Ancient Rome 1

The ______are a mountain range that protects Italy by separating it from the rest of Europe.

• Pyramids

• Alps

• Appeninnes

• Rocky

1) The ______ (mountains) run down the center of the Italian peninsula.

• Pyramids

• Alps

• Appeninnes

• Rocky

The ______ River passes through Rome and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

• Tigris

• Tiber

• Mississippi

• Euphrates

Which form of government with kings did Rome have when it first began as a city-state?

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

In the Roman Republic ______ were given the right to vote and elect officials.

• free citizens

• male citizens

• free adult citizens

• free adult male citizens

Romans borrowed many cultural skills from the ______ many neighboring peoples

• Greeks

• North Americans

• South Americans

• Canadian

What was the great advantage the Roman legions had a over the Greek phalanxes?

• flexibility

• inflexibility

• more soldiers

• there was no advantage

The gladius was short sword from ______ that all Roman soldiers began using.

• Egypt

• Asia

• Spain

• America

What did Roman soldiers build that helped armies move faster?

• roads and bridges

• heavier weapons

• faster horses

• secret machines

Rome’s lands reached as far as the pyramids of ________

• Russia

• Egypt

• Mexico

• Vegas