WorksheetsROME
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 8hrs 30mins
Italy has attracted settlers for thousands of years because of its
central location and climate.
isolation.
plentiful rainfall and thick forest.
rugged mountains.
Traditional legend says that Romulus and Remus founded the city of
Athens
Latium
Rome
Sicily
The Etruscans were skilled in.
Building aqueducts.
gymnastics.
making pottery.
metalworking,
The Romans overthrew which group and set up the republican form of government?
Etruscans
Latins
Greeks
Tarquins
They were brothers who fought to bring forms to early republic.
the Marcus brothers
Pompey and Crassus
Maria and Sulla
The Gracchus brothers
Rome's lower classes saw Julius Caesar as a
Bad leader
Hero
landowner
priest
One reform of Julius Caesar's still in effect today is.
economy that ends the use of slave labor.
Military-run government.
public jobs program.
12 month calendar.
The members of Rome's Second Triumvirate were Lepidus, Athony, and
Cincinnatus
Cicero
Cleopatra
Octavian
The political leader Cicero called for a limited representative government and was against
citizenship rights.
dictators
republican government
the Greeks
The ruling class and top officials of the Roman Republic were the
artisans
patricians
plebeians
shopkeepers
in 494 B.C. what did many Roman plebeians do to protest for equal rights?
burned government buildings
moved to another country
stopped paying taxes
went on strike
The best-known early Roman dictator of the Republic was
Cincinnatus
Remus
Livy
Romulus
Adopted around 451 B.C., Rome's first code of law was called the
Forum
Rule of Law
New Roman Law
Twelve Tables
Whom did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?
Carthage
Sicily
Greece
the Phoenicians
Hadrian was a good emperor who helped improve Roman cities.
True
False
During the "Pax Romana" Rome experienced a serious decline in power.
True
False
Augustus created a permanent professional army to protect the empire.
True
False
The "five good emperors" saw economic growth.
True
False
Nero was a gentle and kind Julio-Claudian emperor.
True
False
The reign of Augustus began a long era of
civil war
conflict
discontent
peace and prosperity
This cruel emperor murdered many people and appointed his hoarse as consul.
Caligula
Claudius
Julius Caesar
Tiberius
Emperor Vespasian began construction of this Famous sporting site.
The aqueduct
Hadrian's Wall
Mount Vesuvius
The Colosseum
Under the emperor Trajan, the Roman European boundaries were set at
Britain in the northwest and Mesopotamia in the east.
Britain in the east and Mesopotamia in the northeast.
Ireland in the northeast and Mesopotamia in the west.
Ireland in the east and Mesopotamia in the northwest.
The most important element in Rome's strong economy was
agriculture
glassmaking
Metalworking
pottery
Many Etruscan frescoes show people enjoying music or dance.
True
False
Civic duty means that citizens have a responsibility to their own country.
True
False
Roman soldiers were poorly trained and disciplined.
True
False
The heel of Italy's boot shape points to Sicily.
True
False
Augustus rebuilt many of Rome's buildings in marble to reflect its greatness.
True
False
The United states have adopted a lot of its government's laws and ideas from the Roman Empire.
True
False
