Chapter 7 Test: Rome

The period of peace beginning in the second century was called

• Pax Romana.
• insulae.
• paterfamilias.
• Circus Maximus.

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus attempted to help the landless poor by

• allowing them to join the Roman army.
• giving them work on large farms owned by the wealthy.
• taking back land from large landowners.
• providing them with free grain imported from Egypt.

Which of the following contributed to Rome's expansion?

• contact with pirates
• Greek architecture
• large fertile plains
• vast mountain ranges

The Twelve Tables were

• laws written for non-Romans.
• Rome's first system of law.
• where the Roman senate met.
• the twelve orders of Roman people.

·  What was one effect of Marius's new recruitment strategy?

• Sulla seized power in Rome.
• The republic was restored.
• The senate was permanently weakened.
• The First Triumvirate came to power.

·  In 31 B.C., at the Battle of Actium in Greece,

• The Punic Wars were finally ended.
• Cleopatra was captured by Octavian's forces.
• Rome was driven back by the Macedonian army.
• Octavian destroyed Antony and Cleopatra's army.

With whom did Rome trade for silk goods?

• China
• India
• Greece
• Carthage

Which of the following describes the role of the paterfamilias?

• leader of the senate
• protector of the emperor
• male head of the household
• heir to the Roman Empire

In addition to traditional gods and goddesses, whom did Romans worship?

• emperors
• the senate
• patricians
• paterfamilias

Augustus changed Roman law, such that

• the army was no longer controlled by the emperor.
• the emperor had direct control over the provinces.
• non-Romans could serve as legionnaires.
• plebeians could serve in the senate.