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Chapter 10- SS

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 2 most powerful magistrates are called?

a)

consuls

b)

plebians

c)

republic

d)

tripartite

2.

A ______ is a war between citizens of the same country.

a)

veto

b)

patricians

c)

Civil War

d)

republic

3.

The __________ is a mountain range that runs the length of the Italian Peninsula.

a)

checks and balances

b)

Apennines

c)

dictators

d)

plebeians

4.

The common people, or ______, of Rome wanted more say in how their city was run.

a)

checks and balances

b)

civil war

c)

legions

d)

plebeians

5.

Groups of up to 6,000 soldiers were called ________?

a)

legions

b)

dictators

c)

republic

d)

tripartite

6.

Tribunes had the ability to _____, or prohibit, actions by other officials.

a)

consuls

b)

veto

c)

Cincinnatus

d)

legions

7.

Rome was run by powerful nobles called __________?

a)

plebeians

b)

patricians

c)

consul

d)

legions

8.

During difficult war times, Rome chose _______ to lead the city.

a)

legions

b)

consuls

c)

dictators

d)

veto

9.

Rome developed a __________ government, or a three-part government.

a)

republic

b)

tripartite

c)

veto

d)

legions

10.

_________ keep any one part of a government from becoming stronger than the others.

a)

checks and balances

b)

republic

c)

civil war

d)

appennines

11.

In a ______ people elect leaders to govern them.

a)

legion

b)

Civil War

c)

consuls

d)

republic

12.

In geographic terms, Italy is

a)

a peninsula

b)

a mountain

c)

a continent

d)

a plateau

13.

The center of life in ancient Rome was the

a)

Palatine Hill

b)

Forum

c)

temple

d)

Capitoline Hill

14.

What was the most important effect the killing of the Gracchus brother had on Roman politics?

a)

Romans saw that violence could be used as a political weapon

b)

Lucius Cornelius Sulla named himself dictator

c)

The Romans formed a tripartite government

15.

What role does the system of check and balances play in the U.S. government?

a)

It is a kind of constitution.

b)

It controls the banking system.

c)

It guarantees that everyone gets to vote.

d)

It prevents each branch from overpowering the others.

16.

The official language of ancient Rome

a)

Greek

b)

English

c)

Romans

d)

Latin

17.

This group ruled over Rome before the establishment of the Republic.

a)

Macedonians

b)

Etruscans

c)

Romans

d)

Greeks

18.

The Punic Wars were fought between

a)

Carthage/India

b)

Rome/Egypt

c)

Rome/Greece

d)

Rome/Carthage

19.

Rome was supposedly founded by

a)

Romulus/Remus

b)

Romulus/Aeneas

c)

Remus/Hannibal

d)

Remus/Cincinnatus

20.

The winner of the Punic War

a)

Carthage

b)

Rome

c)

Egypt

d)

Greece

21.

Which of the following characteristics did not apply to Roman government?

a)

system of checks and balances

b)

sense of civic duty

c)

written code of laws

d)

equality of all people

22.

__________________________ was a consul who became a dictator in Rome in 88 BC after a civil war against

Gaius Marius, and he used his power to punish his enemies, and name himself dictator!

a)

Gaius Marius

b)

Spartacus

c)

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

d)

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

23.

Gaius Marius was a former gladiator who led thousands of slaves in a rebellion.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The main river that runs through the city of Rome is called the _________________ River.

a)

Tigris

b)

Tiber

c)

Roman

d)

Tigger

25.

Hannibal marches his elephants and army to attack the city of Rome but the walls of Rome are too

strong, so Hannibal marches through Italy defeating the Romans time and time again. Scipio attacks

Carthage. Hannibal finally loses at Zama. This description is from which of the following battles?

a)

3rd Punic War

b)

2nd Punic War

c)

1st Punic War

d)

Peloponnesian War

26.

Roman Law was first recorded in the:

a)

Law of Nations

b)

12 Tables

c)

Code of Justinian

d)

Hammurabi's Code

27.

Which Social group of the Roman Republic made up the majority of the people?

a)

slaves

b)

Patricians

c)

Tribunes

d)

Plebeians

28.

Who were the representatives of the Plebeian class?

a)

Senators

b)

Consuls

c)

Tribunes

d)

Dictators

29.

Who wrote the Aeneid?

a)

Virgil

b)

Homer

c)

John Hammersmith

d)

Mr. Carr