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RHLS SS Chapter 8.1
Final 5-11
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6th Grade
05/10/2011

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An attack against what city began the Second Punic War?
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Saguntum
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Which were the lowest class citizens in Rome called?
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Plebeians
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3 true statements about Julius Caesar
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Redistributed land to Ex-soliders, killed March 15 44BC, never elected king of Rome
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What river did Caesar cross when he made his decision to invade Rome?
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Rubicon
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What area of land was the source of the conflict in the First Punic War?
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Sicily
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Who killed Pompey?
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Ptolemys XIII's advisors
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Carthaginians were really what people?
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Phoenicians
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How many soliders did Rome lose in the First Punic War?
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250,000
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Who led the first attack against the city of Rome?
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Sulla
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Whose defeat ended the Second Punic War
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Hannibal
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Who did Caesar offer to Pompey to establish their first alliance?
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Julia, his daughter
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Who did the last civil war involve?
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Octavian and Antony
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Who did Romans blame with corruption of Mark Antony?
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Who succeeded in causing the Roman public to riot at Caesar's funeral?
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Mark Antony
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What region was Caesar governor of?
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Gaul
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Etruscans had a military advantage over civilization because of what?
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Heavy leather shoes
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From where did the Etruscans come?
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Lydia
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Who was the Roman god of wine?
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Bacchus
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In what region in Italy did the Ertruscans settle?
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Etruria
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In Roman culture, who would be used to ask the gods questions?
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soothsayers
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Who is the Roman god of Wisdom?
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Minerva
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According to Etruscan religious beliefs, where did the gods of heavans live?
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East
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What is currently on the Capitoline Hill in Rome?
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Rome's oldest temple
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The etruscans modified their environments by doing what?
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drained the marsh
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What was the population of Rome by 776 BC?
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1000
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At the beginning of Etruscan society, what was missing?
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Social Class
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To whom did the Romans owe most of their cultural ideas?
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Etruscans
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What does necropolis literally mean?
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city of the dead
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Under Roman religion, who was the wife of Pluto?
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Proserpine
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Hamilcar Barca
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Barcelona
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Octavian
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Augustus
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How many years was first punic war?
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23 years
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Second Punic War
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Elephants
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Third Punic War
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Salt
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Hansdrubal
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New Carthage
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One Year Military Commands
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Sulla
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Professional Army
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Marius
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Limited land a patrician could own
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Tiberius Gracchus
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Tried to help the poor
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Gaius Gracchus
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Aeneas
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Troy
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Symbol of authority
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Fasces
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Ruler of Etruscans and Latins
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Lucius Tarquinus
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12 Vultures
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Palentine Hill
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City of the Dead
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Necropolis
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What was added to Roman ships to make them better than Carthage's in the first Punic War?
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cotvus
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What was Hannibal's greatest victory in the second Punic War
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Battle of Cannae
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Publius Cornelius Scipio first invaded what area?
Definition
Spain
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Who was the FIRST Triumvirate?
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Julius Caeser, Marcus Crassus, Pompey
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Who was the SECOND Triumvirate?
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Mark Antony, Octavian, Marcus Lepidus
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How did Cleopatra die?
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Suicide by egyptian snake
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