The Roman Empire Test Review

The organization of Roman soldiers into legions made it possible for Rome’s army to...

• adapt to conditions when the poor and unemployed joined the army.
• make the army flexible in dealing with small conflicts as well as large ones.
• enable the army to travel anywhere in the empire.
• become as large as the empire needed.

What was the result of the Punic Wars, a series of wars between Carthage and Rome?

• Rome enlarged its territory to include Sicily, Corsica, Spain, North Africa, and Greece.
• Greeks became allies with the Romans.
• Rome became an empire.
• Hannibal took control of the Italian peninsula.

Julius Caesar, the first “modern” dictator of Rome, was...

• the ruler of Ethiopia.
• born in India.
• the founder of Rome.
• assassinated.

How did Julius Caesar’s dictatorship most affect Rome?

• He constructed a large bridge across the Rhine River.
• His actions ended the Roman Republic.
• He conquered Carthage and gave farmland to the poor.
• He did not have a significant affect on Rome.

Rome’s 200 years of peace was called the...

• Age of Augustus.
• Resurrection.
• Pax Romana.
• Crucifixion.

How did Augustus’s rule most affect Rome?

• Under his leadership, Romans conquered most of China.
• His rule was the beginning of the Roman Empire and the Pax Romana.
• He constructed a large temple dedicated to the god of war, Mars.
• Under his rule, Rome became a democracy.

Which is an example of how the Romans copied Greek design?

• road systems
• arches and vaults
• the use of quartz
• columns and marble

What Roman architectural contribution allowed the construction of higher, more stable structures such as the aqueducts and the Colosseum?

• columns
• arches
• lintels
• marble

How did the Romans carry water from mountains into cities?

• by combining a set of layers
• by combining a set of arches
• by building aqueducts
• by building a bridge

Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow...

• senators to get to the Senate.
• Rome’s armies to travel through the empire.
• merchants to travel safely.
• slaves to travel into the countryside.