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Rome

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Italy is a _____________; land surrounded on three sides by water.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Island

c)

Strait

d)

Mainland

2.

Which of the following does NOT make Italy good for farming?

a)

Mild climate

b)

Rich soil

c)

Large flat plains

d)

Good iron deposits

3.

The people who first crossed into Italy would have been related to ______________.

a)

Oetzi

b)

Greeks

c)

Etruscans

d)

Romans

4.

Rome was also built ____ miles up from the Mediterranean so that pirates couldn’t attack the city.

a)

15

b)

1

c)

5

d)

150

5.

The Etruscans conquered Rome in 650BC. What did they NOT teach the Romans how to build?

a)

Roads

b)

Temples

c)

Streets

d)

Aqueducts

6.

The Roman army was broken into ___________. Each had about 6,000 men.

a)

Legions

b)

Hoplites

c)

Phalanxes

d)

Cavalry

7.

A _______________ was held in the air to help the soldiers stay together during battle.

a)

Standard

b)

Gladius

c)

Shadoof

d)

Roman helmet

8.

The Romans lets some of the people they conquered become ________________.

a)

Full citizens

b)

Slaves

c)

Patricians

d)

Plebeians

9.

The Romans treated the people they conquered ______.

a)

Well

b)

Badly

c)

Harshly

d)

Kindly

10.

People who are treated well usually do not ________.

a)

Rebel

b)

Work very hard

c)

Pay taxes

d)

Serve in the army

11.

The two social classes of early Rome were the _______________ and ________________.

a)

Patricians and plebeians

b)

Consuls and proconsuls

c)

Dictators and tyrants

d)

Emperors and imperators

12.

Patricians and Plebeians could marry one another.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Because the plebeians didn’t have equal rights, they went on ___________.

a)

Strike

b)

Vacation

c)

To another city-state

d)

To Greece

14.

In Rome a ___________ would help to end an emergency, and then quit.

a)

Dictator

b)

Emperor

c)

Tyrant

d)

King

15.

Under the Twelve Tables all Roman citizens were to be treated ___________ under the law.

a)

Equally

b)

Unequally

c)

Nicely

d)

Harshly

16.

What was the set of laws called when Rome started to take over other nations?

a)

The Law of Nations

b)

The Twelve Tables

c)

Hammurabi's Code

d)

Confucius' Analects

17.

The Law of Nations set up the idea that people are _______________________________.

a)

Innocent until proven guilty

b)

Guilty until proven innocent

c)

Not equally protected

d)

Guilty automatically if they are a plebeian

18.

The first Punic War started because both Rome and Carthage wanted to control the island of ______________.

a)

Sicily

b)

Corsica

c)

Sardinia

d)

Crete

19.
How many of the three Punic Wars did Rome win?
a)
Three of them.
b)
One of them.
c)
Two of them.
d)
Four of them.
20.
Hannibal attacked Rome with _____________ men by crossing the Alps.
a)
46,000
b)
4,600
c)
460,000
d)
46
21.
Even though Rome’s armies were doing well, the farmers could not work because they were in the ________. 
a)
Army
b)
Fields
c)
Cities
d)
Navy
22.
Rich Romans were buying land and building large estates called ____________.
a)
Latifundia
b)
Fundilatia
c)
Fatilundia
d)
Lafitundia
23.
Farmers who sold their land went to the cities to look for work, but found the jobs there were done by __________ there as well.
a)
Slaves
b)
Free people
c)
Citizens
d)
Romans
24.
To prevent riots Roman politicians gave the poor free food and shows called “___________________________.”
a)
"Bread and circuses"
b)
"Dinner and a movie"
c)
"Colosseum and Circus Maximus"
d)
"Emperors and Dictators"
25.
Marius changed the army by paying the poor who had no land to be in the army, and promising to give his soldiers __________.
a)
Land
b)
Freedom
c)
Glory
d)
Food
26.
After Marius, ________ used his army to make himself dictator. He showed other generals that you could use your army to take power.
a)
Sulla
b)
Cincinnatus
c)
Constantine
d)
Tiberius
27.
Which of the following was NOT in the first triumvirate?
a)
Caesar
b)
Pompey
c)
Crassus
d)
Octavian
28.
After Caesar was killed a ________________ happened.
a)
Civil war
b)
Peace conference
c)
Nothing
d)
Invasion
29.
Who was NOT in the second triumvirate?
a)
Octavian
b)
Marc Antony
c)
Lepidus
d)
Crassus
30.
Octavian knew Rome was too __________ to solve its problems, so he made himself dictator.
a)
Weak
b)
Strong
c)
Effective
d)
Big
31.
The Pax Romana ended the fighting around the Mediterranean and lasted around _____ years.
a)
200
b)
2,000
c)
20
d)
2
32.
Augustus made Rome’s borders ________ to defend by setting them along ________ boundaries.
a)
Easier, natural
b)
Natural, easier
c)
Harder, natural
d)
Easier, artificial
33.
About ___________ people lived in the Roman Empire under Augustus.
a)
50,000,000
b)
5,000,000
c)
500,000
d)
5,000
34.
How long did Augustus rule as compared to his Uncle Caesar?
a)
Far longer
b)
Far shorter
c)
Equally
d)
Augustus didn't rule
35.
The emperors who followed Augustus were a mixed bag. Tiberius and Claudius were ________; Caligula and Nero were ________.
a)
Capable, cruel
b)
Cruel, capable
c)
Weak, strong
d)
These people weren't emperors
36.
All five of the Good Emperors built roads, bridges, monuments, harbors, and aqueducts.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
The Roman Empire was able to hold together because the people thought of themselves as ____________.
a)
Roman
b)
Free
c)
Citizens
d)
Wealthy
38.
_____________________ was the most important part of the Roman economy.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Trade
c)
Mining
d)
Raising horses
39.
During the Pax Romana Rome had _____________ miles of roads.
a)
50,000
b)
5,000
c)
500
d)
500,000
40.
By 100AD everyone used a common ____________. This made trade easier.
a)
Currency
b)
Barter
c)
Language
d)
Religion
41.
Most poor people only learned enough _________, _________, and _________ to help them conduct business.
a)
Reading, writing, math
b)
Art, music, literature
c)
Reading, writing, rhetoric
d)
Geometry, writing, and singing
42.
Most enslaved people in Rome were ______________________.
a)
Prisoners of war
b)
Helots
c)
Plebeians
d)
Patricians
43.
Romans believed that _________ and __________ controlled daily life.
a)
Gods, spirits
b)
Goddesses, gods
c)
Dictators, emperors
d)
Patricians, plebeians
44.
The Senate also made the emperor a ­­­­_____.
a)
God
b)
Slave
c)
Patrician
d)
Consul
45.
Who made statues showing people as perfect and beautiful?
a)
The Romans
b)
The Greeks
c)
The Etruscans
d)
The Phoenicians
46.
How many years of confusion and violence followed the Pax Romana?
a)
100
b)
1,000
c)
10,000
d)
10
47.
As Rome struggled with problems on the inside, ________________ tribes began attacking from the outside.
a)
Germanic
b)
Etruscan
c)
Persian
d)
Spartan
48.
The ____________ attacked the western empire. They destroyed many buildings and took valuables. 
a)
Vandals
b)
Visigoths
c)
Vini vidi vicis
d)
Vindils
49.
When the ________ attacked Rome the Vandals (strangely enough) helped to push them away.
a)
Huns
b)
Hans
c)
Hins
d)
Hons
50.
The Western Roman Empire ________ when the Germanic general Odoacer took control of Rome.   
a)
Died
b)
Grew
c)
Shrank
d)
Began
51.
A form of government in which citizens elect their leaders.
a)
Republic
b)
Legions
c)
Patrician
d)
Plebeian
52.
Large groups of Roman soldiers.
a)
Legions
b)
Republic
c)
Consul
d)
Veto
53.
The ruling class.
a)
Patricians
b)
Plebeians
c)
Dictator
d)
Tribune
54.
Ordinary citizens.
a)
Patricians
b)
Plebeians
c)
Consul
d)
Praetors
55.
Head of government, usually with a limited term in office.
a)
Consul
b)
Praetors
c)
Tribune
d)
Patricians
56.
To reject.
a)
Veto
b)
Cancel
c)
Un-like
d)
Swintify
57.
Government officials who interpret the law and serve as judges.
a)
Praetors
b)
Consul
c)
Tribune
d)
Dictator
58.
An elected official who protects the rights of ordinary citizens.
a)
Tribune
b)
Praetor
c)
Dictator
d)
Consul
59.
 A person granted absolute power.
a)
Dictator
b)
Tribune
c)
Consul
d)
Praetor
60.
The idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country.
a)
Civic duty
b)
Latifundia
c)
Triumvirate
d)
Cincinnatus
61.
Large farming estates.
a)
Latifundia
b)
Triumvirate
c)
Patrician
d)
Plebeian
62.
Three rulers who share equal political power.
a)
Triumvirate
b)
Patrician
c)
Plebeian
d)
Consul
63.
Roman Peace.
a)
Pax Romana
b)
Romana Pax
c)
Pacman
d)
La Paz
64.
Governor.
a)
Proconsul
b)
Consul
c)
Dictator
d)
Satrapy
65.
The study of the body's structure.
a)
Anatomy
b)
Ode
c)
Satire
d)
Anatolia
66.
A person who fought people or animals for public entertainment.
a)
Gladiator
b)
Gladius
c)
Legion
d)
Gladlock
67.
A lyric poem that expresses strong emotions about life.
a)
Ode
b)
Satire
c)
Novel
d)
Epic
68.
Changes to bring about improvement.
a)
Reforms
b)
Triumvirate
c)
Consul
d)
Patrician
69.
Verse or prose that pokes fun at human weakness.
a)
Satire
b)
Sitire
c)
Satyr
d)
Saturday
70.
A curved ceiling made of arches.
a)
Vault
b)
Aqueduct
c)
Dome
d)
Colosseum

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