Day Before Test

Today in West Civ, we reviewed a PowerPoint covering the material we learned before Easter break. We took notes of the questions to study for tomorrow's test.

• Where did the first Indo Europeans settle around 750 BC?
• In the shores of the river Tiber, in the low-lying Seven Hills of central Italy. In the middle of Italy, middle of the Mediterranean Sea, which was (thought to be) the center of the world.
• What three groups of people dominated the culture of early Rome?
• Latins, Etruscans, and the Greeks
• Who was Tarquin the Proud, and what was so significant about him?
• Last king of Rome, he ruled as a tyrant form 534- 510 BC. He was run out of Rome following a scandal and the Roman Republic was established following his departure.
• How did they move from a monarchy to a republic?
• Ruled by Etruscan kings who were advised by rich patricians, the Senate
• After Tarquin, the government became res publica or republic
• Describe the difference between a patrician and a plebeian?
• Patricians- upper class members of the Senate
• Plebeians- common people, workers, smalltime farmers.
• Define:
• Senate- 300 aristocrats, appointed for life, usually pass on to family members
• Consuls- the two "presidents with 1 years terms
• Tribunes- leaders of the plebeian's assemblies, first rather powerless, gaining ground over the years.
• What is so important about the Twelve Tables?
• Posted in the forum
• First time laws were written down in Rome.
• Set up protection for the plebeians
• The Roman Republic serves as a model for what modern document, and what modern government?
• The constitution of the US and its separation of power
• Senate/ Assemblies- US Senate/House of Reps
• Consuls/ Dictator- president of the US
• Senate could act like judges- like our Supreme Court
• Describe why only the rich could serve in the Senate.
• Members were not paid, but workers their way up from low-ranking magistrates to higher ones. They needed to spend a lot to look good, popular, and powerful, making them electable. Plebes couldn't afford to do that
• . The kings that ruled between 600 and 500 BC ordered the building of the Forum, Rome's political center.