The Roman Republic
Vocabulary: patrician, plebeian, Senate, consul, Cincinnatus
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10. Watch the BrainPop movie and answer the following questions
a. What modern-day Republic was structured after the Roman Republic?
b. The Senate was controlled by ______________.
c. What did the Senate control?
d. What was the second part of the Roman government?
e. What did the assembly work to protect?
f. What was the Forum?
g. What were the twelve tables?
h. What was the third part of the Roman Republic?
11. Complete the "Fling the Teacher Game " activity and answer the following questions
a. What was the name of the northerly wall made by the Romans?
b. To take over the area around Rome, the Etruscans conquered . . .
c. How did Julius Caesar die?
d. How many legionaries were there in a century?
e. Who was the ruler of the gods in Roman mythology?
f. Who conquered Gaul?
g. The story 'Brutus and his sons', shows that Romans valued what in their soldiers?
h. What was the ancient wall made for the Roman empire?
12. Use the Newspaper in the Google Doc, above, and complete the following. Use the movie to get more information.
a. Answer the prompts in the newspaper and turn them into your teacher.
13. Watch the movie and answer the following questions.
a. What was the importance of social class?
b. What is the difference between a plebeian and a patrician?
c. What is the Consul? What are the Consul's responsibilities?
d. What is the Senate responsible for?
e. Who can be in the Assembly?
f. What was the one important job that the Assembly had that the Senate did not?
g. What was the Law of the 12 Tables?
14. Compare and contrast Roman and U.S. Governments using a Venn Diagram.
15. Watch the movie and answer the questions:
a. Who were the Gauls?
b. What did they do to accomplish this?
c. Why was Carthage important?
d. What were the Punic Wars?
e. How did Rome get the island of Sicily?
f. What did Rome get from the Punic Wars?
g. Which group of people helped Rome gain control of the Italian Peninsula?
h. What modern weapon could you compare elephants to in ancient times?
16. Play Fling the Teacher and answer the following questions.
a. What or who was the 'Cursus Honourum'?
b. Who was Boudicca?
c. Which of the following was true in gladiator fights?
d. Who or what were plebeians?
e. Who was Mercury?
f. In what year was Julius Caesar assassinated?
g. What was a 'testudo'?