WorksheetsAncient Rome
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 31mins
This group of people were merchants, farmers, artisans, and could not hold public office until the tribune was added.
patricians
plebeians
slaves
servants
This brings water into a city. Some still work in Rome today!
copper pipes
aqueducts
an irrigation system
wells
After Rome got rid of their king what kind of government did they put in place, where they elect citizens to lead them?
Republic
Monarchy
Empire
Theocracy
What was the position that a plebeian would hold, that when added gave them more power, like the ability to veto the Senate?
Consuls
Praetors
Tribunes
Senators
How did Constantine affect Christianity?
He made Christianity legal in 313 AD
He placed even more bans on the religion.
He persecuted Christians in the Colosseum.
He moved the capital of Rome to the Eastern Empire.
The teachings of Jesus of Nazareth led to what religion's development in Roman-controlled Judaea?
Nazarene
Christianity
Judaism
Protestantism
By expanding the empire & reorganizing the military & government to make it safer and stronger, Caesar Augustus created a new era of peace prosperity that lasted 200 years. What was this called?
Pax Romana
Golden Years
Pax Augustus
Age of Prosperity
What were the series of wars between Rome & Carthage?
WWI
Trojan Wars
Greek Wars
Punic Wars
Why was the location of Rome so ideal?
Fresh Water from & good Land along the Tiber River
easy sea access in the middle of the Mediterranean benefited trade
Protection from the 7 hills Rome was built on & the Alps to the North
All of the above
What area did Rome never exert much control over?
Germany
Britain
Gaul
Italian peninsula
The modern -day city of Rome is located in -
France
Egypt
Italy
Greece
An elected official from the plebeians, who protects the rights of ordinary citizens was called what?
tribune
consul
dictator
In addition to their own developments, the Romans borrowed many ideas from the
Chinese
Greeks
Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Julius Caesar's rise to power ended the __ and began the ___
Empire: Republic
Republic; Empire
Senate: Democracy
Democracy: Senate
What was the architecture feature we get from ancient Rome?
columns
arches
bridges
doors
What two things is Constantine famous for?
building the Colosseum and conquering Egypt
being the first emperor and conquering Egypt
letting Christians worship and moving the capital to the East
building the Colosseum and moving the capital to the East
What happened to the eastern half of the Roman Empire?
It was conquered by barbarians soon after the western half.
It was conquered a little bit before the western half.
Because it was the poorer half, many people starved to death.
It became the Byzantine Empire & lasted another 1,000 years.
What person was the most responsible for the spread of Christianity after Jesus' death?
Mary, the mother of Jesus
Peter
Emperor Augustine
Paul
Which Roman achievements are still used today?
Aqueducts, arches, good road design, art, architecure, law
Only architecture
Roads and Latin language only
None of them
Which explains a result of the Punic Wars?
Carthage was destroyed and Rome gained lands around the Mediterranean.
Carthage was able to expand its land and power in the Mediterranean region.
Romans who survived were made into slaves of Carthage.
Both Carthage and Rome suffered severe losses of land and power.
Split the Roman Empire into the Western and Eastern Empires.
Constantine
Diocletian
Nero
Hadrian
The decline of the Roman Empire was
accelerated (happened faster) because?
Rome waged war against a single
powerful trade rival.
Rome allowed Christianity to spread.
Rome was conquered by the Islamic
Empire.
Rome faced invasions from many
"Barbarian" tribes.
