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Rome's Beginnings (8-1)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The two mountain ranges in Rome are ______ and ___________.

a)

Alps, Apennines

b)

Rockies, Appalachians

c)

Himalayas, Ural

d)

Pamir, Zagros

2.

Rome is a ________________.

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

archipelago

d)

tributary

3.

Italy has better farmland than Greece

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which river gave Rome a source of water and a way to the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Rhine River

b)

Amazon River

c)

Tiber River

d)

Nile River

5.

What was Rome built on that helped give it protection?

a)

in a canyon

b)

on an island

c)

a plateau

d)

seven hills

6.

Who were the twins in the traditional story of the beginnings of Rome?

a)

Artemis and Apollo

b)

Troy and Perseus

c)

Aeneas and Helen

d)

Romulus and Remus

7.

This person is called the "father of the Romans".

a)

Romulus

b)

Perseus

c)

Aeneas

d)

Remus

8.

Which two groups had a great impact on early Rome: the Greeks and the _______________?

a)

Indus

b)

Etruscans

c)

French

d)

Carthagians

9.

A form of government in which the leader is not a king or queen but someone put in office by citizens with the right to vote is a __________________.

a)

republic

b)

monarchy

c)

dictatorship

d)

oligarchy

10.

Roman armies were organized into groups of about 6,000 men called ____________________.

a)

legions

b)

troops

c)

battalions

d)

regiments

11.

Under the Roman Confederation, Romans gave this to some people which allowed them to vote and serve in the government.

a)

land

b)

money

c)

citizenship

d)

jobs

12.

How did the Romans treat those they conquered in order to encourage them to be loyal to Rome?

a)

They treated them well.

b)

They killed all of them.

c)

They enslaved all of them.

d)

They ignored them.