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Rome Test 2 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The period of relative peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire was called ______________________.

a)

Bread and Circus

b)

Pax Romana

c)

Goldenius Agus Romanus

d)

Mandate of Heaven

2.

Who was Rome's first emperor?

a)

Augustus Caesar

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Sulla

d)

Nerva

3.

Who was defeated in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC?

a)

Marius

b)

Pompey

c)

Antony

d)

Octavian

4.

What was the name of Rome's first Imperial Dynasty?

a)

Xia

b)

Julio-Claudian

c)

Fiveg Oodem Perors

d)

Servian

5.

The year AD 69 is also called ______________.

a)

The Year Heard 'Round the World

b)

The Thrilla in Manilla

c)

The Year of 4 Emperors

d)

The Year of Miracles

6.

The Flavian Dynasty is mostly remembered for _____________________.

a)

building the Coliseum

b)

inventing the airplane

c)

peace and prosperity

d)

defeating the Celts

7.

Which of the following is NOT an example of Roman Architecture?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Who wrote the Aeneid?

a)

Homer

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Virgil

d)

No one knows

9.

Which Jewish group lived apart from society and awaited God's deliverance from Roman oppression?

a)

Zealots

b)

Pharisees

c)

Saducees

d)

Essenes

10.

Inflation is caused when the PRICE of goods goes ___________ while the VALUE of MONEY goes ____________.

a)

down / down

b)

up / up

c)

up / down

d)

down / up

11.

Who was the only emperor of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty that DIDN'T die of assassination or suicide?

a)

Nero

b)

Claudius

c)

Caligula

d)

Augustus

12.

Who was the leader at the Goths when they lay siege to AND sacked Rome in AD 410?

a)

Atilla the Hun

b)

Genseric

c)

Commodus

d)

Alaric

13.

This tribe comes from Asia and is largely responsible for pushing Gothic tribes into Roman territory

a)

Mongols

b)

Huns

c)

Magyars

d)

Vandals

14.

Which Roman Emperor moved the Capital of Rome eastward?

a)

Constantine

b)

Nero

c)

Theodosius

d)

Alexander

15.

Why weren't Jews seen as a threat to the Roman government? (select all that apply)

a)

their religion outdates Rome

b)

they violently protested Roman rule

c)

they did not seek converts

d)

they were a small minority of the Roman population

16.

In the 4th century AD the capital of the Roman Empire was moved from Rome to the town of __________________________. (it was eventually re-named "Constantinople"

a)

Istanbul

b)

Paris

c)

Florence

d)

Byzantium

17.

What made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire in AD 313

a)

Theodosius

b)

Edict of Milan

c)

Paul's Rock Edicts

d)

Nicene Creed

18.

Which of the "Good Emperors" built a wall in Britain to keep the barbarians out?

a)

Nerva

b)

Hadrian

c)

Trajan

d)

Marcus Aurelius

19.

Emperor ___________ persecuted Christians for "starting a great fire in AD 64, while Emperor ____________ suggested they be given a chance to renounce their faith before facing punishment.

a)

Augustus / Tiberius

b)

Nerva / Trajan

c)

Nero / Trajan

d)

Trajan / Commodus

20.

Non-Roman military forces that fought for Rome were called?

a)

Auxiliary Forces

b)

Barbarian Legions

c)

Vanguard Fodder

d)

Reserve Battalions

21.

Who was the "rock upon which Jesus built his church?" Matthew 16:18

a)

Judas

b)

Pontius Pilate

c)

Paul

d)

Peter

22.

Which Germanic ruler deposed (kicked out of power) the LAST Roman Emperor (Romulus Augustulus)

a)

Alaric

b)

Atilla

c)

Odoacer

d)

Shan Yu

23.

Someone that dies for their beliefs

a)

Martyr

b)

Silly goose

c)

Sacrifice

d)

Agent of Change

24.

What Century did we say was Rome's "Century of Crisis?"

a)

5th AD

b)

2nd BC

c)

2nd AD

d)

3rd AD

25.

What battle marked the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire in AD 378?

a)

Chaledons

b)

Adrianople

c)

Ravenna

d)

Milvian Bridge