DBQ Document 5 Roman Government: 1. Before 508 BCE Rome had been ruled by a monarch. When the Romans overthrew their Etruscan king, they chose to set up a republic rather than a new monarchy of their own. Why do you think that they would have set up a republic?

he supported the seperation of church and state. he also promoted religious tolerance.

"a government in which power is divided between state and national levels". federalism is a system of government in which entities such and state and province, share power with the national government.

map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. for example, on a 1: 100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.