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Chapters 11 & 12 history study guide!

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the famous Roman building gladiators fought?

a)

The Colosseum

b)

The paxaroma

c)

Germanic

d)

Pompeii

2.

Many European languages spoken today are based on ___ the language of Rome

a)

Latin

b)

Spanish

c)

Enlgish

d)

French

3.

---- was a gladiator who led a slave revolt

a)

Spartacus

b)

Paxaroma

c)

Pompeii

d)

Augustus

4.

The emperor who appointed his favorite horse to the position of consul was____

a)

Augustus

b)

Caligula

c)

Zeus

d)

Julian

5.

Emperor____, Romes first Christian emperor, tried to stop the empire's decline

a)

Constantine

b)

Spartacus

c)

Constaninople

d)

Cleopatra

6.

The capital city of Byzantium later become known as

a)

Constantinople

b)

Pompey

c)

Caligula

d)

Pompeii

7.

When a(n) _____ group took control of Rome's government, it marked the end of the Western Roman Empire.

a)

Germanic

b)

Plebeians

c)

Government

d)

Caligula

8.

The Eastern Roman Empire was known as the ___ Empire

a)

Byzantine

b)

Constaninople

c)

Jides

d)

Jullian

9.

This empire lasted for about ____ years

a)

1100

b)

1300

c)

400

d)

4000

10.

The boot-shaped country in the Mediterranean, the tip of the boot points towards____

a)

Island of Sicily

b)

Island of Caligula

c)

Island of Carthage

d)

Island of Jides

11.

The _____ are mountains at Italy's northern boder

a)

Alps

b)

Pompeiis

c)

Constantinoples

d)

Carthages

12.

The ____ tables were Rome's first code of lows

a)

12

b)

13

c)

14

d)

18

13.

The Punic war was fought between ____ and Rome

a)

Carthage

b)

Hanniel

c)

Pompeii

d)

Paxaroma

14.

How many Punic wars were there?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

2

d)

5

15.

____ was a great Carthaginian general?

a)

Hanniel

b)

Carthage

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Augustus

16.

Julius Caesar, Crassus, and ___ formes a triumvirate

a)

Pompey

b)

Pompeii

c)

Augustus

d)

Zeus

17.

The 2 social classes of early Rome were ___ and Patricians

a)

Plebeians

b)

Constantinople

c)

Caligula

d)

Colosseum

18.

The ____ calendar was created during Caesar's rule

a)

Julian

b)

Caligula

c)

Jides

d)

Octavion

19.

Caesar was killed on March 15, called the ____ of March

a)

Jides

b)

Cries

c)

Hanniel

d)

Byzantine

20.

When Julius Caesar crossed the ___, it led to a Civil war

a)

Rubicon river

b)

Pompeii River

c)

Constantinople River

d)

Colosseum Rover

21.

____, Antony and Lepidus formed a second triumvirate

a)

Octavian

b)

Augustus

c)

Carthage

d)

Pompeii

22.

Antony fell in love with ___ and formed an alliance with her

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Minerva

c)

Bellona

d)

Vesta

23.

Octavian took the title ____ and became the first emperor of the Roman empire

a)

Augustus

b)

Pompeii

c)

Hanniel

d)

Zeus

24.

The ____ is the long era of peace that began with Augustus

a)

Paxaroma

b)

Constaninople

c)

Pompeii

d)

Caligula

25.

The Julio-Claudian emperors were

a)

The rulers who followed Augustus

b)

The rulers who followed Zeus

c)

The rulers who followed Julian

d)

The rulers who followed Pompey

26.

Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the city of ____ in 79CE

a)

Pompeii

b)

Pompey

c)

Jides

d)

Octavian

27.

____was the Roman king of the Gods

a)

Zeus

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Artemis

d)

Poseidon

28.

The ____empire ended in 395 CE

a)

Western and eastern

b)

Byzantine

c)

Carthage

d)

Constantinople

29.

Church building was Justinian's greatest passion. The crowning glory of his reign was the Hagia, Sophia, which means "____" in Greek

a)

Holy Wisdom

b)

Great Wisdom

c)

Strong Leader

d)

Great Power

30.

Panem et Circenses means....

a)

Government provided free grain & sporting shows, such as chariot racers, & gladiator contests.

b)

Lacking power

c)

To be the most powerful and the strongest in the empire

d)

To be all in control but not the most powerful/strongest.