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Social Studies Test

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The river that Caesar was told not to cross with his army but he crossed it anyway. Once he was across, he declared war on his enemies in Rome.

a)

Amazon River

b)

Nile River

c)

Rubicon River

d)

Tiber River

2.

This River gave the Romans a route to the sea so that they could trade with other Mediterranean civilizations

a)
Nile River
b)

Rubicon River

c)
Amazon River
d)
Tiber River
3.

When the emperor declines something that the Senate wanted to be a law

a)
Accept
b)
Decline
c)
Veto
d)
Approve
4.

a time of peace

a)

Calmness

b)

Pax Romana

c)

Harmony

d)

Tranquility

5.

Cleopatra fell in love with

(a)  

6.

Caesar's best friend who stabbed him

(a)  

7.

The emperor who made Christianity the main religion

a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Constantine the Great
c)
Julius Caesar
d)
Alexander the Great
8.

laws that were written on a gold post

a)

12 tables

b)

12 laws

c)

12 suggestions

d)

12 rules

9.

Who was Julius Caesar?

a)
Julius Caesar was a skilled mathematician.
b)
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman.
c)
Julius Caesar was a renowned artist.
d)
Julius Caesar was a famous chef.
10-11.

Early settlers of Rome told colorful legends to explain how their city began. One legend told of the cruel brother of a Latin king who seized the throne from the rightful leader. When the real king's daughter gave birth to twin boys, the tyrant feared that the boys would grow up to take the throne from him. He left the babies to die on the banks of the Tiber River, but a mother wolf saved the twins and raised them. When _____ ___ _______ grew to be adults, they defeated their great-uncle and made their grandfather king again.

10.

After reading the passage, who were the twins?

(a)  

11.

Was this a true story?

(a)  

12.

What was Octavian's original name?

a)

Augustus

b)

Romulus

c)

Julius

d)

Constantine

13.

What was Constantinople?

a)

Constantine later named Byzantium this

b)

Constantinople

c)

Constantinople also replaced Rome as the most important city of the Roman Empire

d)

Now known as Istanbul, Turkey

14.

Who took over Rome?

a)

Germanic Tribes

b)
The Senate
c)
A single ruler
d)
The Vikings
15.

Why did the Romans persecute Christians?

4 lines
16.

What are the Ides of March?

a)
The Ides of March is February 28th.
b)
The Ides of March is April 1st.
c)

The Ides of March is March 15th in which Caesar went to the Senate without his bodyguards. he was stabbed to death by a group of senators. Caesar's death led to another civil war in 44 B.C.

d)
The Ides of March is May 15th.
17.

What is the Greek word for "Messiah"?

(a)  

18.

What is the main purpose of the Roman Roads?

(a)  

19.

Who was the Roman General?

a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Constantine
c)

Scipio

d)
Augustus
20.

What did the Germanic tribes do?

(a)  

21.

Who was Hanible?

a)
Egyptian pharaoh
b)

Carthaginian general and was forced to return to Africa to defend his home city

c)
Greek mathematician
d)
Roman philosopher
22.

Who was Alarik?

a)
Roman general who defeated Alarik in battle
b)

lead by him, they captured Rome and looted the city

c)
Byzantine emperor during the reign of Alarik
d)
Alarik's advisor during the sack of Rome
23.

Who was Diocletion?

a)
Greek philosopher
b)
Egyptian pharaoh
c)
Chinese emperor
d)
Roman emperor
24.

Who were the Etruscans?

(a)  

25.

What happened to the Carthangineans?

a)
Allied with the Greeks
b)
Defeated by the Romans in the Punic Wars
c)

Were put into slavery by the Romans

d)
Established a powerful empire in Asia