Chapter 11 Sections 3 & 4

Question 1

Why is March 15, 44 B.C. a famous date?

Answer 1

Julius Caesar’s enemies killed him

Question 2

What river was part of the northern boundary of the Roman Empire?

Answer 2

The Rhine River

Question 3

What is currency?

Answer 3

A system of money

Question 4

At the Battle of Actium, Antony & Cleopatra’s army and navy was crushed by who?

Answer 4

Octavian

Question 5

Who was the “last of the five good emperors?”

Answer 5

Marcus Aurelius

Question 6

Emperor _______ passed laws that aided orphans.

Answer 6

Antoninus Pius

Question 7

Who were the Julio-Claudian Emperors?

Answer 7

Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero

Question 8

Where was Hadrian’s Wall built?

Answer 8

Britain

Question 9

Emperor _____ made Roman law easier to understand and apply.

Answer 9

Hadrian

Question 10

Emperor _____ reformed the laws in favor of poor people and revised the tax code.

Answer 10

Nerva

Question 11

After gaining sole power in Rome, Octavian…

Answer 11

…took the title Augustus

Question 12

What was the major reason for Rome’s success in trade?

Answer 12

Common currency

Question 13

What dictator was seen as a hero to Rome’s lower classes?

Answer 13

Julius Caesar

Question 14

What upper class group made significant contributions to Roman economy?

Answer 14

Patricians

Question 15

What Roman emperor began construction of the Roman Colosseum?

Answer 15

Vespasian

Question 16

What great Roman public speaker called for representative government and was against dictators?

Answer 16

Cicero

Question 17

What Roman emperor killed many people and committed suicide after the Senate sentenced him to death?

Answer 17

Nero

Question 18

What were the two primary products of central Italy?

Answer 18

Wine and Olive Oil

Question 19

During the Pax Romana, what middle class groups benefitted from Rome’s prosperity?

Answer 19

Merchants and skilled workers

Question 20

This was developed during the last days of the Roman Republic, this had 12-months, 365 days, and a leap year.

Answer 20

The Julian Calendar

Question 21

Why did the Gracchus Brothers attempts to save the Republic fail?

Answer 21

Senators were reluctant to give the land to small farmers

Question 22

In this generals attempt to save the Roman Republic, he made Rome’s army a paid professional one.

Answer 22

Gaius Marius

Question 23

Which battle brought about the end of the 2nd Triumvirate and the beginning of the Roman Empire?

Answer 23

The Battle of Actium

Question 24

Whose reign began a long period of peace that lasted about 200 years?

Answer 24

Augustus