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39 Cards in this Set
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______ were the citizens of Rome.
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Romans
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The ________ were the "people of the sea" and ruled over Rome for 200 years.
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Etruscans
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The _____ settled on the Palatine in about 1200 B.C.
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Latins
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the citizens of Carthage in North Africa were called _____.
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Carthaginians
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The _____ River Valley was at the southern tip of the Roman Empire.
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Nile
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The _____ and _____ Rivers separated the Romans from the Germanic tribes.
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Rhine and Danube
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The _____ and ______ Rivers flow into the Persian Gulf.
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Tigris and Euphrates
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Constantinople was located on the western shore of the ______.
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Bosporus
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One of the eastern boundaries of the Roman Empire was the ______ Sea.
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Caspian
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the Romans fought the Carthaginians for control of the _____ Sea.
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Mediterranean
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______ was the most common language used in the Roman Empire.
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Latin
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_____, ______, and _____ were the three emperors accused of abusing Christinas in the Roman Empire.
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Nero, Caligula, Diocletian
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The Senate thought _____ had gained to much power and had him assassinated.
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Caesar
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Caesar's adopted son, _____, was given the name Augustus when he became sole ruler of Rome.
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Octavian
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an upper class Roman was known as a _____.
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patrician
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The lower classes of Rome were called_____.
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plebians
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The _____ had veto power.
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Tribunes
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The _____ had the power to protect the morals of the roman Empire.
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Censors
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the elite guard that protected the Roman emperor was known as the ______ Guard.
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Praetorian
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The subject of _____ helps a person or country to undertand their identity and values.
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history
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Rome set up a _____ for their government in about 509 B.C.
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Republic
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By 275 B.C. Rome controlled all of _____.
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Italy
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The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and _____.
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Carthage
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_____, _____, and _____ were part of the triumverate that ruled after Caesar's death.
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Marc Antony, Lepidus, Ocatavian
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A _____ would be the courses of study at a school.
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curriculum
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Getting paid _____ means you get paid per day.
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per diem
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An addition to a will would be called an _____.
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addendum
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Autopsies are performed _____ (after death).
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post mortem
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Some people are said to talk _____, or to the point you get sick of them.
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ad nauseam
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Some students have brains that are _____ (absent) in the mornings.
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in absentia
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The northern lights are also known as _____.
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aurora borealis
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Clark Kent's _____ (or second self) was Superman.
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alter ego
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An easier way to write "for example" is _____.
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e.g.
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Another way of writing "and so forth" is _____.
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et cetera
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We use _____ when we are writing a time after noon.
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P.M.
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A _____ is somethign that does not follow in the same order.
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non sequiter
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We use the letters _____ to mark "in the year of the Lord".
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A.D.
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If we are writing a time in the morning we put _____ after it.
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A.M.
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The abbreviation for pound is _____ because it comes from the latin word "libra".
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lb
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