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12/05/2010

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what is their major language
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Latin
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what is a dictator and when do they come in power
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a dictator is a leader who has absolute power but only during a crsis
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what is a republic
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a republic is a form of government in which power reset on the citizens that has the right to vote for their leaders (mainly patricians)
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what were consuls
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consuls were like kings who power is divided into 2 people one commanded the army the other directed the government
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what tactic did scipio use to defeat hannibal
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he attacked Carthage directly forcing hannibal to go home
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what was the significance of the Punic wars for Rome
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it showed great growth and power that came with the victory with new difficulties also decided who is going to control that land
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who were considered patricians
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patricians were wealthy landowners
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who were considered plebeians
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plebeians were common farmers, merchants, and artians
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describe Rome's geography and it's contribution to it's development
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rome was built on seven rolling hills that gave it protection also located near the center of Italian peninsula which grew it's trade and agriculture giving them their basic needs
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what started the first Punic war
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the cause of the first Punic war was over the control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean
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what was a senate
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the senate was the aristocratic branch of Rome's government
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what is the significance of the twelve tablets
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the twelve tablets established the idea that all free citizens had a right to the protection of the law
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what were the roles of the tribunes
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tribunes protected the rights of the plebeians from the patricians' unfair laws
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who were the first romans
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the first romans were greeks, lstins, etruscans
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name five parts of the rome republic found i the united states
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executive, legislative, judicial, legal code, citizenship
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discuss the economic conditions which lead to the fall of the roman republic
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as rome grew so did its gap between rich and poor grew wider, the loss of jobs becoming homeless their was a growth in the urban poor
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how did julius caesar reform roman goverment
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he granted citizenship to many people in the provinces, he expanded the senate adding friends and supporters from italy and other regions, he also created jobs for the poor and started colonies where people w/o land could own property
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