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Rome #1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Roman government where the leader is put into office by citizens who vote...

a)

Republic

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Theocracy

2.

60% of the Roman population was commoners such as artisans, shopkeepers, and farmers...

a)

Aristocrats

b)

Patricians

c)

Monarchs

d)

Plebeians

3.

Who were the two top officials in the Roman republic chosen to serve one year in office?

a)

Consuls

b)

Emperors

c)

Tribunes

d)

Senators

4.

What Latin word means to reject another's decision?

a)

Tax

b)

Veto

c)

Oversee

d)

Affirm

5.

What was the law-making body of 300 men who advised the rulers?

a)

Forum

b)

House of Representatives

c)

Congress

d)

Senate

6.

Who could rule with absolute power for a short period of time during a crisis?

a)

King

b)

Senator

c)

Dictator

d)

President

7.

By reorganizing the military and government to make it safe and strong, Augustus created a new era of peace that lasted 200 years called the...

a)
Pax Romana
b)

Golden Age

c)
Pax Augustus
d)
Age of Prosperity
8.

King of the Roman gods

a)

Mars

b)

Zeus

c)

Mercury

d)

Jupiter

9.

Roman God of War

a)

Saturn

b)

Ares

c)

Mars

d)

Jupiter

10.

Roman goddess of love and beauty

a)

Juno

b)

Venus

c)

Minerva

d)

Mars

11.

Used to carry water over many miles to Roman cities

a)

aqueducts

b)

aquamarine

c)

aquarium

d)

hypocaust

12.
What was a group of 5,000 Roman soldiers?
a)
Praetorian
b)
Phalanx
c)
Legion
d)
Army
13.
Who were the people on the outside of Rome who wanted to get into the Roman empire?  They were considered uncivilized.
a)
Gladiators
b)
Barbarians
c)
Slaves
d)
6th Graders
14.

A famous dictator who kept Rome safe and then returned power to the Senate.

a)

Cincinnatus

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Octavian

d)

Augustus

15.
What is the language of the Romans?
a)
Latin
b)
English
c)
Spanish
d)
Greek
16.

Which god of light, music, and healing kept the same name when adopted from Greek mythology by the Romans?

a)

Venus

b)

Zeus

c)

Juno

d)

Apollo

17.

Why did the Romans create the republic?

a)

So they would not have a king in control.

b)

To defend themselves.

c)

So that every person could be a citizen.

d)

So that judges could make laws.

18.
Which building held many gladiator fights? It is still there today!
a)
Colosseum
b)
Parthenon  
c)
Government House
d)
Pentagon 
19.
What building material allowed the Romans to build arches and domes?
a)
Bronze 
b)
Wood
c)
Concrete
d)
Iron
20.

What were the Twelve Tables?

a)

Rome's first written laws

b)

Rome's first legislature

c)

the tables in the Senate

d)

the leaders of the government

21.
Italy is   
a)
a peninsula shaped like a boot   
b)
 a large country in central Europe 
c)
an island in the Mediterranean Sea   
d)
part of Scandinavia 
22.
What was the central square of a city where meetings were held? The 12 Tables were posted there.
a)
Forum
b)
Bathhouses
c)
Gymnasium
d)
Temple
23.

A civil war is when

a)

your enemy attacks your state

b)

you attack your enemy in their state

c)

two groups from one state fight each other

d)

the leaders decide who to give power to

24.

The famous 1st emperor of Rome who brought peace, new buildings, and reorganized the government.

a)

Augustus

b)

Nero

c)

Hadrian

d)

Justinian

25.

Slaves trained to fight in the colosseum were the

a)

Soldiers

b)

Legionnaires

c)

Gladiators

d)

Mercenaries

26.

The emperor who built aqueducts, roads, bridges, and an 80 mile long wall across Britain was

a)

Constantine

b)

Hadrian

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Cincinnatus

27.

What is the calendar with 12 months, 365 days and leap days every 4 years developed by the Romans?

a)

Julian calendar

b)

Hadrian calendar

c)

Jewish Calendar

d)

Google calendar

28.

What type of leader was Julius Caesar when he ended the Roman Republic?

a)

dictator

b)

king

c)

emperor

d)

rajah

29.

Who were the wealthy people in Rome that made up only 10% of the population?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Patricians

c)

Paterfamilias

d)

Phoenicians

30.

What river flowed right through Rome?

a)

Nile

b)

Tigris

c)

Adriatic

d)

Tiber