Font size
WorksheetsSocial Studies Test
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 22mins
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.
Amazon River
Nile River
Rubicon River
Tiber River
This River gave the Romans a route to the sea so that they could trade with other Mediterranean civilizations
Rubicon River
When the emperor declines something that the Senate wanted to be a law
a time of peace
Calmness
Pax Romana
Harmony
Tranquility
Cleopatra fell in love with
(a)
Caesar's best friend who stabbed him
(a)
The emperor who made Christianity the main religion
laws that were written on a gold post
12 tables
12 laws
12 suggestions
12 rules
Who was Julius Caesar?
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.
After reading the passage, who were the twins?
(a)
Was this a true story?
(a)
What was Octavian's original name?
Augustus
Romulus
Julius
Constantine
What was Constantinople?
Constantine later named Byzantium this
Constantinople
Constantinople also replaced Rome as the most important city of the Roman Empire
Now known as Istanbul, Turkey
Who took over Rome?
Germanic Tribes
Why did the Romans persecute Christians?
What are the Ides of March?
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.
What is the Greek word for "Messiah"?
(a)
What is the main purpose of the Roman Roads?
(a)
Who was the Roman General?
Scipio
What did the Germanic tribes do?
(a)
Who was Hanible?
Carthaginian general and was forced to return to Africa to defend his home city
Who was Alarik?
lead by him, they captured Rome and looted the city
Who was Diocletion?
Who were the Etruscans?
(a)
What happened to the Carthangineans?
Were put into slavery by the Romans
