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WorksheetsLesson 1 Quiz: Rome - From Republic to Empire
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How did Rome’s constant expansion affect its people?
It was very costly for Rome to set up governments in the lands they conquered.
Rome was constantly adding new citizens from foreign lands, creating election problems.
Rome had to maintain a large army, so many Romans were forced to serve in the Roman army.
A city conquered by Rome might become a Roman ally. What was a disadvantage for the conquered city?
Roman allies had to pay Roman taxes and supply soldiers to the Roman army.
The conquered city had to give up its traditional religion.
The allied populations would have to serve as slaves before gaining rights as allies.
What made the dictator Cincinnatus a hero of the Roman Republic?
Cincinnatus used his power as dictator to defend Rome and then he selflessly stepped down and returned to his farm.
Cincinnatus defeated the leaders of Rome's enemies in single combat.
Cincinnatus create the idea of SPQR: that the government should be ruled jointly by the Senate and the people.
Who was Rome’s enemy during the Punic Wars?
Gaul
Persia
Carthage
What was the reason for Rome’s conflict with their enemy in the Punic Wars?
Rome always wanted to control North Africa. The Punic Wars were a result of that greed.
Rome was dragged into a dispute between their conquered Greek subjects in southern Italy and their trade rivals.
Rome was insulted by their enemy's dishonorable treatment of Roman traders.
What territories were added to the Roman Empire as a result of the Punic Wars?
Ireland, Britain, and Gaul
Syria, Palestine/Judea, Egypt, and Numidia
Spain, Carthage, Macedonia, and Greece
What was one negative effect of the Punic Wars for Rome?
Countless young men died in the wars, there was great destruction and death outside the city of Rome.
Hannibal’s invasion devastated farming in Egypt.
Many small farms were created by former Roman soldiers.
Name a problem that arose in the Roman Empire as a result of widespread slavery.
Rome had to rely on slave soldiers to end rebellions.
Slaves replaced farmers and workers, leading to high unemployment among Roman citizens.
Educated slaves from Greece infiltrated the goverment.
How did the defeat of Pompey contribute to the fall of the Republic?
Pompey supported Caesar's efforts to strengthen the Senate. His death weakened Caesar.
Pompey was a powerful allied city of Rome. Its defeat was devastating to Rome.
Pompey was the last remaining leader who could stop Julius Caesar from taking over the Roman government.
What was one positive action taken by Caesar after being named dictator for life?
He provided construction jobs to many Romans.
He destroyed many overseas Roman colonies.
He enslaved the people of Spain and Gaul.
What was the main goal of Caesar’s assassins?
Caesar’s enemies believed Caesar was replacing Roman religion with Egyptian beliefs.
Caesar’s enemies wanted to prevent him from expanding Roman rule to other territories.
Caesar’s enemies claimed to be preserving the Republic.
How was the Battle of Actium a turning point in the government of Rome?
By defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian (aka, Augustus) eliminated any opposition to his control of government.
The Romans defeated Carthage and took over north African seaports.
Julius Caesar defeated Pompey at Actium. This paved the way for him to be dictator.
What actions by Augustus show he learned from Caesar’s most lethal mistake?
Augustus wore armor everywhere he went, including at night in his bed.
Augustus did not marry any foreign queens.
Augustus did not try to eliminate the Senate. He restored their dignity.
What natural borders limited Roman expansion into northern/eastern Europe? Into Africa?
The boundaries lay at the Candy Cane Forest and Gumdrop Mountain.
The boundaries were at the 15 freeway in the north and 4th Street in the south.
The Rhine and Danube Rivers bounded the empire to the north and east while the Sahara Desert confined the Romans to a narrow strip of north Africa.
The boundaries were at the Indus River and the Ural Mountains.
What was the Pax Romana?
A dread disease contracted from packaged salads.
period of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire started by Augustus after generations of civil war.
A group of former Roman slaves who protected the emperor from assassination.
