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6th Grade Ch. 9 Ancient Rome Test Review

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    Ancient Rome
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  • Publicans collected higher _______ than they were supposed to, keeping the extra for themselves.
    taxes
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  • The _________ had a dome as its main architectural feature
    Pantheon
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  • This person ordered all Christians to be put to death by crucifixion or burning:
    Nero
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  • The Colosseum had __________ as its main architectural feature.
    arches
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  • this was a public meeting place
    Roman Forum
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  • this was a great Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid
    Virgil
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  • this person was a master of Latin prose (writing) and a great orator (speaker)
    Cicero
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  • This is the calendar that is used by most countries
    Gregorian
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  • This person issued the decree that fulfilled the prophecy of the Messiah's birth in Bethlehem:
    Caesar Augustus
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  • Who were the Punic Wars between?
    Rome and Carthage
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  • Who were the other 2 men that formed the Triumvirate with Crassus?
    Pompey and Julius Caesar
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  • What happened on the Ides of March?
    Julius Caesar was assassinated
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  • What contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire?
    the government raised taxes that paid for the army and governmental officials
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