Questions for Roman Test: Geography and Society

Rome was an ideal location to settle for all of the following EXCEPT:

• Mediterranean Sea was the center of trade

• Tiber River provided water and transportation

• Mountains provided protection

• Lake Rubicon provided water and places to wash

True or False: Rome and Greece were different because Greece was easier to unify

• True

• False

Romulus and Remus were throw in the river by their evil uncle because

• he didn't want them to overthrow their father

• if they died, he would be the next in line for king

• he was told by Pluto, God of the Underworld, to do so

• he was jealous of them

Under Etruscan rule, the Romans learned many skills such as

• building huts, using boats, trapping animals

• building with brick, using arches, draining wet lands

• building arches to drain the wet lands

• fishing and trading

The center of the city and government seat was called the

• Fortune

• Formula

• Foreign

• Forum

Of the following 4 classes, this class could vote, hold office, own land, and run the country

• Slaves

• Liberti

• Plebeians

• Patricians

True or False: Only the Plebs served in the military

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: Slaves had no rights until they worked their way up to Plebeian status

• TRUE

• FALSE

Of the following 4 classes, this class could vote, hold office, own land, farm, own shops

• Slaves

• Liberti

• Plebeians

• Patricians

Of the following 4 classes, this class could eventually join the Plebs and become citizens, they worked in commerce and trade, and even became pretty wealthy

• Slaves

• Liberti

• Plebeians

• Patricians