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Ancient Rome

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why was Rome's Tiber River important? choose all that apply

a)

trade

b)

escape routes

c)

for drinking

d)

protection

2.

a government where the citizens elect their leaders

a)

monarchy

b)

democracy

c)

republic

d)

tyranny

3.

Choose all of Italy's geographic features.

a)

peninsula

b)

Tiber River

c)

deserts

d)

mountains

e)

hills

4.

Which best describes the Roman Republic? choose all that apply.

a)

all citizens were treated fairly

b)

were allowed to vote

c)

the people were all treated equally

d)

areas conquered were allowed citizenship

5.

Greek soldiers fought in a ______________ while Roman soldiers fought in ____________.

a)

legions, rows

b)

phalanx, legions

c)

circles, phalanx

d)

bunches, columns

6.

a Roman leader with absolute power

a)

king

b)

tyrant

c)

dictator

d)

patrician

7.

What 2 groups of people had a large impact on rome's beginnings?

a)

Greeks

b)

Spanish

c)

Latins

d)

Etruscans

8.

Choose the best description of legions.

a)

large fleets of boats

b)

large groups that lined up in defense

c)

small groups that could move easily together

d)

army over 10,000

9.

Finish this statement, " In general, Rome ruled ___________"

a)

independently

b)

fairly

c)

creatively

d)

very strict

10.

Who were the 1st real settlers in Rome?

a)

Greeks

b)

Spanish

c)

Latins

d)

Etruscans

11.

Who was the founder of Rome?

a)

Etruscans

b)

Remus

c)

Romulus

d)

Latins

12.

The Etruscans brought in these cultural ideas - choose all that apply

a)

literature/stories

b)

chariot fighting

c)

fashion

d)

olive farming

13.

The Greeks brought in these cutlural ideas - choose all that apply

a)

metal working

b)

architecture

c)

engineering

d)

mythology