Punic WarTest

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Paragraph One

The Greek king _______ came to Italy to help the _______ colonists. He was driven out of Italy by Roman troops and then sails to the island of ________. The Greeks were also being attacked by the _________________on the island of Sicily. _______ and __________teamed up to defeat the Greeks and take over the island of Sicily.

Carthaginians / Carthage / Greek / Pyrrhus / Sicily / Rome

PyrrhusGreek

Sicily

Rome CarthageCarthaginians

Paragraph Two

The alliance between ______and ________ faded because Rome felt threatened. Both wanted control of _______ in order to control trade on the ______________ Sea. Rome set up a base of operations at ___________ while Carthage set up their base of operations in _______________. A _____was about to begin between Rome and Carthage.

War / Sicily/ Syracuse / Mediterranean/ Agrigentum / Carthage/ Rome

Rome Carthage

SicilyMediterranean

SyracuseAgrigentum

war

Paragraph THREE

Over the first several months of the Punic war______ ______ ______ _______ inflicted heavy losses on both Rome and Carthage. Rome defeated Carthage in a _____ battle at _________________. Carthage were master ____________and __________and they wanted to fight Rome on the______.

Sea/ sailors/ shipbuilders/ land / famine/ disease/ battles/ sieges/ Agrigentum

battles, sieges, disease, and famine

land Agrigentum

Sailorsshipbuilders

sea

Paragraph Four

• Rome invented the _________it was a drawbridge that allowed soldiers to fight a _______like battle on a boat. The Romans used _______________ which was a boat with five levels of rowers. ________wins the first Punic war.

Corvus/ quinqueremes/ Rome/ land /

corvus

landquinqueremes

ROME

• Activity 2- Short essays on the second Punic War in complete sentences

• What is the key to success for many military leaders?

• Describe at least three problems Hannibal’s army had crossing the Alps.

• What did Scipio and the Roman Army do to win the second Punic War? Explain why Scipio’s strategy worked.

•Activity 3- The Third Punic War •Describe the following- 1.Define ultimatum. 2.How did the Romans defeat Hannibal’s war

elephants?3.The terms of the treaty that ended the second

Punic War.4.Define Punic. 5. Write a one paragraph

summary of the third Punic War.