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True or False:
The 12 Tables of Law helped the people of Rome deal with issues about debt, family relations, property and other matters of public and sacred law.
True
False
What does the term "arbiter" mean?
A person that cares about the environment
A person who settles a dispute
A farmer
A robber
Patricians were considered to be ________.
poor
wealthy
True or False: Plebeians were not considered to be Roman citizens.
True
False
If plebeians couldn't pay their debt they would lose the following:
their land and their freedom
their right to vote
their land and their wives
True or False: Plebeians found under Plebeian power in the battle field.
True
False
Patricians were more powerful than plebeians, mostly because of their ________.
their education
wealth (money)
their military service
The phrase social unrest most likely means:
people not being able to take a break
the public not being able to sleep
the people were not at peace with each other
The word legal most likely means:
something dealing with the laws/rules of a society
a rule in a game
a type of religion
What name was given to the Ancient Roman laws?
12 Tables
10 Tables
Laws of Rome
Before the 12 Tables was written, the laws usually benefitted (helped) the _____.
Patricians (upper class)
Plebeians (lower class)
A plebeian is a Roman citizen who was of the _______ class.
higher (wealthy)
lower (poor)
Tribunes had the right to _______ any laws in Rome.
create
start a war over
intersect or veto (stop/challenge)
True or False: Eventually, the poorer Roman citizens were able to make laws of their own.
True
False
True or False: The government of Ancient Rome was very different to the type of government we have in the United States.
True
False
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