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Ch.5 The Roman Empire

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What volcano destroyed Pompeii?

a)

Mount Doom

b)

Mount Vesuvius

c)

Mount St.Helens

d)

Olympus Mons

2.

Synagogue

a)

Word for something similar

b)

Place of Jewish worship

c)

Place of Muslim Worship

d)

Market square

3.

What emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?

a)

Constantine

b)

Theodosius I

c)

Diocletian

d)

Tiberius

4.

Believed that the earth was the center of the universe

a)

Princeps

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Cicero

d)

Horace

5.

What church council affirmed Christ's deity and the doctrine of the Trinity in 325?

a)

The High Council

b)

The Council of Nicaea

c)

The Jedi Council

d)

The oracles at Delphi

6.

Wrote a history of Rome in 142 volumes

a)

Ovid

b)

Livy

c)

Tiberius

d)

Alaric

7.

His works on love and myths include Metamorphoses.

a)

Tiberius

b)

Ovid

c)

Alaric

d)

Livy

8.

What leader of the Visigoths plundered Rome in 410?

a)

Nero

b)

Alaric

c)

Tiberius

d)

Atilla

9.

Which Roman emperor was the first to persecute Christians?

a)

Constantine

b)

Nero

c)

Ovid

d)

Theodosius I

10.

His death marked the end of Pax Romana in 180.

a)

Titus

b)

Marcus Aurelius

c)

Caesar Augustus

d)

Theodosius I

11.

Which emperor initiated the final and most widespread persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire?

a)

Nero

b)

Titus

c)

Caesar

d)

Diocletian

12.

Probably the most famous Greek writer in the Roman Empire

a)

Cicero

b)

Virgil

c)

Plutarch

d)

Plato

13.

TorF: An aqueduct is a structure that carries water over long distances

a)

True

b)

False

14.

TorF: Geocentric Theory is a Sun-centered view of the universe

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What Roman emperor ended persecution of Christians by passing the Edict of Milan?

a)

Theodosius I

b)

Constantine

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

Agrippa

16.

Tutor to Nero; a leading Stoic

a)

Horace

b)

Cicero

c)

Seneca

d)

Ptolemy

17.

What city did Titus destroy in AD 70?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Ithaca

c)

Constantinople

d)

Alexandria

18.

Revered as the greatest orator of his day; born in 106 BC

a)

Cicero

b)

Virgil

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Plutarch

19.

"Homer of Rome"; author of the Aeneid

a)

Horace

b)

Cicero

c)

Virgil

d)

Homer Simpson

20.

What did Octavian institute within the empire to provide fairer taxing?

a)

Martial Law

b)

A Census

c)

Nothing..Taxation is Theft

d)

TAXATION IS THEFT

21.

Who was the Roman emperor at the time of Christ's death and Resurrection?

a)

Tiberius

b)

Caesar Augustus

c)

Diocletian

d)

Titus

22.

Who was reigning at the beginning of Pax Romana?

a)

Marcus Aurelius

b)

Titus

c)

Caesar Augustus(Octavian)

d)

Nero

23.

Probably the greatest exponent of Epicureanism in the Roman world

a)

Lucretius

b)

Lucius

c)

Leroy Jenkins

d)

Horatio

24.

"Poet of the Augustan Age"

a)

Virgil

b)

Cicero

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Horace

25.

What edict made Christianity legal in 313?

a)

Edict of DON'T TASE ME BRO

b)

Edict of Sicily

c)

Edict of Milan

d)

Edict of Gaul

26.

At what battle in 378 did Visigoths defeat the Roman army and kill the Roman emperor?

a)

The battle of Constantinople

b)

The battle of Adrianople

c)

The battle of Zion

d)

The battle of Milan

27.

How often did the census take place?

a)

Every 20 years

b)

Every 3 years

c)

Every 14 years

d)

Every year

28.

How did many of the self-seeking, corrupt emperors of the late empire win the favor of the people?

a)

Money

b)

*Mr.Krabs voice* Money

c)

Threat of death

d)

"Free" grain & amusements

29.

Why did the Roman government persecute Christians?

a)

They viewed Christians as misfits; Fear of Christian growth

b)

The devil made them do it

c)

For the lolz

d)

Revenge

30.

List three titles or names by which Octavian was called.

a)

Princeps, Caesar, Augustus

b)

The emperor formerly known as Princeps, Julius, Caesar

c)

Romulus, Titus, Augustus

d)

Caesar, Caesar, Caesar

31.

List three economic problems troubling Rome in the late days of the empire.

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32.

Why did Epicurean philosophy fail to help raise the declining moral standards of the Roman Empire?

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33.

What led to the decline of the Roman Empire? Explain your examples.

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34.

How did Octavian seek to improve Roman government and society? List three specific ways

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35.

See Map

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