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WorksheetsU6: Ancient Rome and Early Christianity
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 19mins
Locate the Roman Empire on the map.
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D
A form of government where citizens elect leaders to represent them
Republic
(a) were wealthy landowners, (b) were the common people.
Match the following government groups with what they did
2 elected representatives who controlled army & directed government
Consuls
300 Patricians who advised elected representatives & created policies
Senators
All citizens. They elected representatives & made laws
Assemblies
Leaders with absolute power, briefly elected during crisis
Dictator
elected representatives who protected plebeian rights
Tribune
The laws of Rome were known as...
The Senate's Rules
Draco's Laws
The Ten Commandments
The Twelve Tables
What caused Rome and Carthage to go to war, starting the Punic Wars?
Who crossed the Alps mountains to invade Italy, and then kept beating the Romans in battle?
Hamilcar Barca
Hannibal Barca
Scipio Africanus
Julius Caesar
Who forced Hannibal Barca to leave Italy, and then beat him at the Battle of Zama (thus winning Rome the second Punic war)?
Scipio Africanus
Julius Caesar
Marc Antony
Augustus Caesar
What caused social unrest in Rome, marking the end of the Republic?
Natural disasters, plagues, and several invasions from outside forces.
The gap between rich and poor grew, and civil wars between generals.
Military expansion and foreign wars.
Place the following leaders into their correct place
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Crassus
Octavian
Marc Antony
Lepidus
How did Julius Caesar become Dictator of Rome?
He defeated Pompey and won the civil war.
How did Octavian become the first Emperor of Rome?
He defeated Marc Antony and was granted the title 'Augustus' by the Senate.
What were the characteristics of Pax Romana?
(mark all that are correct)
Stable government
strong legal systems
widespread trade and transportation
Civil wars and social unrest
Decline in the economy
Who were the "Good Emperors"
Severus, Caracalla, Diocletian, Constantine, Justinian
Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Caligula, Nero
Nerva, Tiberius, Commodus, Julius Caesar, Octavian
What inspired most Roman mythology and culture?
Greeks and Indians
Egyptians and Persians
Greeks and the Etruscans
Why did the Roman government provide free food and entertainment like gladiator fights and chariot races?
To keep the people happy and prevent uprisings.
Match the following locations with what happened there.
Held gladiator, naval, and animal battles
Colosseum
Held chariot races
Circus Maximus
Heart of the city, had government buildings & temples
Forum
A middle eastern Jew who was viewed as the Messiah/savior
Jesus
How did Jesus die, and what happened after his death?
Jesus was crucified, placed in a cave, and then appeared to his followers three days later
Jesus died in a battle between the Jews and the Romans, and then resurrected to prove Yahweh was real.
Jesus was stoned to death by the Jews, and his body was buried in a Roman temple.
Why were Christians used as scapegoats and persecuted in Rome?
They refused to worship Roman gods and the emperor.
Why did Emperor Constantine convert to Christianity?
He saw a vision of a cross before battle. He put it on his soldier's shields and won. He believed God had helped him win.
He needed a way to unify the Roman Empire, and the best way to do that was to force everyone to change religions.
He was influenced by his parents, who was a Christian.
He saw the terrible way that Christians were being treated in the Empire, and felt that it was awful, so he made Christianity legal
What problems was the Roman Empire facing that made it weak?
(mark all that are correct)
Weak leaders who could not effectively govern the large empire
The military became more powerful than the emperors, and civil wars broke out
Trade had been disrupted by outsides, and inflation was at an all time high
The republic had grown unstable with how large the empire got
Population was falling drastically due to disease, starvation, and less babies were being born
What did Emperor Diocletian do to the Roman Empire?
He implemented reforms and divided it into two Empires, the East and the West.
He instituted several reforms and greatly expanded the empire's territory.
He abolished the Roman Senate and got rid of Consuls, Dictators, and the Patricians.
How did the Huns affect the East and West empires?
The Huns established peaceful relations with neighboring tribes, and then worked together to sack Constantinople.
The Huns caused Germanic invasions, destruction, and instability in the East and West empires.
After the Western Empire fell to (a) , the Eastern Empire was renamed to the (b) Empire, and lasted another (c) years.
Virgil wrote the Aeneid, which was a story about ___.
Aeneas's battle with the Trojans, and then his 10 year long journey to get back home.
How Augustus became the first emperor of Rome and set up legal systems that allowed Rome to last as long as it did.
Aeneas's numerous adventures in the underworld.
Aeneas's journey from Troy to Italy, where his ancestors would found Rome.
Why were the Romans considered "Master Builders"?
They made arches and domes out of long lasting concrete and created aqueducts
What is the difference between Galen and Ptolemy?
Galen focused on astronomy and geography, while Ptolemy focused on medicine and anatomy.
