Roman Empire

Question 1

Rome is located in the center of modern-day Italy on a __________, which is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.

Answer 1

peninsula

Question 2

Rome began as a collection of small towns located on seven hills near the shore of the ___________ in Italy around 753 BCE

Answer 2

Tiber River

Question 3

Two major mountain chains, the ____ and ____, found in Italy had a significant impact on the development of ancient Rome.

Answer 3

Alps, Apennine Mountains

Question 4

Rome developed about 15 miles form where the Tiber River empties into the ____________

Answer 4

Mediterranean Sea

Question 5

True or False

The mild climate enabled Romans to grow wheat, grapes, and olives and build a consistent food supply that supported the people and allowed Rome to prosper

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False

Tax collectors were not allowed to travel on Rome’s roads

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or False

Romans were the first people to create and use coins

Answer 7

False

Question 8

True or False

The Tiber River provided a source of water for crops and important routes for trade and transportation

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The most famous of Rome’s seven hills is _________

Answer 9

Palatine Hill

Question 10

The building of Rome’s ______ were a priority for Rome’s military, because it was important for troops to be able to move quickly and easily to transport supplies from one part of the empire to another

Answer 10

roads

Question 11

Ancient Rome’s first set of written laws (451 BCE) intended to bring suspected criminals t justice by ensuring they make it to trial in court were called the ___________

Answer 11

Law of the Twelve Tables

Question 12

The Roman writer Virgil described the story of _______, a hero of the Trojan War, in an epic poem called the Aeneid

Answer 12

Aeneas

Question 13

In approximately 509 BCE, the Romans established a republic, which is a form of government in which________

Answer 13

people elect their leaders

Question 14

The two highest magistrates are called__________

Answer 14

Consuls

Question 15

True or False

Although Romans were wary of one person obtaining to much power, they believed that in times of a crisis having a dictator, or one ruler with total control over the government, was a more effective form of leadership

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or False

The last of the Etruscan kings, a ruler named Tarquinius Superbus, ruled Rome from 534 BCE to 509 BCE and was adore by all the Romans because they believed that he demonstrated the ideal citizenship.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

True or False

The patricians were common people,such as artisans, laborers, and farmers

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Rome’s attempt to control shipping throughout the Mediterranean led to a series of three wars against Carthage, from 264 BCE to 146 BCE known as the ____________________.

Answer 18

Punic Wars

Question 19

Roman Society consisted of three social classes, these classes were the __________, the _____________, and the _______________.

Answer 19

patricians, plebeians, and the slaves

Question 20

The Roman Republic consisted of three parts: the __________, the ___________, and the ___________.

Answer 20

magistrates, senate, assembly

Question 21

_______, who became the first emperor of Rome, was originally selected as a dictator.

Answer 21

Julius Caesar

Question 22

Caesar joined with Pompey the Great and Crassus, two other political leaders to form an alliance that is known as the first _____________

Answer 22

Triumvirate

Question 23

After Caesar’s death, war broke out ___________, Caesar’s nephew, claimed the throne.

Answer 23

Octavian

Question 24

The Roman Empire was largest under the Emperor Trajan in 117 CE and included ____________.

a) Greeks
b) Celts and Gauls
c) Egyptians and Africans
d) All of the above

Answer 24

d) All of the above

Question 25

True or False

In ancient Rome, a dictator was selected to rule the country in a time of war or problems. He was expected to return power to the regular government once the crisis was over.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or False

After his success in Egypt, Caesar was declared dictator for life instead of the usual term of six months.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

True or False

Caesar was murdered by his wife, Calpurnia, in his own house on March 15, the “Ideas March”

Answer 27

False

Question 28

Caesar led his army across the _______________ into Italy to fight Pompey and his army.

Answer 28

Rubicon River

Question 29

__________, one of the most unpopular of the Roman Emperors and last emperor of Julius Caesar’s line, had his mother killed and allowed a fire to destroy Rome.

Answer 29

Nero

Question 30

The beginning of the Roman Empire was also the beginning of a time of peace and riches in the Roman Empire known as the _______________.

Answer 30

Pax Ramona

Question 31

A Pyramid style ____________, or order, determined the roles of every person within the Roman society.

Answer 31

hierarchy

Question 32

Some enslaved people were even forced to fight to the death as ____________.

Answer 32

gladiators

Question 33

To prevent revolts, the Romans used the possibility of __________, the ability to buy one’s freedom.

Answer 33

manumission

Question 34

As a spoken language, ___________ was used throughout Roman history.

Answer 34

Latin

Question 35

True or False

The Roman women were expected to work outside of the home and earn an adequate wage to help out with family expenses.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

True or False

Plebeians might be what were called clients and they sought the patronage, or support, of a member of the patrician class.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

True or False

As Rome extended its territories to include most of Europe and North Africa, the enslaved population grew to about 900,000 enslaved people in Rome in the first century CE.

Answer 37

False

Question 38

_________, a popular leader of enslave people, led a rebellion in Sicily that lasted from 136 to 132 BCE.

Answer 38

Eunus

Question 39

An enslaved person named _________ led another rebellion in Sicily form 104 to 100 BCE where about 200,00 enslaved people protested their conditions.

Answer 39

Flavius

Question 40

_________, a gladiator, led a third revolt from 73 to 71 BCE where more than 100,000 enslaved people took part.

Answer 40

Spartacus

Question 41

The word emperor means _____________.

Answer 41

supreme military commander

Question 42

By the 200s CE, the Roman Empire contained all or part of more than __________ countries that exist today.

Answer 42

30

Question 43

Since they were no longer conquering new countries from which they could get money, the emperors got money to enrich their soldiers and pay off the barbarians by raising __________.

Answer 43

taxes

Question 44

The Germanic tribes’ original home was in the Scandinavian lands of today’s __________.

Answer 44

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

Question 45

True or False

In 251 the Goths, a large Germanic tribe, crossed the empires’s northern boarder and defeated a Roman army, killing the emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Answer 45

False

Question 46

True or False

Around 312, Constantine defeated his three rivals and became emperor.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

True or False

Diocletian, who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire, appointed a co-emperor, Maximian, to rule the Western Roman Empire.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

In 330, Constantine abandoned Rome and moved the capital to the old Geek city of Byzantium, where he built a splendid “New Rome,” which he named ______________ “Constantine City.”

Answer 48

Constantinople

Question 49

On August 24, 410, Rome’s city gates opened to Alaric’s soldiers an for the first time in 800 years, Rome was at mercy of a “__________” army.

Answer 49

barbarian

Question 50

The last Western Roman Emperor was ____________, whose name meant “little Augustus”

Answer 50

Romulus Augustus