WorksheetsThe Ancient Roman World, Chapter 4
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the Roman term for a member of the working class?
the Bourgeoisie
the Proletariat
the plebeians
the patricians
the commoners
What is the Roman term for a member of the aristocracy?
the peasantry
the patricians
the plebeians
the nobility
the oligarchs
What happened in 493 BC that frightened the Roman landowners?
the plebeians laid seige to the city of Rome
the plebeians made an agreement with a foreign enemy to hand over Rome
the plebeians freed the slaves and started a riot
the plebeians abandoned their jobs, similar to a "strike"
a comet appeared in the sky foretelling the coming of a civil war
What did Agrippa Menenius do to convince the workers to resume their tasks?
amended the tax laws to be more favorable to the working class
led an armed faction against the striking plebeians
convinced the patricians to grant equal rights to the plebeians
proposed a set of written laws
told a story about the parts of the body working together
What does the phrase status quo mean?
exposing injustice and oppressive systems
proposing governmental reforms
keeping things the way they are
governed by the common people
seeking a just resolution in a conflict
What does the word veto mean?
I forbid
I object
I support
I abstain
I command
What was one of the main complaints the plebeians had against the patricians?
tariffs on imported goods were inflating prices
grain was being rationed because of a shortage
the road system inside the city was in poor shape
the law favored the patricians
slave labor was undercutting the worker labor market
What were the new officials called, the ones created to represent the interests of the plebeians?
Consuls
Tribunes
Praetors
Aediles
Pontiffs
What complaint made the plebeians leave the city again about 450 BC?
the military was interfering with the workers
access to the water supply was restricted
there were too many slaves in Rome
there were no written laws
there were too many foreigners in Rome
What did the Senate create to satisfy the demands of the plebeians?
The Magna Carta, the "great paper" granting rights to individuals
The Baths of Caracalla
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Twelve Tables, a written code of law
The Library of Alexandria
Where were the bronze tablets with the laws inscribed on them kept in the city of Rome?
The Library of Alexandria
The Roman Forum
The Lyceum in Athens
The Flavian Amphitheatre
The Cloaca Maxima
What was the punishment for someone who sang an insulting song?
a 10-month garnishment of wages
disqualification from voting in the next election
imprisonment for six months
a fine and forty lashes
capital punishment (death)
To whom could Roman citizens appeal for a reversal of a death sentence?
the Popular Assembly
the Senate
the Tribunes
the Praetors
the Vestal Virgins
What wise saying did Euripides write about the struggles between the rich and the poor in the 5th century BC?
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
The method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
When laws are written, rich and poor get equal justice.
