Ancient Rome

What type of democracy was practiced in ancient Athens?

• Representative

• Direct

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

What type of democracy was practiced in Ancient Rome, before Caesar?

• Representative

• Direct

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

__________ was the first emperor of Rome.

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus

• Commodus

• Marcus Aurelius

Who were the legendary founders of Rome?

• Nero and Tiberius

• Caesar and Augustus

• Alexander and Plato

• Remus and Romulus

Rome fought a series of 3 wars with ________ to gain control of the Mediterranean.

• Persia

• Gaul

• Greece

• Carthage

What body of laws protected the rights of the citizens of Rome?

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Twelve Tables

• The Ten Commandments

• Draco's Code

The wealthy citizens of Rome were called...

• Plebeians

• Patricians

• Priests

• Caesars

The common citizens of Rome were known as...

• Plebeians

• Patricians

• Priests

• Untouchables

Rome's golden age was known as

• the Circus Maximus

• the Roaring Twenties

• the Pax Romana

• the Packs Romano

What happened to Pompeii in 79 CE?

• destroyed by an earthquake

• buried by ash from a volcano

• attacked by Genghis Khan

• wiped out by a flood