Rome Jeopardy2012
Vocab
100
200
300
400
500
Government
100
200
300
400
500
Daily Life
100
200
300
400
500
Gifts
100
200
300
400
500
Vocab for 400
• Two types of people who became gladiators.
• Who are criminals, prisoners of war, or wealthy thrill-seekers?
Vocab for 500
• He came up with the idea that emperors “rule by divine right.”
• Who was Diocletian?
Government for 200
• Two similarities between the Justinian Code and our law code today.
• What are:• Use of witnesses, judges, lawyers• Would consider motivation of witnesses • Innocent until proven guilty• Some standardized national laws
Government for 400
• Some possibilities:– Weak/crazy emperors– No rule about inheriting throne– Not enough soldiers– Population drop from plague, earthquake, floods– Germanic groups attack– Empire too large to govern effectively
• Three causes of the fall of Rome.
Government for 500
• Who were tribunes?
• These people were chosen to protect the rights of the poor.
Daily Life for 100
• The volcano that errupted in 79 A.D., preserving artifacts and bodies in Pompeii
• What is a Mount Vesuvius?
Daily Life for 200
• Two differences between patricians and plebeians.
• Rich vs. poor• Small % of population vs. larger• Could hold office vs. could not• *both paid taxes, were in the army, were
citizens!
Daily Life for 300
• Two changes made by Julius Caesar.
• Gave land to former soldiers• Roads and buildings• Funded gladiatorial games• Doubled Senate• Extended citizenship
Daily Life for 400
• Famous Carthaginian general who brought elephants over the Alps to invade Italy.
• Who is Hannibal Barca?
Daily Life for 500
• Advantages of a legion over a phalanx
• Smaller and faster• Soldiers could split up/ change
direction• Well trained
Gifts for 100
• An invention used as a “glue” to hold parts of buildings together.
• What is concrete?
Gifts for 200
• Two advantages of a professional army.
• What are:– Motivated- choice
– Trained
– Paid (also helped motivation)
– Gov’t supplied weapons
Gifts for 300
• Two places you might see a dome today.
• Sports arenas, theaters, capitol buildings, igloos…
Gifts for 400
• The term for when laws are the same in all parts of a country.
• What is standardized?