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Ancient Rome Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who supposedly founded Rome?

a)

Remus

b)

Aeneas

c)

Romulus

d)

Trajan

2.

Where is the city of Rome located?

a)

Northern Italy

b)

Southern Greece

c)

Central Greece

d)

Central Italy

3.

Rome sits along which river?

a)

Tiber

b)

Euphrates

c)

Yellow

d)

Amazon

4.

What happened because of the terrain around Rome?

a)

Developed into isolated city-states

b)

Had limited farming

c)

Developed into a single, cohesive society

d)

All of the above

5.

The initial government of Rome was what?

a)

Republic

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Dictatorship

6.

Rome is split into how many social classes?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

7.

The first law code of Rome was called what?

a)

Law of Nations

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

Twelve Tables

d)

Articles of Confederation

8.

In order to rule over the increased territory, Rome did what?

a)

Formed the Roman Confederation

b)

Abandoned expanded territories

c)

Developed into a monarchy

d)

All of above

9.

What was the governmental office in charge of enforcing Roman law?

a)

Consul

b)

Praetorian

c)

Centurian

d)

Emperor

10.

Initially, the Senate had about how many members?

a)

300

b)

400

c)

800

d)

900

11.

The series of conflicts between patricians and plebeians were known as what?

a)

Struggle of Orders

b)

Struggle of Plebeians

c)

Conflict of Orders

d)

Conflict of Plebeians

12.

What was the name of the law code that applied to all people in Roman territory?

a)

Twelve Tables

b)

Law of Nations

c)

Code of Hammurabi

d)

Articles of Confederation

13.

What was the name of the series of wars between the Romans and Carthage?

a)

Persian Wars

b)

Carthagian Wars

c)

Punic Wars

d)

Roman Wars

14.

Following these wars, Rome was in control of which set of territory?

a)

The entire Mediterranean

b)

All of Europe

c)

Only Italy

d)

Only Italy and Southern Europe

15.

Who was part of The First Triumvirate?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Pompey

c)

Crassus

d)

All of the above

16.

Which member of the First Triumvirate was made dictator?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Pompey

c)

Crassus

d)

None of the above

17.

Who was officially the first emperor of Rome?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Augustus Caesar

c)

Trajan

d)

Tiberius

18.

Gaius Grachus and Tiberius were assassinated for attempting to help the plebeians.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The emperor Caligula quickly depleted the amassed wealth of the previous emperor.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius were emperors under the Roman Confederation.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

How did the recruitment of the Roman army shift?

a)

Swore loyalty to the Roman people

b)

Swore loyalty to the general

c)

Swore loyalty to Rome itself

d)

All of the above