1. Punic War Test Review 1/17

2. 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 Pyrrhus Greek Sicily Rome Carthage Carthaginians

3. 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 Sicily Mediterranean Syracuse Agrigentum war

4. 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 Sailors shipbuilders sea

5. 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 land quinqueremes ROME

6. 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.

7. 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.