ByeBye Republic Key Terms Early Empire The Empire

Bye-Bye Republic Key Terms Early Empire The Empire Grab Bag $100 $100 $200 $200 $300 $300 $400 $400 Final Jeopardy $500

C 1 $100 Why did the Roman Republic become too weak?

C 1? $100 Over 100 years of Civil War

C 1 $200 What is an Empire?

C 1 $200 A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single government or leader

C 1 $300 Who was Rome’s first Emperor

C 1 $300 Caesar Augustus

C 1 $400 What is an Emperor?

C 1 $400 A sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire

C 1 final The final Jeopardy question is: What were three main reasons for the fall of Rome? Timer

C 1 final 1. Political instability 2. economic and social problems 3. Weakening of the frontier borders

C 2 $100 What does the word disintegrated mean?

C 2 $100 Broke apart

C 2 $200 What does the word looted mean?

C 2 $200 Stolen from

C 2 $300 What does the word notorious mean?

C 2 $300 Famous for being bad

C 2 $400 What does the word corruption mean?

C 2 $400 dishonesty

C 2 $500 What does the word reign mean?

C 2 $500 Time in power

C 3 $100 Who were the leaders of the second triumvirate?

C 3 $100 Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus

C 3 $200 What was the official language of the Roman Empire?

C 3 $200 Latin

C 3 $300 Who did the second triumvirate fight for control of Rome?

C 3 $300 Caesar’s assassins (Brutus, Cassius and members of the Senate)

C 3 $400 Who controlled the Eastern and Western ends of the Empire?

C 3 $400 Octavian controlled the western empire and mark Antony controlled the eastern empire

C 3 $500 What country and continent is Rome located?

C 3 $500 The country of Italy in Europe

C 4 $100 Who did Mark Antony fall in love with?

C 4 $100 Cleopatra

C 4 $200 What was the result of the alliance between Mark Antony and the queen of Egypt?

C 4 $200 Together they had two powerful armies that could challenge Ocvavian.

C 4 $300 Why did Mark Antony leave his troops at the battle of Actium?

C 4 $300 In order to follow his queen back to Egypt

C 4 $400 Why did Mark Antony and his queen kill themselves?

C 4 $400 Octavian and his army closed in on them in Egypt

C 4 $500 Who won the battler of Actium and why was it important?

C 4 $500 Octavian won the battle of Actium. It was important because without the Battle of Actium, there might not have been a Roman emperor and the Battle of Actium was also an important turning point in the history of the relationship between Egypt and Rome.

C 5 $100 Who were Caligula and Nero?

C 5 $100 Two notorious emperors that wasted money on public projects, meanwhile people would often go hungry

C 5 $200 What was the Praetorian Guard?

C 5 $200 The emperor’s private army

C 5 $300 Who controlled eastern Rome and Moved its capital city to Byzantine?

C 5 $300 Constantine

C 5 $400 What happened to many emperors during this time period? Why was this a problem

C 5 $400 They were assassinated, so for many years there weren’t strong and stable leaders.

C 5 $500 When did the western Roman Empire fall? (what year? )

C 5 $500 476 C. E.

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