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WorksheetsRoman Empire/Christianity
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What events led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Economic problems
Civil wars within the empire
Invasions by foreigners
Too much singing and dancing in the streets
Who was the emperor when the Pax Romana began?
Julius Caesar
Hadrian
Augustus
Nero
In geographic terms, Italy is _________ .
An island
A mountain range
A peninsula
A continent
What was a major accomplishment of emperor Constantine?
He denounced Christianity and outlawed it within Rome
He converted to Christianity and made it legal inside of Rome
He built a wall in Britain that spanned the entire width of the region
He put down the Jewish rebellion and conquered all of Judea
These were used to move fresh water from the mountains into the cities.
Aqueducts
Irrigation
toilets
A hose
What was at the foundation of the Roman economy?
Slaves
Agriculture
War
Piracy
The Roman and the Greek like mixture of cultures is known as_________ .
Latin culture
Hellenism
Greco-Roman
Roman-Judeo
A core belief of the Christian faith is that _____________ .
Jesus is the son of God
Jesus held a high position on Roman government
Jesus was disqualified from being emperor
Jesus was the ruler of Greece
In times of inflation, the prices for goods _____________ .
Double every ten years
Stay the same
Decrease
Increase
What was Theodosius's impact on Christianity?
He legalized Christianity in Rome
He outlawed Christianity in Rome
He began the Roman Empire
He made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
What was Diocletian's most important contributions to the Roman Empire?
Traded with the Huns to end the inflation in the Roman Empire.
Divided the empire into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.
To end Pax Romana
Invented Aqueducts
The Romans believed that any group who did not share their culture would have been uncivilized and savage. What did they call these people?
Martyrs
Greek
Barbarians
Nomads
An art design made of tiny tiles of glass, stone or pottery, is known as _______ .
Mosaic
Ovids
Glass-Blowing
Fresco
What type of government is in the U.S.A.?
Direct Democracy
Democratic Oligarchy
Constitutional Repbulic
Tyranny
When everyone must obey the laws, even the rich and powerful, it is known as ___________ .
Rule of Law
Civil Law
Twelve Tables
Hammurabi's Code
Laws that deal with the rights of citizens instead of with crimes, it known as _____________ .
Draconian Law
Civil Law
Circus Law
Empirical Law
What was the most common way to become a slave in ancient Rome
Debt slavery
Prisoner of war
Born into slavery
All of the Above
Persecution of Christians produced people who died for their beliefs. This term is ...
Zealot
Disciple
Martyr
Sacrifice
What mountain erupted in 79 AD and destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii
Mount Olympus
Mount Everest
Mount Corsica
Mount Vesuvius
Languages like Spanish, French, Portuguese that derived from Latin and known as the _______________ .
English language
Romance Languages
German
Greek like
