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Rome

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Leaders of the executive branch of Rome

a)

dictators

b)

consuls

c)

plebeians

d)

Senators

2.

Large farming estates worked by enslaved people

a)

Latifundia

b)

Aqueducts

c)

consuls

d)

plebeians

3.

An island that is part of Italy

a)

Hadrian

b)

Latifundia

c)

Sicily

d)

Mesopotamia

4.

A person who ruled on a temporary basis during an emergency

a)

Hadrian

b)

Dictator

c)

First Triumvirate

d)

Consul

5.

middle and lower class people in Rome

a)

Latifundia

b)

Plebeians

c)

Patricians

d)

Hadrian

6.

Reduced taxes, banned capital punishment, and forbid contests involving bloodshed

a)

Hadrian

b)

Nero

c)

Dictator

d)

Patricians

7.

Encouraged Greek curriculum in schools and supported the spread of Greek culture

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Nero

c)

Consuls

d)

Hadrian

8.

Wealthy landowners

a)

plebeians

b)

Rubicons

c)

patricians

d)

Latifundia

9.

According to a traditional legend, Romulus and Remus

a)

crossed the Rubicon

b)

crossed Alps on elephants

c)

founded Rome

d)

declared themselves dictator

10.

Who could hold political office in the senate in Rome?

a)

plebeians

b)

patricians

c)

Hannibal

d)

Sicilians

11.

The Twelve Tables were

a)

Rome's The Last Supper tables

b)

multiplication tables

Rome's multiplication tables

c)

Rome's first written laws

d)

Rome's trade tables

12.

Why was Hadrian's Wall built?

a)

for defense of Britain

b)

for a memorial to Hadrian

c)

for defense of Rome

d)

to the goddess, Hera

13.

Who was killed on March 15 in the year 44 B.C.

a)

Octavian

b)

Hadrian

c)

Crassus

d)

Julius Caesar

14.

Who had the title of Augustus?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Octavian

c)

Crassus

d)

Nero

15.

Italy is a peninsula shaped like a

a)

penguin

b)

high heel

c)

boot

d)

axe

16.

What helped Rome's trade?

a)

The Republic

b)

The dictator

c)

The Punic Wars

d)

Hannibal

17.

Caesar crossed the ___ river that marked the point of no return and began a civil war in Rome.

a)

Rubicon

b)

Danube

c)

Po

d)

Nile

18.

What was the First Punic War fought over?

a)

Rome

b)

Sparta

c)

Sicily

d)

Greece

19.

What did Hannibal cross on elephants to invade Italy in the second Punic War?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Swiss Alps

c)

Mount Fuji

d)

Mount Olympus

20.

Who supported Caesar?

a)

Pompey

b)

Nero

c)

Patricians

d)

Plebeians

21.

What did Julius Caesar NOT do

a)

restored cities destroyed by republic

b)

raised taxes to support the military and military conquest

c)

started public jobs programs to aid the poor

d)

granted Roman citizenship to people from foreign countries

22.

Who opposed Rome during the Punic Wars

a)

Greece

b)

Macedonia

c)

Crete

d)

Carthage

23.

The reason for the Punic wars:

a)

Control of the Swiss Alps

b)

Control of Rome

c)

Control of the Mediterranean Sea

d)

Control of the Atlantic Ocean

24.

Citizens who choose leaders that make decisions for all is what kind of government?

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Dictator

25.

The most powerful part of the legislative branch in ancient Rome was

a)

Senate

b)

Judicial

c)

Executive

d)

Representatives

26.

Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar

a)

dictators

b)

Triumphants

c)

Triumvirates

d)

Consuls

27.

A human-made channel for carrying water long distances

a)

ditch

b)

pipeline

c)

aqueduct

d)

latifundia

28.

Who is Hannibal

a)

Roman general who rode donkeys over the Alps

b)

Carthaginian general

c)

Roman general

d)

Mesopotamian general

29.

A political alliance between three people

a)

Actium

b)

Tripoli

c)

Tritoma

d)

Triumvirate