1ro Básico - U4W3D4 - Lessons 1 and 2 Quiz

A(n) ____ was a person who fought animals and other people as public amusement.

• senator

• gladiator

• emperor

• saint

Political leaders offered free grain and entertainment to gain the support of Rome's poor.

• True

• False

A(n) _____ expresses strong emotions about life.

• rhetoric

• comedy

• satire

• ode

Herodotus was a Roman historian who wrote about the history and government of Rome.

• True

• False

Which statement is true?

• Spartacus was a gladiator who tried to put down a slave revolt

• Most people who lived in Rome were enslaved.

• Life was good for enslaved Romans.

• Slavery was a part of Roman life.

When Rome's government became weak, the emperor had to ____.

• honor traditional values

• stop paying taxes

• pay higher wages to his soldiers

• hire slaves as soldiers

Diocletian divided the empire into four parts, each with ____.

• its own navy

• enormous power and wealth

• its own ruler, under his authority

• a different church and army

Many of our beliefs about law and justice come from Roman ideas.

• True

• False

The Roman road system helped Christianity spread throughout the empire.

• True

• False

What caused inflation in the empire?

• Merchants bartered their goods.

• The value of money declined and prices rose steeply.

• The poor in the empire's cities were hungry.

• The Romans brought peace to their empire.