ROMAN
HISTORY: ROME’S INFLUENCE ON THE U.S.A.
PART 2: (MINUTES 13:47 - END)
salvete omnes!
Please review the remaining part of the YouTube video and answer questions below.
Roman Influence on the United States
Q & A
THE REPUBLIC: Government & Constitution
1. What 2 aspects of the Roman Empire appealed to the Founding Fathers?
a.
b.
2. What were the 7 features of the Roman Republic that appealed to the Founding Fathers?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
3. What 3 Roman Virtues in particular impressed the Founding Fathers?
a.
b.
c.
4. What 2 Latin words give us the English word “Republic” and what is their literal translation?
5. The United States is not a true democracy but a ___________________________________________________
6. If the United States had wanted a true democracy model what historic model would they have copied?
7. What Latin phrase is represented by the abbreviation “S.P.Q.R”?
8. What was the greatest legacy of the Roman constitution?
9. What are the 3 Federal Branches of the United States government?
a.
b.
c.
10. What 2 factors did the historian Polybius state to be the outcome of the 3 elements of the Roman Constitution?
a.
b.
c.
11. What were the 2 classes of Roman society?
a.
b.
12. What was the American equivalent of the “Twelve Tables” and whom did they protect?
a.
b.
13. Who represented the Roman Executive Branch of government?
14. What 3 groups represented the Legislative Branch of the Roman governmet?
a.
b.
c.
15. Who formed the Judicial Branch of the Roman government?
16. What 3 groups did the Roman “Comitia Centuriata” (Centuriate Assembly) elect and what is the American equivalent of this body?
a.
b.
c.
d.
17. What were the responsibilities/powers of the Roman consuls and who is their equivalent in the American constitution?
a.
b.
c.
d.
18. What was the intended profile of a Roman Senator and what was the reason?
19. What were the 3 main responsibilities of the Roman Senate?
a.
b.
c.
20. What power did the American Senate adopt which the Roman Senate did not have?
Government Symbols and Coinage:
21. What Roman practice relating to the design of coinage did the Founding Fathers did not adopt?
22. Who was the first “ruler” to appear on Roman coinage?
23. When do American Presidents appear on coinage?
24. How is the printing of the image for Liberty linked to Roman coinage?
25. What are the 3 Latin phrases on the Great Seal of the USA and what do they mean?
a.
b.
c.
26. What are the “Fasces”?
27. Who carried the “Fasces” in Ancient Rome?
28. What did the “Fasces” represent?
29. In what 4 places do we see the “fasces” related to the American government?
a.
b.
c.
30. Rome provides a “Blueprint” for __________ and ____________________?
No comments:
Post a Comment