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Rome - Day 2 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the senators kill Julius Caesar?

a)

They were afraid that he had gained too much power

b)

They were sick of him

c)

They thought he was crazy

d)

He lost a Gladiator Game, and this was his punishment

2.

What is one of the changes that Julius Caesar made in Rome?

a)

He expanded the Senate to include Plebeians

b)

He granted citizenship & voting right to people outside of Rome

c)

He created the Julian calendar (I know we didn't discuss this, but it's true)

d)

All of the above

3.
What is a dictator?
a)
A ruler with absolute power
b)
A position in the Senate
c)
One of the 2 consuls
d)
A person from the plebeian class
4.

After he was Consul of all of Rome, and then part of the Triumvirate that ruled the city of Rome, Julius Caesar was governor of which Roman province?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Gaul

5.

A wealthy, land-owning (ie: Latifundia-owning) upper-class person in the Ancient Roman Republic

a)

patrician

b)

plebian

c)

counsul

d)

dictator

6.

An ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic; could serve in the Assembly:

a)

latifundia

b)

plebian

c)

counsul

d)

mercenary

7.

Which group most heavily influenced Roman art and architecture (columns, classical art, etc)?

a)

Babylonians

b)

Greeks (Antigonid Empire)

c)

Egyptians

d)

Persians

8.
Why did the Romans create the republic?
a)
So they would not have a king in control.
b)
To defend themselves.
c)
So that every person could be a citizen.
d)
So that judges could make laws.
9.
In what sea was Rome a peninsula, which allowed it to prosper in trade and interact with and conquer other lands? 
a)
Red
b)
Black
c)
Mediterranean
d)
Arabian
10.

In 509 BCE, the Romans rebelled against what northern province on the Italian peninsula and established a Republic in Rome?

a)

Carthaginians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Greeks

d)

Etruscans

11.
Who could be a Roman citizen?
a)
Only patrician men
b)
Only plebeian men
c)
Both patrician and plebeian men
d)
Both patrician and plebeian women
12.
What were the two top officials in the Roman government chosen to serve one year?
a)
Consuls
b)
Praetors
c)
Tribunes
d)
Senators
13.

Rome's most important legislative or law-making body of 100 Patrician men was called the

a)

Forum

b)

House of Representatives

c)

Congress

d)

Senate

14.
What were the wars called that were fought for 20 years between Rome and Carthage? 
a)
Twenty-year Wars
b)
Mediterranean Wars
c)
Punic Wars
d)
Elephant Wars
15.
Who made himself dictator for life and was seen as a hero to the plebeians because he gave them land & food, but was power-hungry to the patricians?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Mark Antony
c)
Scipio
d)
Caesar Augustus
16.

A written law code (aka: their Constitution), which was presented in Rome’s Forum at the request of the Plebeians was called the:

a)

latifundia

b)

Twelve Tables

c)

republic

d)

empire

17.

In the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of lands around the Mediterranean Sea by defeating

a)

the Sicilians

b)

the Carthaginians

c)

the Persians

d)

the Greeks

18.

Julius Caesar’s enemies assassinated him because

a)

they were angry with him for his military failures in Gaul.

b)

they feared he had destroyed the principles of a republic.

c)

they were opposed to his expansion into other lands.

d)

they were fearful when he refused to disband his army.

19.

The conquest or domination of one country by another is called:

a)

communism

b)

capitalism

c)

imperialism

d)

socialism

20.

What three rulers made up the first Triumvirate?

a)

Crassus, Julius Caesar, and Pompey

b)

Crassus, Pompey, and Achilles

c)

Crassus, Pompey, and Cleopatra

d)

Lepidus, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony