WorksheetsAncient Rome Vocabulary
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were Romulus and Remus?
a)
Twin brothers who led to the founding of Rome
b)
Friends who conquered the Etruscans and founded Rome
c)
Germanic Generals who conquered the Late Roman Empire
d)
Ancient Greek Colonizers who founded the City of Syracuse
2.
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives is called a?
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Republic
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
3.
A Dictator is
a)
a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force
b)
a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor
c)
the elected head of a republic
d)
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution
4.
What was a member of the lower social classes, and the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians
a)
Patricians
b)
Consuls
c)
Plebeians
d)
Tribunes
5.
A Patrician was
a)
an aristocrat or nobleman, a group of the ruling class families in ancient Rome
b)
a member of the common people in ancient Rome
c)
an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city
d)
an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests
6.
a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, and during the period of the Roman Kingdom they were the elected officials who administered the law.
a)
Magistrate
b)
Emperor
c)
Dictator
d)
Consul
7.
A Consul is
a)
one of two magistrates in Rome with the most power
b)
one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic
c)
A Dictator who came to power through force
8.
Roman council of powerful and wealthy people who advised city leaders
a)
Senate
b)
Consul
c)
Tribune
d)
Patrician
9.
A forum was
a)
public meeting place in Rome
b)
a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged
c)
settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel
d)
none of these
10.
to prohibit or block a certain law or action from taking place, a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
a)
veto
b)
injunction
c)
filibuster
d)
protest
11.
A Legion was
a)
a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army.
b)
was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry
c)
was a form of armored heavy cavalryman that originated in Persia
d)
light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard
12.
a series of wars between 264 and 146 BC fought between Rome and Carthage
a)
Roman-Gallic wars
b)
Punic Wars
c)
Roman-Etruscan wars
d)
First Samnite War
13.
Roman general, statesman, Member of the First Triumvirate and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Octavian
c)
Pompey
d)
Cicero
14.
Augustus
a)
was the first Roman emperor
b)
was the child of Romulus and Remus
c)
was the first Roman Consul
d)
was the first Tribune
15.
A Province is (select all that apply)
a)
a territory outside Italy under a Roman governor
b)
a principal administrative division of certain countries or empires
c)
is something made up by bored historians
d)
a large town
16.
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
a)
Constantine
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Augustus
d)
Romulus
17.
A religion based upon teachings of Jesus
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
18.
An ancient empire, centered on the city of Rome
a)
Roman Empire
b)
Persian Empire
c)
Carthage Empire
d)
Byzantine Empire
19.
An Empire that was the continuation of the Roman Empire and was centered around the city Constantinople
a)
The Byzantine Empire
b)
Roman Empire
c)
Carthaginian Empire
d)
Persian Empire
20.
A building used to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns is called a (a)
Choose from the below words
Aqueduct
Creek
Water Mill
Well
21.
Romance languages are
a)
languages that developed out of Latin, examples: Spanish, Italian
b)
languages that were used to romance potential dates
c)
languages used in ancient romantic languages
d)
languages that developed out of Greek like Russian and Coptic Greek
22.
a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena often to the death
a)
Gladiator
b)
Legionnaire
c)
Hoplite
d)
Spartan
23.
the peace which existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire
a)
Pax Romana
b)
Pax Americana
c)
Pax Britannica
d)
Pax Hispanica
24.
a type of genre in literature that makes use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices,
a)
Comedy
b)
Satire
c)
Hit Piece
d)
Drama
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