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Ancient Rome Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rome was located on the

a)

Balkan Peninsula

b)

Iberian Peninsula

c)

Italian Peninsula

d)

Anatolian Peninsula

2.

Rome’s climate was influenced most by its proximity to the

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Black Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Adriatic Sea

3.

Which two rivers were especially important to early Rome?

a)

Nile and Euphrates

b)

Tiber and Po

c)

Danube and Rhine

d)

Rubicon and Thames

4.

The Alps are located

a)

South of Italy

b)

East of Italy

c)

North of Italy

d)

West of Italy

5.

The Apennine Mountains run

a)

East to West

b)

North to South

c)

Around the coast

d)

Through Sicily

6.

Rome was built on

a)

One hill

b)

Three hills

c)

Five hills

d)

Seven hills

7.

Rome was built about how far from the coast?

a)

5 miles

b)

10 miles

c)

15 miles

d)

25 miles

8.

According to legend, Rome was founded in

a)

900 BC

b)

800 BC

c)

753 BC

d)

509 BC

9.

Romulus and Remus were raised by

a)

A shepherd

b)

Their uncle

c)

A wolf

d)

Roman soldiers

10.

Who killed Remus?

a)

Mars

b)

Romulus

c)

A king

d)

A soldier

11.

Historically, Rome began as villages settled by the

a)

Greeks

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Latins

d)

Gauls

12.

The Etruscans lived primarily in

a)

Southern Italy

b)

Northern Italy

c)

Sicily

d)

Greece

13.

Rome became a republic in

a)

753 BC

b)

620 BC

c)

509 BC

d)

451 BC

14.

A republic is a government in which

a)

Kings rule

b)

Priests rule

c)

Citizens vote directly on laws

d)

Citizens elect officials

15.

In Ancient Rome, who could vote?

a)

All residents

b)

All citizens

c)

Male citizens only

d)

Patricians only

16.

The two social classes of citizens were

a)

Senators and soldiers

b)

Patricians and Plebeians

c)

Slaves and Liberti

d)

Equites and farmers

17.

Patricians were

a)

Farmers

b)

Slaves

c)

Nobles and upper class

d)

Craftsmen

18.

Plebeians could do all EXCEPT

a)

Vote

b)

Serve in the military

c)

Own land

d)

Hold public office (early Republic)

19.

Most people in Rome were

a)

Patricians

b)

Plebeians

c)

Citizens

d)

Non-citizens

20.

Slaves in Rome

a)

Had limited rights

b)

Were paid workers

c)

Had no rights

d)

Could vote

21.

Slaves worked in all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Homes

b)

Mines

c)

Fields

d)

Senate

22.

Freed slaves were known as

a)

Auxilia

b)

Latifundia

c)

Liberti

d)

Equites

23.

Children of freed slaves were

a)

Still slaves

b)

Foreigners

c)

Citizens

d)

Patricians

24.

The Conflict of the Orders was between

a)

Rome and Carthage

b)

Patricians and Plebeians

c)

Slaves and citizens

d)

Senate and Consuls

25.

One reason Plebeians protested was because

a)

Taxes were too low

b)

Laws were unwritten

c)

They could not farm

d)

They could not fight

26.

The Twelve Tables were

a)

Religious laws

b)

Military rules

c)

Written Roman laws

d)

Trade agreements

27.

The Conflict of the Orders ended in

a)

451 BC

b)

367 BC

c)

287 BC

d)

264 BC

28.

Rome’s government was

a)

Monarchy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Tripartite

d)

Theocracy

29.

The three branches of Roman government included all EXCEPT

a)

Magistrates

b)

Assemblies

c)

Senate

d)

Emperor

30.

Consuls served terms of

a)

6 months

b)

1 year

c)

5 years

d)

Life

31.

How many consuls served at one time?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Five

d)

Ten

32.

A Roman dictator could rule for up to

a)

1 year

b)

2 years

c)

6 months

d)

Life

33.

Cincinnatus was remembered because he

a)

Took power permanently

b)

Refused to fight

c)

Gave up power quickly

d)

Became emperor

34.

Tribunes represented the interests of

a)

Patricians

b)

Slaves

c)

Plebeians

d)

Senators

35.

Which body was the most powerful?

a)

Assemblies

b)

Magistrates

c)

Senate

d)

Consuls

36.

Roman soldiers were called

a)

Hoplites

b)

Legionaries

c)

Phalanx

d)

Auxilia

37.

Legionaries were organized into units called

a)

Tribes

b)

Centuries

c)

Legions

d)

Provinces

38.

The main Roman sword was the

a)

Pilum

b)

Scutum

c)

Gladius

d)

Dolabra

39.

Roman discipline included the punishment of

a)

Exile

b)

Decimation

c)

Enslavement

d)

Fines

40.

Auxiliary soldiers were

a)

Roman citizens

b)

Foreign mercenaries

c)

Non-citizens

d)

Senators

41.

Rome fought the Punic Wars against

a)

Greece

b)

Egypt

c)

Macedonia

d)

Carthage

42.

Carthage was originally founded by the

a)

Romans

b)

Greeks

c)

Phoenicians

d)

Gauls

43.

Hannibal famously crossed the

a)

Rhine River

b)

Alps

c)

Pyrenees

d)

Rubicon

44.

The Battle of Cannae occurred in

a)

264 BC

b)

241 BC

c)

216 BC

d)

202 BC

45.

Hannibal was defeated by

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Scipio

c)

Augustus

d)

Pompey

46.

The final destruction of Carthage happened in

a)

202 BC

b)

218 BC

c)

149 BC

d)

146 BC

47.

Rome called the Mediterranean Sea

a)

Mare Romanum

b)

Mare Nostrum

c)

Aqua Magna

d)

Via Maris

48.

Roman provinces were governed by a

a)

Consul

b)

Senator

c)

Proconsul

d)

Tribune

49.

Large farming estates were called

a)

Provinces

b)

Coloniae

c)

Latifundia

d)

Centuries

50.

One major problem in late Republic Rome was

a)

Too much farmland

b)

Too few slaves

c)

High employment

d)

Growing unemployment

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