Ancient Rome Quiz: Geography and the Etruscans – Flashcards
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Aeneas
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Led the Trojan's to their promised land in the west after the fall of Troy. He and his group joined forces with a group called the Latins.
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Why was the Latin princess punished?
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The Latin princess promised to never have children. She later gave birth to twins Remus and Romulus. She was then punished and her two sons were left to die at the flooding banks of the Tiber river.
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According to the legend, how was the city of Rome founded?
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After being raised by a shepherd and a she-wolf, Remus was killed by his brother Romulus in order for Romulus to become king. He then founded and established the city of Rome
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What natural resources existed in the area settled by the Latins?
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The Latins settled in an area with fertile soil and a pleasant climate. They lived near a forrest that supplied them with timber.
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How did the Latins live?
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The Latins lived on a palatine. They settled in a town with 1,000 people.
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Who were the Etruscans?
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A group of very civilized people that came from the Asia Minor
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Where did the Etruscans build their cities?
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On a hilltop
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How were Etruscan cities protected?
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by thick walls
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How did the products made by the Etruscans help to bring wealth to the Etruscans?
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The products were traded for more valuable goods ( gold, silver... ) ;;;; this made them wealthy
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What was the "secret weapon" of the Etruscans?
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The Etruscan shoes. Their heavy leather shoes attached firmly around their ankles and gave them good footing. This enabled them to win wars more easily.
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What contributions did the Etruscans make to the Roman language?
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-They borrowed the alphabet from the Greeks and made some changes -Romans borrowed Etruscan alphabet and made some changes
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What did the Romans model the Gladiatorial games after?
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The Romans modeled their Gladiatorial games after Etruscan slave fights held at funerals.
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What did the fasces symbolize?
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Roman ruler's power to beat or execute other people.
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fasces
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A bundle of rods bound around an axe (similar to a flail)
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triumph
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A parade to welcome a roman hero home from battle.
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forum
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A public square including the palace, government buildings, and market places.
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municipal government
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A government used to run a city.
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soothsayer
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People or priests that could predict events.
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gladiatorial matches
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Games that were fights. Armed men, men and animals, women and dwarfs and animals and animals fought to death in these games.
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What kind of physical feature is Italy?
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A peninsula
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In what ways did the early people of Italy and Rome use the sea?
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-highway for conquest and trade -It provided protection from invaders
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How did the mountains in Italy differ from the mountains in Greece?
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Italy-North(Alps) blocked the cold north winds keeping the climate mild Apennines mountain run N to S: not barriers Greece-covered Greece and isolated the people into city-states
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What were 2 reasons people lived in the western and not eastern part of Italy?
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1) Tiber River offered fresh water and transportation 2)Fertile land for farming &grazing animals, harbors 3) Apennine mts. took up much of the eastern lands-no farming/grazing
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What were 4 natural advantages that the city of Rome enjoyed due to its location?
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1) fertile land 2) on the Tiber River-they got fresh water 3) not located along the coastline so they could see invaders coming 4) Romans could watch for invaders from high up on the Seven Hills
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How was the geography of Italy different than the geography of Greece?
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Italy had: 1) Rivers for navigation 2) Mountains did not isolate/separate the people 3) Fertile land 4) Alps protected Italy from invaders
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How did the Etruscans solve the problem of marshy/wet land between the Capitoline and Palatine Hills?
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They built a channel of canals that drained and paved the area.
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The water was drained into a stream called the ___________ ___________ which eventually flowed into the ____________ ____________.
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Cloaca Maxima, Tiber River
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Eventually, what happened to the Roman sewer system?
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The Romans expanded it and covered over it.
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What did the Romans and Etruscans make that proved them great engineers?
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The Cloaca Maxima. The Cloaca Maxima would help their land be rid of water and could survive earthquakes.
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The seven hills of Rome
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Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Quirinal, Palatine, and Viminal
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What was the original hill settled by the Latins?
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the Palatine
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What were built to protect ancient Romans from invaders?
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thick walls
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Was the Palatine wet or dry?
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Wet, a stream flowed around it which would make it wet.
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What were the six main contributions that the Etruscans made to the Roman civilization?
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1) symbol of authority 2) architecture 3) customs 4) city planning 5) language 6 )religious beliefs
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What did the Latins who found Rome do?
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They were farmers and herders and fought with other Latins for control of neighboring areas.
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What did the Latins struggles help shape?
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Belief in duty, discipline and patriotism
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Who did the Romans adopt their ideas from?
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Phoenicians and Greeks
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The Alphabet Chain
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Phoenician>>>Greek>>>Etruscan>>>Roman
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The Romans absorbed many ideas from their Etruscan conquerers. What were they?
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1) Etruscan alphabet 2) art style 3) gods 4) building techniques
