___________.
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What is its "power"?
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It was considered the center of life for the
Romans?
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What is the "forum"?