Chapter 9 Ancient Rome Vocabulary Quiz #1 (Lessons 1-2)

1. The former center of the ancient Roman empire; Capital of present-day Italy.

• A. Tiber River
• B. Sicily
• C. Latium
• D. Rome

2. Europe's highest mountains, extending in an arc from the Mediterranean coast to the Balkan Peninsula.

• A. Sicily
• B. Rome
• C. Apennine Mountains
• D. Alps

3. An island in the Mediterranean Sea off the Southwest tip of the Italian peninsula.

• A. Sicily
• B. Latium
• C. Rome
• D. Alps

4. A mountain range on the Italian peninsula.

• A. Sicily
• B. Rome
• C. Apennine Mountains
• D. Alps

5. A plain on the west coast of Italy on which the city of Rome was built.

• A. Tiber River
• B. Sicily
• C. Latium
• D. Alps

6. A river flowing southward from north-central Italy across the Latium plain, and into the Tyrrhenian Sea.

• A. Tiber River
• B. Latium
• C. Apennine Mountains
• D. Alps

7. A common farmer, trader, or craft worker in ancient Rome.

• A. Tribune
• B. Representative
• C. Patrician
• D. Plebeian

8. A member of the noble families who controlled all power in the early years of the Roman Republic

• A. Tribune
• B. Representative
• C. Patrician
• D. Plebeian

9. The lawmaking body and the most powerful branch of government in the ancient Rome's Republic.

• A. Tribune
• B. Senate
• C. Representative
• D. Plebeian

10. Site in northern Africa where the Roman army defeated the Carthaginian army in 202 B.C.

• A. Carthage
• B. Zama
• C. Senate
• D. Patrician