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Rome: Ch. 9 Lessons 2 & 3

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Roman government divided its citizens into which two classes?

a)

legions and Etruscans

b)

patricians and plebeians

c)

patricians and legions

d)

Etruscans and plebeians

2.

The government of the Roman Republic had a system of checks and balance to ________________________.

a)

prevent one branch of government from becoming too strong

b)

handle resources and money so that they were not wasted

c)

oversee the expansion of the Roman Empire

d)

separate governmental powers

3.

_____________ became a Roman territory after the Romans won the Second Punic War.

a)

Sicily

b)

Spain

c)

Asia

d)

Greece

4.

How did Julius Caesar help reform Rome? Select ALL that apply.

a)

He gave citizenship to many people living in Roman territories.

b)

He got rid of settlements in the countryside.

c)

He created jobs for the unemployed.

d)

He gave landowners permission to use slave labor.

5.

Which historical figure supported a representative, republican government in Rome?

a)

Cicero

b)

Octavian

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Caesar

6.

How did Octavian come to power in Rome?

a)

He defeated Antony and Cleopatra during the Battle of Actium

b)

He killed Julius Caesar in a sneak attack.

c)

He took revenge on senators Brutus and Cassius.

d)

He overthrew Marcus Ledipus.

7.

Who was Rome's first emperor?

a)

Mark Antony

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Caesar Agustus

d)

Marcus Ledipus

8.

What is the name for a ruler with complete control over the state?

a)

veto

b)

Scipio

c)

plebeian

d)

dictator

9.

What is the Latin word for "I forbid"?

a)

dictator

b)

veto

c)

patrician

d)

plebeian

10.

What is a large farming estate called?

a)

Actium

b)

triumvirate

c)

latifundia

d)

Brutus

11.

What is a political alliance of three people called?

a)

latifundia

b)

triumvirate

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Brutus

12.

Who was a military hero and Rome's most famous leader?

a)

Brutus

b)

Actium

c)

triumvirate

d)

Julius Caesar

13.

Rome's lower class saw Julius Caesar as a

a)

bad leader.

b)

hero.

c)

landowner.

d)

priest.

14.

One reform of Julius Caesar's still in effect today is the

a)

economy that ends the use of slave labor.

b)

military-run government.

c)

public jobs program.

d)

12-month calendar.