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12/12-12/13 Bell Ringers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________are 2 officials elected by the senators who serve for 1-year terms.

a)

Consuls

b)

Senate

c)

Tribunes

d)

Dictators

2.

We were posted in the Forum for all to see, the recorded laws of Rome

a)

The Ten Commandments

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

The Twelve Taboos

d)

The Twelve Tables

3.
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.
4.

The common people (NOT nobles) in Roman society were called -

a)

patricians

b)

plebeians

c)

senators

d)

consuls

5.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the fall of the Roman Republic

a)

Expansion of Slaves in the Agricultural System

b)

Julius Caesar became Dictator for Life

c)

Unemployment and migration of farmers

d)

Devaluation of currency and inflation

e)

Augustus Caesar ended the Republic

6.

Rome’s lower classes saw Julius Caesar as a

a)

hero

b)

villian

c)

landowner

d)

priest

7.

One reform of Julius Caesar’s that still affects us today is the move to accept a

a)

economy that ends the use of slave labor.

b)

military-run government.

c)

public jobs program.

d)

12 month calendar.

8.

Political alliance of three people (Pompey, Crassus, Julius Caesar)

a)

tricycle

b)

three-peat

c)

tricep

d)

triumvirate

9.

military hero and Rome's most famous leader.

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Cicero

c)

Octavian

d)

Caligula

10.

Which of the following choices was the cause of the first Punic War?

a)

A slave rebellion

b)

Revenge for a previous defeat

c)

Disputes over trade routes and Sicily

d)

A woman was kidnapped

11.

What did the Roman Republic due to fight inflation

a)

Raised the prices of goods

b)

Cut all taxes

c)

developed a uniform system of money

d)

nothing

12.

What two areas did Julius Caesar conquer for Rome

a)

Gaul and Carthage

b)

Spain and Greece

c)

Asia Minor and Rome

d)

Gaul and British Isles

13.

Julius Caesar

a)

gave land to the poor

b)

became dictator for life

c)

was assassinated

d)

all of these

14.

What happened to Julius Caesar

a)

he was kidnapped by the Senate

b)

he was stabbed to death by the Senate

c)

he was assassinated by the King

d)

None of these happened

15.

When was Julius Caesar assassinated

a)

May 15, 44 BC

b)

March 15, 55 AD

c)

March 15, 44 BC

d)

August 15, 44 BC