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Ch 8 Roman Empire

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First Punic War *

a)

Rome defeated Carthage in 241 B.C.

b)

Rome's greatest public speaker

c)

a human made channel for carrying water long distances

2.

Cicero *

a)

Rome's greatest public speaker

b)

an island that is part of Italy

c)

a human made channel for carrying water long distances

3.

aqueduct *

a)

large farming estates worked by enslaved people

b)

a human made channel for carrying water long distances

c)

a port city on the bay of Naples

4.

Sicily*

a)

a port city on the bay of Naples

b)

Rome's greatest public speaker

c)

an island that is part of Italy

5.

Etruscans

a)

a rich people that greatly influenced the growth of Rome

b)

artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms

c)

interpreted the laws and acted as judges

6.

Latifundia *

a)

a human made channel for carrying water long distances

b)

interpreted the laws and acted as judges

c)

large farming estates worked by enslaved people

7.

Puteoli *

a)

an island that is part of Italy

b)

Rome's greatest public speaker

c)

a port city on the Bay of Naples

8.

First Triumvirate *

a)

artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms

b)

a island that is part of Italy

c)

Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar

9.

plebeians *

a)

Rome's greatest public speaker

b)

artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms

c)

a rich people that greatly influenced the growth of Rome

10.

praetors

a)

interpreted the laws and acted as judges

b)

rich people who shopped alot

c)

Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar

11.

When did the Romans take over most of Italy? *

a)

by 500 B.C.

b)

by 267 B.C.

c)

by 125 B.C.

12.

Who could hold political office early in Rome? *

a)

any citizen

b)

women

c)

Only the rich or Patricians

13.

What important political reform occurred in 287 B.C. *

a)

only plebeians

b)

Council of the Plebs could pass laws.

c)

Council of the Plebs was created.

14.

What were the Twelve Tables? *

a)

Rome's first written laws

b)

the tables in the Senate

c)

the seats in a courtroom

15.

In the Second Punic War *

a)

Carthage attacked Rome

b)

Most battles to place at sea

c)

Rome invaded Spain

16.

What happened March 15 in the year 44 B.C.? *

a)

Caesar began a civil war.

b)

Caesar's enemies killed him.

c)

The Council of Plebs met.

17.

What title did Octavian take? *

a)

Cicero

b)

King

c)

Augustus

18.

What was Hadrian's Wall *

a)

A wall built for defense in Britain

b)

an aqueduct

c)

a memorial to Hadrian in Rome.

19.

Which of the following helped Rome's trade? *

a)

the Punic Wars

b)

Hannibal's invasion

c)

Roman currency