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Roman Empire Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In ancient Rome one of the common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up most of population was called?

a)

dictator

b)

plebeian

c)

plague

d)

consul

2.

What was the body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, AD 354 called?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Hammurabi Code

c)

Justinian Code

d)

tribunes

3.

What was the art in ancient Greece and Rome- in which harmony, order and proportion were emphasized called?

a)

Classical Art

b)

Justinian Code

c)

Aqueducts

4.

In ancient Rome, a group of three leaders sharing control of the government was called?

a)

tribunes

b)

triumvirate

c)

republic

d)

plague

5.

In Rome’s republic, two officials elected each year to command the army & direct the government was called?

a)

consuls

b)

triumvirate

c)

dictator

6.

In ancient Rome, a member of the wealthy, privilege upper class was called?

a)

tribunes

b)

patrician

c)

plebeian

d)

imperator

7.

In ancient Rome, a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time was called?

a)

clergy

b)

patrician

c)

dictator

8.

What is a form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders elected by citizens called?

a)

Christianity

b)

Clergy

c)

Republic

d)

triumvirate

9.

A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180 is called?

a)

Pax Romana

b)

plague

c)

republic

d)

Christianity

10.

A pipeline or channel built to carry water to populated areas is called?

a)

imperator

b)

aqueducts

c)

triumvirate

d)

plebeian