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Ancient Rome

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this map tell you about Italy?

a)

It is a peninsula protected by the Alps

b)

It is a peninsula protected by the Himalayas

c)

It is landlocked (not near the sea) and protected by the Himalayas

d)

It is landlocked (not near the sea) and protected by the Alps

2.

What laws did Roman officials write down?

a)

The 10 Commandments

b)

The Code of Hammurabi

c)

The Twelve Tables

d)

The US Constsitution

3.

What building is this?

a)

The Roman Forum

b)

The Acopolis

c)

The Colosseum

d)

The Pantheon

4.

What social group did the majority of Romans belong to?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Patricians

c)

Slaves

d)

Women

5.

What social group had the most power in Rome?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Patricians

c)

Slaves

d)

Women

6.

What name did Rome give to the Greek god Zeus?

a)

Hera

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Juno

7.
Rome is situated along which river?
a)
Tiber
b)
Rubicon
c)
Adige
d)
Po
8.
________are 2 officials elected by the senators who serve for 1-year terms. 
a)
Consuls
b)
Senate
c)
Tribunes
d)
Dictators
9.
What was the name of the general who led the Carthaginians through Europe and attacked Rome from north?
a)
Scipio
b)
Hamilcar
c)
Leonidias
d)
Hannibal
10.
What was the result of the Punic Wars?  Fill in the blank.
______________ became the leading power in the ______________ world.
a)
Rome, Asian
b)
Carthage, Mediterranean 
c)
Rome, Mediterranean 
d)
Carthage, Asian
11.
What type of government did Rome have, after they threw out their king?
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Republic
12.
Which part of the Roman government was chosen for life?
a)
Consuls
b)
Senate
c)
Tribunes
d)
Judges
13.
Romulus became king and named the city Rome, after himself.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What is a main difference between the current U.S. government and that of the Roman republic?
a)
Women are allowed to vote.
b)
A system of checks and balances is in place.
c)
The senate is a branch of government.
d)
Officials can veto other officials.
15.
What important sea is Italy close to? 
a)
Aegean
b)
Adriatic 
c)
Red 
d)
Mediterranean
16.
What was one major benefit of living near the Mediterranean Sea
a)
winters were always very cold
b)
it was easy to get invaded
c)
it helped facilitate trade
d)
the sea was too rough for foreigners to navigate
17.

What is land surrounded on three sides by water called?

a)

Island

b)

Peninsula

c)

Strait

d)

Plateau

18.
The Roman Republic consisted of 3 branches of government: the consuls, the Senate, and the assemblies.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Rome’s last three kings were ________________________.
a)
Latin
b)
Etruscan
c)
Greek
d)
Greek
20.
When the Romans conquered ________________________, they adopted much of the culture of the people who lived there.
a)
Sicily
b)
Greece
c)
Spain
d)
China
21.

How did the Roman government begin in the earliest years?

a)

as a monarchy

b)

as a democracy

c)

as a republic

d)

as communist

22.

What language did the Romans speak?

a)

Roman

b)

Italian

c)

Spanish

d)

Latin

23.

What are checks and balances?

a)

Methods to balance power, so one group doesn't have too much power.

b)

A type of money.

c)

A system of weighing and measuring money.

d)

The power to prohibit, or stop a law from passing.

24.

What was the center of the city called, where there were temples, and the Romans met to discuss issues?

a)

acropolis

b)

forum

c)

town square

d)

colosseum

25.

Who was Spartacus?

a)

a Roman consul who encouraged poor people to join the army.

b)

a brilliant general from Carthage who hated Rome

c)

a former gladiator who rose up and demanded freedom for thousands of gladiators

d)

a Roman general who helped expand the Roman territories

26.

A Republic is what type of democracy?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

27.

The majority of the population in the Roman Republic who were the common people (farmers, merchants, traders, and artisans).

a)

Patricians

b)

Plebeians

28.

Patricians are:

a)

Aristocrats

b)

Plebeians

c)

Farmers

d)

Oligarchs

29.

To refuse to approve a proposed law.

a)

Veto

b)

Rhetoric

c)

Debate

d)

Vote

30.

What type of government did ancient Athens have?

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Republic

d)

Monarchy

31.

What type of government does the United States have?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Republic/Representative Democracy

d)

Monarchy

32.
Rome was located on the Italian peninsula along the _________________ Sea
a)
Red
b)
Black
c)
Mediterranean
d)
Atlantic
33.
The Romans were influenced by the ___________ & neighboring Etruscans
a)
Jewish who neighbored them
b)
Sumerians
c)
Romans
d)
Greeks
34.
"Roman ____________was polytheistic  & based on the Greek gods."
a)
politics
b)
health
c)
Architecture
d)
religion
35.
Rome was originally ruled by kings, but in 509 B.C. the Romans created a _______________.
a)
Monarchy
b)
Communal (rule by the group)
c)
Statue of the Roman God Zeus
d)
Republic
36.
In 451 B.C., government officials wrote down Rome’s  laws onto the _________________ which were hung in the forum for all citizens to see.
a)
10 Commandments
b)
Twelve Tables 
c)
Roman Constitution
d)
Roman Coliseum
37.
The Twelve Tables were based on the idea that all citizens had a right to the _______________
a)
protection of the law
b)
live off the efforts of others
c)
take the law into their hands
d)
all of the above because they are all right
38.
Rome was protected by an advanced army that was divided into groups of 5,000 soldiers called ___________
a)
Huddles
b)
legions
c)
infantry
d)
Armies
39.
Italy looks like a 
a)
horse
b)
boot
c)
pizza
d)
tree
40.
Rome expanded across ___ hills
a)
5
b)
4
c)
3
d)
7
41.
_________ carried water from water sources in the mountains to the cities of Ancient Rome.
a)
rivers
b)
aqueducts
c)
gorges
d)
valleys
42.

Northern Rome was protected by______?

a)

Roman soldiers

b)

Barbarians

c)

a desert

d)

The Alps Mountain Range

43.
Julius Caesar was a Roman Emperor
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Who could rule with absolute power for a short period of time during a crisis?
a)
King
b)
Senator
c)
Dictator
d)
President
45.
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
46.
What were the three forms of government that Rome had?
a)
Oligarchy, democracy, theocracy
b)
Monarchy, republic, empire
c)
Monarchy, democracy, republic
d)
Theocracy, monarchy, empire
47.

By expanding the empire and reorganizing the military and government to make it safe and strong, Caesar Augustus created a new era of peace that lasted 200 years called

a)

Pax Romana

b)

Golden Years

c)

Pax Augustus

d)

Age of Prosperity

48.

This animal took care of Remus and Romulus when they were babies.

a)

owl

b)

lion

c)

cat

d)

wolf

49.

This structure in Rome would host the chariot races and could hold up to 350,000 people.

a)

Pantheon

b)

Colosseum

c)

Thermae of Caracalla

d)

Circus Maximus

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