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Rome Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What city was destroyed in 79 A.D. from a volcano and buried the city in ash?

a)

Rome

b)

Messina

c)

Pompeii

d)

Alexandria

2.

What were upper class citizens of the Roman Empire called.

(a)  

3.

How did Romans get water to the city?

a)

tunnels

b)

plumbing (pipes)

c)

directly from river

d)

aqueducts

4.

What was the Romans primary language?

a)

Italian

b)

English

c)

Greek

d)

Latin

5.

What type of government was used in Ancient Rome and still used today?

(a)  

6.

Ancient Rome is underground today.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What leader became a dictator and put an end to the Roman Republic

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Nero

c)

Caesar Augustus

d)

Cicero

8.

How long did the Roman Republic rule?

a)

80 years

b)

150 years

c)

450 years

d)

2300 years

9.

What was the highest position in the Roman Republic?

a)

Emperor

b)

Consul

c)

Senate

d)

Commander

10.

Around what year did the Western Roman Empire fall?

a)

55 BC

b)

124 BC

c)

475 AD

d)

Present Day

11.

What did not cause the fall of Ancient Rome?

a)

Invasions by Barbarian Tribes

b)

Problems within government

c)

Army

d)

Flooding

12.

What emperor completed the Colosseum in Rome?

a)

Trajan

b)

Titus

c)

Aries

d)

Hadrian

13.

There has been a female woman emperor.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

How did traders move goods around the empire?

a)

Ship

b)

Road

c)

Air

d)

Underground

15.

Who was the first Roman emperor?

a)

Caligula

b)

Augustus

c)

Nero

d)

Tiberius

16.

Who of the

following invaded the Roman empire?

a)

Visigoths

b)

Gauls

c)

Thracians

d)

King Tut

17.

Which of these is Rome's flag?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which emperor split the Empire into two parts?

a)

Constantine

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Odoacer

d)

Diocletian

19.

Which Empire did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?

a)

British

b)

Egypt

c)

Carthage

d)

Spain

20.

Which of these is not an ancient Roman art?

a)

Sculpture

b)

Architecture

c)

Painting

d)

Graphics Design

21.

What was the marketplace and meeting place of ancient Rome?

a)

Forearm

b)

Forelock

c)

Forest

d)

Forum

22.

Greek is the origin of Roman arts.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Which river flows through Rome?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Nile River

c)

Tiber River

d)

Mahanadi River

24.

How long did a Roman Emperor rule?

a)

5 years

b)

8 years

c)

6 years

d)

2 years

25.

Patricians

a)

farmers, artisans, merchant who make up the majority of Rome.

b)

Wealthy landowners who hold most of the power in Rome.

26.

Plebians

a)

farmers, artisans, merchant who make up the majority of Rome.

b)

Wealthy landowners who hold most of the power in Rome.

27.

Who was the assembly organized by?

a)

Plebians

b)

Patricians

28.

How much Roman soldiers were in each legion?

a)

5,000

b)

10,000

c)

8,000

d)

2,500

29.

How many wars were in the Punic Wars?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

2

d)

3

30.

What were Rome's first code of laws?

a)

Ideas based on Natural Law

b)

Law of Nations

c)

Twelve Tables

d)

Council of Plebs

31.

Denarius was the silver coin in Ancient Rome that made trade easier in Rome.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Did Romans use Horses and Chariots

a)

True

b)

False

33.

When did Romulus found Rome

a)

768 BC

b)

753 BC

c)

590 BC

d)

679 BC

34.

Did Roman rulers use art as propaganda?

a)

True

b)

False

35.

When was the fall of Rome?

a)

424 AD

b)

395 AD

c)

472 AD

d)

354 AD

36.

Between what times were 3 Punic Wars fought between Rome and Carthage

a)

124BC - 34 BC

b)

264 BC - 146 BC

c)

278 BC - 123 BC

d)

23 BC - 9 BC

37.

Concrete was used in construction.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Where did the Goths come from?

a)

Greece

b)

Germany

c)

Egypt

d)

Carthage

39.

Who was Livy?

a)

Emperor

b)

Historian

c)

General

d)

Soldier

40.

What is a scapegoat?

a)

A person who blames themselves for other actions.

b)

Someone who blames others for their actions.

c)

A farmer who owns goats.

d)

A goat with no hair.

41.

The Roman Empire lasted 500 years

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Augustus was the last Roman Emperor.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

What percent of the Roman population were plebians?

a)

42 percent

b)

36 percent

c)

95 percent

d)

55 percent

44.

How old was Julius Caeser when he became consul?

a)

13

b)

41

c)

20

d)

32

45.

Rome was succesful

a)

True

b)

False

c)

kind of