history test Ancient Rome

Question 1

Group of people who share a common ancestors and a common culture

Answer 1

tribe

Question 2

government ruled by laws and representatives chosen by the people

Answer 2

republic

Question 3

ruling class of wealthy landowners and nobles

Answer 3

patrician

Question 4

managed the affairs of the roman republic and commanded the army

Answer 4

consuls

Question 5

Roman Republic that controlled the finances and passed laws

Answer 5

senate

Question 6

social class that struggled to gain social and political equality

Answer 6

plebians

Question 7

200 years of peace and prosperity

Answer 7

pax roman

Question 8

Roman Republic that voted on new laws and made declarations for war

Answer 8

assembly of centuries

Question 9

leaders who protected the rights and interests of the common people

Answer 9

Tribunes

Question 10

Julius Caesar was assassinated

Answer 10

Ideas of March

Question 11

written law could be understood and equally applied to all people

Answer 11

law of twelve tablets

Question 12

earliest inhabitants of Italy

Answer 12

Latins

Question 13

most countries use this which is a version of Caesar’s calendar

Answer 13

Gregorian calendar

Question 14

three major wars between Rome and Carthage

Answer 14

Punic wars

Question 15

Architectural feature was a dome

Answer 15

Pantheon

Question 16

Architectural features was arches

Answer 16

Colosseum

Question 17

public meeting place

Answer 17

Roman Forum

Question 18

where Rome is located

Answer 18

Italian Peninsula

Question 19

The TWO Roman social classes

Answer 19

Plebeians& patricians

Question 20

dictator of Rome

Answer 20

Julius Caesar

Question 21

Caesar’s nephew

Answer 21

Octavian

Question 22

one of Caesar’s generals

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Mark Antony

Question 23

rid the Mediterranean Sea of pirates

Answer 23

Pompey

Question 24

declared himself dictator and reorganized the government

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Sulla

Question 25

General in the Carthaginian army

Answer 25

Hannibal

Question 26

He issued the decree which led to the birth of Jesus

Answer 26

Caesar Augustus

Question 27

Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid

Answer 27

Virgil

Question 28

Master of Latin prose and orator

Answer 28

Cicero

Question 29

Ordered Christians to be put to death for “burning”

Answer 29

Nero