HS World History Unit 2 Quiz 3

What did they call the people who lived on the site of Rome 700 years before Christ?

• Corinths

• Latins

• Etruscans

• Greeks

Who were the upper class in Rome?

• plebeians

• patricians

• latifundia

• tribunes

Who were the lower class in Rome?

• latifundia

• plebeians

• patricians

• tribunes

Julius Caesar was killed because of his belief in which of the following?

• slavery

• Christianity

• perpetual dictatorship

• democracy

By 133 B.C. corruption in Rome was widespread, and the time was ripe for reform. Who was the leader who arrived on the scene?

• Marc Antony

• Tiberius Gracchus

• Julius Caesar

• Brutus

What was one of the accomplishments of Julius Caesar?

• the establishment of a library

• the establishment of the Senate

• the establishment of a calendar that is still in use

• the establishment of an aqueduct

Where did the cultural center of the Roman Empire eventually move to?

• Palestine

• Alexandria, Egypt

• Cairo, Egypt

• Jerusalem

A major step toward democracy in Rome was the writing down of the laws on which of the following?

• the Roman codes

• the Twelve Tables

• the Latifundia

• the Concilium Plebis

What was the Pax Romana?

• a 200-year period of peace

• a great anarchy

• a complete revolution

• a 200-year period of war

What was the most important event of the Roman period?

• life and death of Jesus Christ

• Punic Wars

• burning of Rome

• rise of Julius Caesar