Specifically, where did the Indo-Europeans settle around 750 BC?
On the shores of the Tiber River, in the low-lying "Seven Hills" of central Italy, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. which was (though to be) the center of the world. It's fate!
What three groups dominated the culture of Rome?
Latin, Greek, Etruscans
Who was Tarquin the Proud, and what was so significant about him?
Last of the Roman Kings. Scandal of his son was that he raped woman
How did Rome move to monarchy to republic?
ruled by king who were advised by rich
After Tarquin the government became the republic
Difference between patricians and plebeians?
Patricians were rich landowning, connected and powerful people 
Plebeians were common people workers, small-time farmers some wealthy non-patricians
Senate assembly of 300 patricians appointed for life
Consuls the two most powerful in the government who can veto each others laws, president like
tribunes leaders of the plebeian assembly, first rather powerless, gaining ground over the years
Twelve Tables
Marked down for the first time that laws were written. Set up to protect plebeians who were pushed around by patricians. Publicly displayed in the form
The Roman Republic serves as a model for what modern document, and what government?
The constitution of the US and its separation of power
Senate/ Assemblies - US Senate / House of Reps Consuls/ Dictator - president of the US. Senate could act like judges - like our supreme court
Why could only the rich serve in the senate?
Members were not paid but worked their way up from low-ranking magistrates to higher ones. They needed to spend a lot to look good. popular and popular and powerful, making them electable. Plebs couldn't afford that
Kings ruled between 600 and 500 BC ordered the building of the Forum, Rome's political center.