Rome

Rome was located near what body of water?

• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Red Sea
• Mediterranean Sea

What kind of government did ancient Rome have?

• monarchy
• dictatorship
• direct democracy
• representative democracy

What is the name of the amphitheater/arena which still stands today in Rome?

• Colosseum
• Parthenon
• aqueduct
• city-state

What do we call the trained fighters in ancient Rome?

• slaves
• gladiators
• Olympians
• gods

Who did the Romans believe controlled everything?

• gods and goddesses
• emperor
• kings
• senators

The Roman government _________ Christians, or treated them unfairly and punished them.

• praised
• worshipped
• persecuted
• taxed

A system in which a small and powerful group controls the government.

• dictatorship
• democracy
• oligarchy
• autocracy

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This is done by the president to strike down a proposed law is called

• a latifundia
• a tribune
• a veto
• a conquest

He was a dictator of Rome and later killed by senators because he became too powerful.

• Julius Ceasar
• Ceasar Augustus
• Constantine
• Sparticus 

A wealthy, upperclass person in the Ancient Roman Republic

• patrician
• plebian
• counsul
• dictator