WorksheetsAncient Rome - The Republic and Rise of the Roman Empire
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How did Rome’s republic type of government affect the American form of government we know and enjoy today?
It allows people to affect decisions
It allows only rulers to make decisions
It allows only Judges to make decisions
It allows only the President to make decisions
Why did America’s founding fathers adopt Rome’s system of three branches of government and the separation of powers?
Because they wanted only the King to hold all the power
Because they did not want the people to have the chance to vote
Because they believed that the separation of powers would help avoid struggles and conflicts between them
Because they wanted to keep the King of England happy
Although all men were considered equal in the Roman Republic eventually, who still held most of the political power?
The Plebeians
Women
The small farmers
The Patricians
Rome’s first written code of laws that stood within the Forum (Marketplace) for all to read.
Latifundia
The U.S. Constitution
The Twelve Tables
The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer
What was the overall impact of the Roman Republic?
It contributed to the development of Confucianism
It contributed to the development of democratic principles
It contributed to the development of computer technology
It contributed to the development of oligarchies
First highlighted in Rome’s Twelve Tables, the _________________ meant that the same laws applied to everyone equally and it is one of Rome’s biggest contributions to the American legal system, making it one of the guiding principles of our American legal system.
The Rule of Law
The Rule of Manifest Destiny
Latifundias
Triumvirate
What was one of the major causes of the Punic Wars and who was fighting?
Control of the trade routes along North Africa
Control of the Silk Road
Control over the Nile River
Control over the Americas
The Democratic Principles of the Roman Republic were:
Rule of Law; Civic Duty; Separation of Powers; and Representative Government
Rule of Law; Civic Duty; Representative Government; Kings
Philosopher-Kings; Plebeians; Patricians; and Freedmen
Rule of Law; Dictatorship; Oligarchies; and Monarchies
Because of their extensive trade, their goods and ideas spread throughout the Mediterranean region and their famous alphabet influenced the alphabet of other civilizations.
The Egyptians
The Greeks
The Spaniards
The Phoenicians (which included the Carthiginians from the Phoenecian Civilization's city of Carthage)
Known as excellent sea navigators and traders, allowing their ideas to spread throughout the Mediterranean region.
Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Phoenicians
French
After the final defeat of the Carthaginians during the Third Punic War, what allowed Rome to continue expanding east and become the region’s most powerful empire?
Their military strength
Their King and his Royal Guard
The Freedmen and slaves who were part of the military
They never expanded east
What did Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus encourage the wealthy to do for the poor?
Stop buying their land and give them land
Buy more of their small farms so they could make more money
Feed them grain from their Latifundia
Sell them their Latifundia
Who were soldiers of the Roman Republic’s Professional Army loyal to?
The people
The Republic
The Generals they worked under
The Patrician Senate
With his mind made up of not turning back, he led his loyal troops across the Rubicon River to separate himself from his command station and disobeyed the Senate by entering Rome and starting a Civil War.
Octavian
Mark Antony
Cassius
Julius Caesar
The Senate was upset with Caesar’s actions and they feared he’d want to make himself King, so they:
Promoted him to King so that he would be happy
Exiled him to Spain
Planned his execution and was stabbed to death by some Senators
Had him marry Cleopatra to make him go away
