What body of water is to the south of Rome?
The Mediterranean Sea
Name two types of foods the Romans learned how to grow from the Greeks
Grapes and olives
What major mountain range is to Rome's north?
The Alps
Which Roman poet wrote the story of Aeneas, the hero that founded Rome?
Virgil
Shakespear
Caesar
Homer
Who were the two brothers that were raised by a wolf and fought to the death to create Rome>?
Remus and Romulus
What region or part of Rome gave them their language?
Latium
Carthage
Espana
Palatine
(Picture on 309 textbook) What is a painting on wet plaster called?
cubism
fresco
acrylic
abstract
A style of government in which the people elect leaders to make decisions for them is a ___________
Republic
Rome's ruling class was called the ________________
Patricians
Rome's working class was also called the ________________
Plebeians
To reject or not allow
Veto
Abstain
Nominate
Concede
What river was Rome built on?
Tiber
This culture passed along their alphabet to the Romans
Greeks
What type of building or structure did Etruscan artists use most often to make their paintings on?
Tombs
Usurp most closely matches which word?
surrender
barter
overthrow
compromise
In one version of the Remus and Romulus story, what bird helped the wolf raise the boys?
Woodpecker
