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6th grade How the Roman Republic was governed: consuls, Senate and assemblies worksheet

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How the Roman Republic was governed: consuls, Senate and assemblies

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  1. Read this first

    How the Roman Republic was governed (traditionally from 509 BCE to 27 BCE)

    PartWhoJob
    Consuls?led the government together for one year; each could veto the other
    Senate300 members at first, later 300 to 500, serving for lifegave advice and guided the government
    Assembliesmeetings of citizensvoted on laws and elected officials such as the consuls

    The cell marked ? is blank.

  2. Luz's chart has a blank: how many consuls were there?

    • 300 to 500
    • Ten
    • One, ruling for life as king
    • Two, elected each year

  3. Noah's chart has a blank: who made up the assemblies?

    • Meetings of citizens
    • Two consuls
    • Senators serving for life
    • One king

  4. How the Roman Republic was governed (traditionally from 509 BCE to 27 BCE)

    PartWhoJob
    Consulstwo, elected each year by an assemblyled the government together for one year; each could veto the other
    Senate300 members at first, later 300 to 500, serving for lifegave advice and guided the government
    Assembliesmeetings of citizensvoted on laws and elected officials such as the consuls

  5. Pia reads the word republic. What is a republic?

    • Rule by one king
    • A kind of road
    • Government by chosen leaders, not a king
    • A city with no government

  6. Ren reads that a consul could veto the other. What does veto mean?

    • To elect a new consul
    • To stop another official's action
    • To agree with each action
    • To write a new law

  7. Tala reads that consuls were elected. What does elected mean?

    • Picked by the king
    • Chosen by a vote
    • Born into the job
    • Chosen for life by the Senate

  8. Who led the government for one year at a time, Zee asks?

    • The assemblies
    • The Senate, serving for life
    • The two consuls
    • A king

  9. Who voted on laws, Bo asks?

    • The assemblies
    • No one
    • The Senate alone
    • One consul alone

  10. The Republic is traditionally dated from 509 BCE to 27 BCE. About how long is that, Esme asks?

    • About 480 years
    • About 4,800 years
    • About 48 years
    • About 536 years

  11. Which came first, the start of the Republic or its end, Jun asks?

    • The start, in 509 BCE
    • The end: 27 is a smaller number
    • Both in the same year
    • Neither: both are CE

  12. Why does the chart say traditionally 509 BCE, Kira asks?

    • No one has studied it
    • It is an exact, proven date
    • It is a CE date
    • Romans' own histories give that date
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How the Roman Republic was governed: consuls, Senate and assemblies. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can say what consuls, the Senate and the assemblies did, and what republic, veto and elected mean.
  • I can explain the Republic's checks on power (two consuls, one-year terms, tribunes' vetoes) and how offices opened to plebeians.
  • I can compare the Roman Republic with the United States government and work out the time between them.

Standard: D2.Civ.5.6-8

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