Rome Review

Rome was located near the

• Nile River and Red Sea

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Mediterranean Sea the Tiber River

According to a legend, the pair of twins who founded Rome were ____ and ____.

• Caesar and Augustus

• Remus and Waldo

• Romulus and Remus

• Caesar and Cleopatra

The ___ of the Roman Empire was due to a number of reasons including: unrest among common people, taxes, Barbarian attacks, and the rise of Christianity.

• rise

• fall

• eruption

The Romans were the first to use a new building material called ____.

• concrete

• marble

• bronze

• steel

The river that was a transportation route into Rome from the Mediterranean

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Tiber

• Tigris

The _____ were rich citizens who owned land.

• patricians

• plebeians

• slaves

• soldiers

Ancient Romans spoke a language called ________.

• Italian

• Greek

• English

• Latin

The _______ was constructed to be a temple to honor all the Roman gods.

• Colosseum

• Pantheon

• Roman Forum

• Parthenon

A government in which people elect their leaders is called a _____.

• legion

• democracy

• Remus

• legend

Groups of 6,000 Roman soldiers were known as a ______.

• legion

• squad

• century

• troop