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Rome CFA 3 Practice

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What construction allowed the Romans to transport clean water into the city? 
a)
Colosseum 
b)
Arches 
c)
Forum 
d)
Aqueducts 
2.
What building material allowed the Romans to build arches and domes?
a)
Bronze 
b)
Wood
c)
Concrete
d)
Iron
3.
What religion did Constantine convert the Roman Empire to?
a)
Judaism 
b)
Christianity 
c)
Islam 
d)
Hinduism 
4.

Why did the Roman leaders give "bread and circuses" near the end of the Roman republic?

a)

There was too much money in the treasury

b)

They wanted to distract plebeians from their problems by entertaining them

c)

They feared the patricians might revolt

d)

Many people were starving

5.
Who were the two people at the top of the Roman government?
a)
Legionaires 
b)
Plebeians 
c)
Patricians 
d)
Consuls 
6.
Which type of government is the same as a republic?
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
Representative Democracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Empire
7.
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
8.
A huge arena built in AD 80 that could seat 60,000 people was called the 
a)
Colosseum
b)
Theater
c)
Forum
d)
Pantheon
9.
What were the roads built for? 
a)
Quick transportation in any weather
b)
Chariot Racing
c)
Honour the God
d)
Give work to slave
10.
Name the following picture....
a)
A floating bridge
b)
A suspension bridge
c)
A colosseum
d)
An Aqueduct
11.
Name the picture..........
a)
A Gladiator
b)
A Slave
c)
A Roman Soldier
d)
An Actor
12.
How many Punic Wars were there?
a)
Two
b)
Three
c)
Four
d)
Five
13.
What important sea is Italy close to? 
a)
Aegean
b)
Adriatic 
c)
Red 
d)
Mediterranean
14.
a member of a wealthy family in the ancient Roman Republic
a)
plebeian
b)
patrician
c)
polytheism
d)
province
15.
an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic
a)
patrician
b)
plebeian
c)
province 
d)
polytheism
16.
What Roman architectural contribution allowed the construction of higher, more stable structures such as the aqueducts and the Colosseum?
a)
columns
b)
arches
c)
lintels
d)
marble
17.
Gladiator fights mostly took place in the
a)
Circus Maximus
b)
Forum
c)
Colosseum
d)
Pantheon
18.

Rome's contributions to the world included all of the following except?

a)

Techniques used to build larger and stronger bridges and other structures

b)

Delivery of water to cities

c)

An arena for gladiators to fight in public

d)

A weapon used on a battlefield to conquer

19.

Why did the Romans build a complex series of roads?

a)

Merchants to trade

b)

People to travel tot he colosseum

c)

Rome's armies to travel through the empire

d)

Both A and C are correct

20.

What was the Circus Maximus used for?

a)

Gladiator fights

b)

Religious festivals

c)

The raising of circus animals to be used in the colosseum

d)

Chariot races

21.

The Romans created a system of written laws

a)

True

b)

False