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WorksheetsAncient Rome
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Greek god/goddess is matched correctly with his/her Roman counterpart?
a)
Zeus - Jupiter
b)
Artemis - Athena
c)
Hera - Diana
d)
Hermes - Venus
2.
Which was not a social class in Rome?
a)
Plebeians
b)
Muslims
c)
Slaves
d)
Patricians
3.
Who was not a member of the First Triumvirate?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Pompey
c)
Augustus Caesar
d)
Crassus
4.
What was not a cause of the decline of Rome?
a)
Devaluation of currency
b)
Farmers moving to the cities
c)
Civil Wars over Julius Caesar's power
d)
High employment rates
5.
Which was not an economic impact of the Pax Romana?
a)
Uniform laws
b)
Common currency
c)
Safe travel and trade
d)
More jobs
6.
Who legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire with the Edict of Milan?
a)
Diocletian
b)
Constantine
c)
Augustus Caesar
d)
Julius Caesar
7.
Which is not a Roman Contribution?
a)
Forum
b)
Colosseum
c)
Twelve Tables
d)
Parthenon
8.
What body of water does the city of Constantinople face?
a)
Aegean Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Dardanelles
d)
Bosporus Strait
9.
Which two Roman Emperors tried to save the empire by dividing it?
a)
Constantine & Augustus
b)
Augustus & Nero
c)
Constantine & Diocletian
d)
Diocletian & Augustus
10.
The Alps and the Mediterranean Sea both provided what for the Italian peninsula?
a)
Easy access to Northern Europe
b)
Promoted trade with other empires
c)
Protection from foreign invasions
d)
Prevented Romans from influencing Africa
11.
When the church became more powerful than the emperor, who/what lost power?
a)
The Church
b)
The Emperor
c)
Christianity
d)
The Pope
12.
What was an aqueduct used for?
a)
Moving water
b)
Building material
c)
Religion
d)
Entertainment
13.
Roman art unlike Greek art was considered:
a)
Realistic
b)
Idealistic
c)
Fake
d)
Pretty
14.
What was most important to Roman trade?
a)
The Atlantic Ocean
b)
The Caspian Sea
c)
The Black Sea
d)
The Mediterranean Sea
15.
Who was Juno's counterpart from Greek mythology?
a)
Artemis
b)
Diana
c)
Hera
d)
Athena
16.
Which group of people could not be a citizen in Rome?
a)
Slaves
b)
Foreigner
c)
Women
d)
Men
17.
Reincarnation, Vedas, Upanishads are all part of what religion?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Judaism
18.
The majority of people in Rome were part of what class?
a)
Patricians
b)
Plebeians
c)
Slaves
d)
Serfs
19.
Which is the sacred book for Christians?
a)
Vedas
b)
Upanishads
c)
Torah
d)
Bible
20.
What does the term "Pax Romana" refer to?
a)
Greece's Golden Age
b)
Rome's Golden Age
c)
Gupta's Golden Age
d)
Persian's Golden Age
21.
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
a)
Siddhartha Gautama
b)
Jesus
c)
Muhammad
d)
Asoka
22.
Which empire of India experienced a Golden Age?
a)
Persians
b)
Alexander's
c)
Harappa
d)
Gupta
23.
What do Buddhists believe you must follow to reach nirvana?
a)
Five Pillars
b)
Eightfold Path
c)
Ten Commandments
d)
Three Upanishads
24.
Constantinople is located on what body of water?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Bosporus Strait
c)
The Aegean Sea
d)
The Indus River
25.
The war between Rome and Carthage was known as what?
a)
The Persian Wars
b)
The Punic Wars
c)
The Peloponnesian Wars
d)
The Patriot Wars
26.
What civilization believed in the Mandate of Heaven?
a)
Egyptians
b)
Sumerians
c)
The Hebrews
d)
The Chinese
27.
What was the importance of Hammurabi's Code?
a)
Beliefs of the Babylonians
b)
First written law code
c)
First laws that treated men and women equally
d)
Laws that applied only to slaves
28.
Where is the Rubicon River located?
a)
Southern part of Italy
b)
Northern part of Greece
c)
Southern part of Greece
d)
North eastern part of Italy
29.
What religion was in the Persian Empire?
a)
Zoroastrianism
b)
Christianity
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
30.
What Chinese contribution is still used by governments today?
a)
Civil Service System
b)
Code of Politeness
c)
Analects
d)
Twelve Tables
31.
What structure did Qin Shi Huangdi have built?
a)
The Colosseum
b)
The Forum
c)
The Parthenon
d)
The Great Wall of China
32.
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
a)
Nero
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Augustus Caesar
d)
Marc Antony
33.
Who wrote the Aeneid?
a)
Virgil
b)
Ovid
c)
Horace
d)
Homer
34.
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are located near what river?
a)
Tigris River
b)
Nile River
c)
Indus River
d)
Huang He River
35.
Asoka is known for converting to what religion while he was a Mauryan King?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Zoroastrianism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Judaism
36.
The Royal Road was an achievement from which Empire?
a)
The Roman Empire
b)
The Persian Empire
c)
The Egyptian Empire
d)
Alexander's Empire
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