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WorksheetsRoman Civilization
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
An open space that served as a marketplace and public square, with temples and public buildings built around it was called
a)
Colosseum
b)
Courtyard
c)
Forum
d)
Pantheon
2.
A temple with a domed roof that was built to honor Rome's gods was called the
a)
Colosseum
b)
Theater
c)
Forum
d)
Pantheon
3.
A huge arena built in AD 80 that could seat 60,000 people was called the
a)
Colosseum
b)
Theater
c)
Forum
d)
Pantheon
4.
What Roman invention was a mixture of volcanic ash, lime and water when dried, was hard as a rock?
a)
Roads
b)
Concrete
c)
Gravel
d)
Courtyard
5.
What allowed Romans to build higher, more stable structures like the Colosseum?
a)
Arches
b)
Domes
c)
Vaults
d)
Atrium
6.
What is a curved ceiling formed by rows of arches built against one another called?
a)
Arches
b)
Domes
c)
Vaults
d)
Atrium
7.
What did Roman engineers build to bring water from the hills into the cities?
a)
Canals
b)
Ditches
c)
Underground pipes
d)
Aqueducts
8.
What did Roman cities use to remove waste?
a)
Aqueducts
b)
Arches
c)
Sewers
d)
Vaults
9.
What system did Roman engineers build to connect the empire?
a)
Aqueducts
b)
Roads
c)
Arches
d)
Sewers
10.
How were Roman sculptures different from the Greek sculptures?
a)
More realistic-looking people
b)
Perfect-looking people
c)
Only beautiful women
d)
Only strong-looking men
11.
What Roman writers and their works represented some of the best in Roman literature?
a)
The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer
b)
Fables by Aseop
c)
The Aeneid by Virgil and The History of Rome by Livy
d)
The Psalms by David and Songs of Solomon by Solomon
12.
Welche Sprache wurde im römischen Reich gesprochen?
a)
Latein
b)
Italienisch
c)
Romanisch
d)
Englisch
13.
In what field of study is the language of the Romans often used?
a)
Architecture and engineering
b)
Medicine, law, and science
c)
History and mathematics
d)
All of the above
14.
For most of Rome's history, what would be the best description of its religion?
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Polytheistic
c)
Atheistic
d)
Agnostic
15.
What gladiator led a slave revolt of 70,000 men against the Romans in BC 73?
a)
Nero
b)
Diocletian
c)
Scipio
d)
Spartacus
16.
What emperor was over Rome at the height of its size and power?
a)
Nero
b)
Trajan
c)
Diocletian
d)
Caesar Augustus
17.
What did Bread and Circuses mean?
a)
To prevent a revolt, Romanleaders offered cheap food & free entertainment to the poor
b)
To keep the peace, political leaders gave away land to gladiators who won their fights
c)
To keep people happy, gladiators who won their fights got free food and their freedom
d)
To keep keep people happy, chariot riders who won their fights got free food for life
18.
From AD 117, the Roman Empire began to decline because
a)
It had little influence over the areas where it expanded
b)
It was smaller than other nations at the time
c)
It became too spread out from its center in Rome
d)
It was unable to expand throughout Europe
19.
What emperor moved the capital from the failing city of Rome in the west to the city of Byzantium in the East?
a)
Diocletian
b)
Constantine
c)
Trajan
d)
Caesar Augustus
20.
Which development led to the beginning of the Byzantine Empire that lasted 1,000 years?
a)
Emergence of the Russian Orthodox Church
b)
Building of the Hagia Sophia
c)
Division of the Roman Empire
d)
Fall of Constantinople
21.
What became known as one of the world's most advanced cities after the fall of Rome?
a)
Constantinople
b)
Carthage
c)
Byzantium
d)
Alexandria
22.
The eastern part of the Roman Empire lasted for about 1,000 years and was known as the
a)
Eastern Empire
b)
Western Empire
c)
Byzantine Empire
d)
Holy Roman Empire
23.
What Byzantine Emperor organized and simplified the complex Roman legal system to make it more accessible to the average citizen?
a)
Constantine
b)
Justinian
c)
Theodora
d)
Belisarius
24.
One of the most famous Christian churches built during the Byzantine Empire was called
a)
St.Peter's Cathedral
b)
Roman Catholic Church
c)
Eastern Orthodox Church
d)
Hagia Sophia
25.
Byzantine artists made patterns or pictures by arranging small pieces of brightly colored glass called
a)
Collage
b)
Mosaics
c)
Collections
d)
Patchwork
26.
The greatest accomplishments of what empires were preserved in Constantinople and spread throughout the known world?
a)
Egyptian and Roman
b)
Hellenistic and Turkish
c)
Greek and Roman
d)
Egyptian and Indian
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