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Ancient Rome

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a patrician?

a)

A group of judges

b)

A small group of powerful and wealthy nobles

c)

Three Roman leaders

d)

A group of ordinary Roman citizens

2.

Who did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?

a)

Egypt

b)

Persia

c)

Carthage

d)

Athens

3.

How many Punic wars were there?

a)

7

b)

3

c)

1

d)

2

4.

Who were the Plebians?

a)

A wealthy and powerful group of nobles

b)

A group of soldiers

c)

The founders of ancient Rome

d)

Ordinary (non-wealthy) Roman citizens

5.

True or False: Plebeians protested for equal rights by going on strike.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Rome was successful in terms of trade because:

a)

Caesar's calendar

b)

Hannibal's Invasion

c)

Nero's Leadership

d)

They used a common system of money

7.

What is the correct definition for, "veto"

a)

To forbid or reject

b)

Head of a government

c)

A person with absolute power to rule

d)

A Carthaginian ship

8.

True or False: Rome's lower class saw Julius Caesar as a terrible leader.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of the following are reforms/ achievements made by Julius Caesar

a)

Gave citizenship to more people

b)

Created a 12-month calendar

c)

Completely ended slave labor

d)

Overthrew the senate

10.

The Twelve Tables explained the legal rights to which two groups of Romans?

a)

Greeks and Romans

b)

Consuls and Triumvirate

c)

Plebeians and Patricians

d)

Slaves and Soldiers

11.

How would you describe Rome's early religion?

a)

Only men could participate in religious activities

b)

The early Romans believed in only one god.

c)

The Romans did not allow poor people to participate in religious worship

d)

It was polytheistic- and they shared and adapted god from the Greeks

12.

Roman ideas of literature, philosophy, religion, architecture and social structure was inspired by:

a)

The Visigoth

b)

The Egyptians

c)

The Persians

d)

The Greeks

13.

The center of the Roman empire (Rome) was located on what type of geographical feature?

a)

Peninsula

b)

Desert

c)

Island

d)

Plains

14.

Who made up the first Triumvirate?

a)

Romulus, Remus, and Roman

b)

Pompey, Sulla, and Octavian

c)

Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus

d)

Antony, Cleopatra, Octavian