Roman Empire Review

A government in which citizens vote and elect officials to represent them is called a:

• Kingdom

• Empire

• Republic

Who is the most responsible for the growth and strength of Christianity within the empire ?

• Emperor Augustus

• Emperor Constantine

• Emperor Diocletian

Three reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire were:

• regulating trade, agriculture, and immigration

• barbarian invasions, slavery, and government corruption

• broken political, social, and economic treaties

Roman engineers used two developments to build great buildings, bridges, roads, and other structures. What were these two developments ?

• bricks and mortar

• suspension and the fulcrum

• concrete and the arch

How did the Romans carry water from mountains into cities?

• by combining a set of layers
• by combining a set of arches
• by building aqueducts
• by building a bridge

Gladiator fights mostly took place in the

• Circus Maximus
• Forum
• Colosseum
• Pantheon

The wealthy ruling class of Rome was called

• Ciceros
• Plebeians
• Visogoths
• Patricians

How did the Roman Empire's use of roads help their economic growth?

• the Romans were payed well for building the roads
• the Romans rented their roads to other empires
• the roads made trading easier within the empire
• the roads were owned by private businesses

Rome's government began as a _______ and changed to an ___________.

• democracy, republic

• republic, empire

• empire, republic

• tyranny, empire

Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?

• Mark Anthony

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus (Octavian)

• None of the above