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Greece and Rome

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What can you draw from this image?

a)

The Greeks had a larger military than the Romans

b)

The Greeks made some sweet statues

c)

The Romans had better style.

d)

Roman art and religion were based on the Greeks.

2.

What are the Romans best known for in history?

a)

Music and Mosh pits

b)

Engineering and Government

c)

Drama, and plays

d)

Literature and prose

3.

Who passed laws to help early Christians?

a)

Huangdi

b)

Constantine and Theosodius

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Ocatavian

4.

What engineering feat allowed Roman legions to travel throughout the empire quickly?

a)

Boats. Big ones.

b)

Camels

c)

Aqueduct tunnels

d)

Roads

5.

Name the man who converted to Christianity and made it legal as a religion.

a)

Caesar

b)

Romulus

c)

Diocletian

d)

Constantine

6.

Who spread (not spreaded) Christianity through the Roman Empire?

a)

Hadrian

b)

Jesus

c)

Paul

d)

Pilate

7.

Christianity used this time of peace and prosperity to spread throughout the Roman Empire?

a)

The Crusades

b)

The Spanish Inquisition. No one expected it.

c)

Pax Romana

d)

Cursus Honorum

8.

Who was Paul within Christianity?

a)

He created the Roman Catholic Church.

b)

He was the emperor who made Christianity legal after he converted.

c)

He issued the Edict of Milan.

d)

He spread Christianity throughout the empire by teaching its message.

9.

What's not true of Roman/Greek polytheism?

a)

The gods had personal dealings with humans on earth.

b)

The gods/goddesses had emotions like humans and looked like humans.

c)

The gods never interacted with humans.

d)

They inspired plays still performed today.

10.

How were the Roman roads and the Silk Road similar

a)

Both helped facilitate trade and culture diffusion.

b)

Both reached completion in the 40ś BCE.

c)

They both did nothing for their societies.

d)

Each connected China to the East.

11.

Why was Christianity popular with the Gentile population in the Roman Empire?

a)

It didn´t. Christianity was only popular with poor Hebrews in Palestine.

b)

It gave lower classes hope and an afterlife to look forward to.

c)

It gave the patricians an upper-hand in their day to day lives.

d)

Gentiles really dug the toga look of the converts.

12.

What was not a major reason why Rome fell?

a)

Climate Change. :(

b)

Romans no longer wanted to be a soldier in the army.

c)

The difficulty in choosing a new emperor

d)

Invasions by Barbarians.

13.

Why would Christians have to meet in catacombs(tombs) to worship early in the empire?

a)

They liked the decor.

b)

They had to worship out of sight for fear of being caught.

c)

Tombs provided the art needed for worship.

d)

Catacombs were beneath the city. The air was cooler for the large congregations.