Ancient Rome Test

A market and meeting place located in the center of Rome.

• Agora

• Census

• Forum

• Colosseum

Wealthy members of Rome's noble families.

• plebeians

• patricians

• dictators

• republicans

The religion based on the teachings of Jesus.

• Judaism

• Muslim

• Christianity

• Islam

The Roman general who became the republic's dictator and was stabbed to death in the Senate.

• Augustus Caesar

• Diocletian

• Octavian

• Julius Caesar

In a ______________, citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them.

• republic

• autocracy

• representative

• confederation

The first Roman emperor who unified the empire during the Pax Romana.

• Marc Antony

• Paul

• Augustus Caesar

• Julius Caesar

America's founding fathers likely adopted ideas from the ancient Romans. True or False?

• True

• False

Which two groups of people fought the Punic Wars?

• Rome and China

• Italy and Greece

• Rome and Carthage

• Carthage and India

A member of Rome's large class of ordinary citizens is called a:

• patrician

• plebeian

• consul

• dictator

The Pax Romana was:

• A peaceful time during Roman rule that lasted 200 years.

• A time of war for the Romans that lasted for 200 years.

• Another name for the rule of the Romans

• A name for the period of rule by the emperor Pax Romanana