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Ancient Rome

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A wealthy, upperclass person in the Ancient Roman Republic

a)

patrician

b)

plebian

c)

counsul

d)

dictator

2.
An ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic
a)
patrician
b)
plebian
c)
counsul
d)
mercenary
3.
A person elected to rule the Roman Republic for a short period in time of emergency
a)
emperor
b)
king
c)
counsul
d)
dictator
4.
Which group most heavily influenced Roman art and architecture?
a)
Babylonians
b)
Greeks
c)
Egyptians
d)
Persians
5.
Who were the two main characters in the story that tells the beginnings of Rome?
a)
Romulus & Remus
b)
Zeus & Hera
c)
Ronulus & Roman
d)
Bill & Ted
6.

Rome fought with _____________ in the Punic Wars.

a)

Carthage

b)

Greece

c)

Spain

7.
He was a dictator of Rome and later killed by senators because he became too powerful.
a)
Julius Ceasar
b)
Ceasar Augustus
c)
Constantine
d)
Sparticus 
8.
What were the two top officials in the Roman government chosen to serve one year?
a)
Consuls
b)
Praetors
c)
Tribunes
d)
Senators
9.
Rome's most important legislative or law-making body of 300 Patrician men was called the
a)
 Forum
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Congress
d)
Senate
10.
What was the name for the large, open, market in the center of town?
a)
Agora
b)
Forum
c)
Market
d)
Mercado
11.
Who made himself dictator for life and was seen as a hero to the plebeians because he gave them land & food, but was power-hungry to the patricians?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Mark Antony
c)
Scipio
d)
Caesar Augustus
12.

Set of Roman laws inscribed on 12 bronze tablets.

a)

12 Tables

b)

14 Tablets

c)

Bronze Plaques

d)

Republic

13.
What was the result of the 3rd Punic War?
a)
Rome gains control of Greece
b)
Rome controls the Western Mediterranean
c)
Rome gains control of Gaul
d)
All of these
14.
Who won the Punic Wars in order of their victories?
a)
Carthage, Rome, Rome
b)
Rome, Carthage, Carthage
c)
Carthage, Carthage, Carthage
d)
Rome, Rome, Rome
15.
What was the result of the Punic Wars?  Fill in the blank.
______________ became the leading power in the ______________ world.
a)
Rome, Asian
b)
Carthage, Mediterranean 
c)
Rome, Mediterranean 
d)
Carthage, Asian
16.
What was the name of the general who led the Carthaginians through Europe and attacked Rome from north?
a)
Scipio
b)
Hamilcar
c)
Leonidias
d)
Hannibal
17.
Hannibal surprised the Romans by
a)
attacking their shipping routes. 
b)
launching an amphibious assault on Sicily.
c)
marching his army from Spain to Italy over the Alps.
d)
blockading Italy with the Carthaginian navy.
18.
Rome finally found a leader who was equal to Hannibal during the 2nd Punic War.
a)
 Scipio Africanus
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Hamilcar Barca
d)
Cicinnatus
19.
What event is taking place in this image?
a)
Rome destroying Carthage in the 3rd Punic War
b)
Hannibal invading the city of Rome
c)
Rome's devastating defeat at Cannae
d)
None of these
20.
How many Punic Wars were there?
a)
Two
b)
Three
c)
Four
d)
Five
21.
What type of animal with which mountain range is associated  with the Second Punic War?
a)
Mountain goats and the Alps.
b)
Elephants and the Apennines
c)
Elephants and the Alps
d)
Lions and the Pryenees
22.
Which explains a result of the Punic Wars?
a)
Carthage was destroyed and Rome gained lands around the Mediterranean.
b)
Carthage was able to expand its land and power in the Mediterranean region. 
c)
Romans who survived were made into slaves of Carthage.  
d)
Both Carthage and Rome suffered severe losses of land and power. 
23.

Which Roman emperor is responsible for using Christians as candles for his garden parties and forcing them to fight lions in the Colosseum?

a)

Claudius

b)

Augustus

c)

Nero

d)

Trajan

24.
Which emperor famously built a wall in Britain?
a)
Hadrian
b)
Vespasian
c)
Domitian
d)
Claudius
25.

He persecuted and killed many Christians who he blamed for starting the Great Fire in the city of Rome.

a)

Nero

b)

Caligula

c)

Vespian

d)

Domitian

26.
The first emperor of Rome was ____.
a)
Augustus
b)
Tiberius
c)
Romulus
d)
Julius Caesar
27.

What philosophy did Marcus Aurelius practice?

a)

Stoicism

b)

Cynicism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Hellenism

28.
The rule of which emperor is considered to be the start of the decline of the Roman Empire?
a)
Marcus Aurelius
b)
Lucius Verus
c)
Antoninus Pius
d)
Commodus
29.

Which Roman leader was assassinated by his friends in the Senate? His death is often described as "being stabbed in the back."

a)

Flavian

b)

Trajan

c)

Caligula

d)

Julius Caesar

30.

Caligula was one of the 4 bad emperors. Which of the following was Caligula responsible for?

a)

Naming his cow a consul

b)

Naming his horse a consul

c)

Murdering his own brother

d)

Raising taxes in Rome

31.

Paranoid of plots and had many senators tried and executed for treason

a)

Caligula

b)

Nero

c)

Tiberius

d)

Claudius

32.

Was a megalomaniac, who forced parents to watch their child's execution.

a)

Caligula

b)

Tiberius

c)

Claudius

d)

Nero

33.

Emperor who conquered the area of Britain, had bad luck when it came to love, and chocked to death on a feather.

a)

Caligula

b)

Claudius

c)

Nero

d)

Tiberius

34.

Son of a plebeian who raised taxes on the upper class.

a)

Vespasian

b)

Nero

c)

Caligula

d)

Augustus

35.

Emperor when a three day fire occurred, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, and a plague broke out in Rome. He was also responsible for completing the Colosseum

a)

Vespasian

b)

Caligula

c)

Claudius

d)

Titus

36.

Emperor who was a professional soldier, repaired roads, bridges, and aqueducts.

a)

Hadrian

b)

Marcus Aurelius

c)

Trajan

d)

Antoninus Pius

37.

Made laws easier to understand

a)

Trajan

b)

Hadrian

c)

Antoninus Pius

d)

Marcus Aurelius

38.

Lifted taxes in areas of famine or disaster as well as promoted legal protection for orphans and slaves

a)

Trajan

b)

Hadrian

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Antoninus Pius

39.

Spent much of his reign having to fight the Germanic people along the borders of Rome

a)

Marcus Aurelius

b)

Antoninus Pius

c)

Hadrian

d)

Trajan

40.

How did the winning the lands of Carthage harm the common citizen of Rome?

a)

New slave labor took jobs away

b)

grain from conquered lands drove down prices and small farmers could no longer make a living

c)

greed and corruption became common in the government

d)

All are correct

41.

The ________ held executive power, were made up of 2 patricians, ran the government, had veto power over each other, and commanded the army of the Roman Republic.

a)

Senators

b)

Consuls

c)

Praetors

d)

Dictator

42.

interpreted laws and acted as judges in the Roman Republic

a)

Consuls

b)

Praetors

c)

Senators

d)

Dictators

43.

made up of past consuls and praetors and served for life; passed laws

a)

Consuls

b)

praetors

c)

Senators

d)

Dictator

44.

A form of government where people elect leaders to govern them.

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Monarchy

c)

Republic

d)

Absolute Democracy

45.

ruler with total power over a country

a)

Dictator

b)

Praetor

c)

President

d)

Monarch

46.

Roman word for the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

Triumvirate

b)

Legion

c)

Mare nostrum

d)

gladius

47.

A union of 3,000- 6,000 men in the ancient Roman army

a)

Legion

b)

gladius

c)

triumvirate

d)

Forum

48.

Roman short sword

a)

Triumvirate

b)

legion

c)

gladius

d)

Forum

49.

Became the first emperor after the death of Julius Caesar, became known as Augustus.

a)

Octavian

b)

Marc Antony

c)

Caligula

d)

Tiberius

50.

Which is not a reform of Augustus?

a)

created a civil service system

b)

set up a postal system

c)

put the jobless to work rebuilding Rome

d)

dismantled the Roman army

51.

This person worked with Octavian and married his sister. He later divorced Octavian's sister, and married Cleopatra, and became rivals with Octavian

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Marc Antony

c)

Claudius

d)

Caligula

52.

Period of relative peace and prosperity in the empire,begun by Augustus’ reforms and lasted from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180

a)

Ides of March

b)

Pax Romana

c)

Pax Sopana

d)

Mare Nostrum

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