Module 8 Test Review: Ancient Rome

Rome's first code of laws was called

• Empire's Bronze Laws
• Law of Nations
• Law of Twelve Tables
• Tribune's Law

The author of the Aeneid was

• Cicero
• Virgil
• Hannibal
• Cincnnatus

*Emperor who "watched" Rome burn

• Diocletian
• Nero
• Constantine
• Caligula

The Carthaginian General who crossed the Alps with elephants

• Caligula
• Virgil
• Hannibal
• Cincinnatus

The early development of Rome was most closely influenced by the

• The Etruscan's - who launched a building program that turned Rome into a city
• Egyptians -who had dynasties
• Macedonians - who lived in huts & were herders/farmers
• The Chinese - who made and traded silk with them

Theories about why the Roman Empire declined included all of the following EXCEPT

• Poor economy (high unemployment, inflation, & a lot of spending) 
• Political Corruption
• Major Natural Disaster
• Decline of Morals & Values

Rome defeated, then destroyed, Carthage in the

• Peloponnesian War
• Persian War
• Punic Wars
• Etruscan Wars 

According to legend, Rome was founded by

• Julius Caesar
• two gods, Jupiter and Mars
• a slave named Spartacus
• twins named Romulus and Remus

Who converted to Christianity and made it legal to be a Christian?

• Constantine
• Diocletian
• Augustus Octavian
• Caesar

Whose teachings are described in the web? 

• Confucius
• Jesus
• Mohammed
• Moses