Rome Test

Who first ruled early Rome?

• Etruscan kings

• military consuls

• Roman senators

• plebeian assemblies

In the Roman Republic, patricians referred to

• every adult male citizen.

• everyone except enslaved people.

• wealthy landowning families.

• people with Greek ancestors.

In the Roman Republic, who might have spoken these words?

"I was elected to the group that holds most of the power. I will keep this office all my life. I help make laws and serve as a judge."

• a scribe

• a consul

• a tribune

• a senator

The power of the tribunes increased when they gained the right to

• make laws for the plebeians.

• appoint a special dictator.

• lead the army in wartime.

• veto actions by the Senate.

Why did the plebeians want laws to be written?

• so the patricians could not change laws whenever they wished

• so their land would be protected by the government

• so the government could not pass new laws too quickly

• so their children could learn to read in Roman schools

A city conquered by Rome might become a Roman ally. What was a disadvantage for the conquered city?

• It had to pay Roman taxes.

• Its citizens were taken to Rome.

• Its people became Roman citizens.

• It was allowed to trade with Rome.

Who were Romulus and Remus?

• opposing generals in a war

• explorers on a famous river

• the mythical founders of Rome

• colonists from ancient Greece

What could a foreign visitor to ancient Rome expect to see in the Forum?

• a track for chariot races

• a central gathering place

• a wealthy country house

• a site of fights with lions

Plebeians became nearly equal to patricians when they won the right to

• put laws in writing.

• choose their own king.

• pass laws for all Romans.

• serve as priests and soldiers.

During the Punic Wars in Rome’s second period of expansion, Rome’s main enemy was

• mainland Greece.

• the Egyptian pharaoh.

• a city-state in North Africa.

• a nomadic tribe in Europe.