Rome Study Questions

Question 1

What structure carried water into cities of Rome?

Answer 1

aqueducts

Question 2

What major factors led to the fall of the Roman Empire?

Answer 2

The poor and leadership

Question 3

Italy is a (blank) , because it is surrounded by water on three sides.

Answer 3

peninsula

Question 4

What Roman Republic principals are used by the U.S. (there are four)

Answer 4

Checks and balances, majority rule, rule of law, civic duty

Question 5

Why was Julius Cesar assassinated?

Answer 5

They were worried he had too much power and would become king

Question 6

How did the people of the Roman Empire respond to the monetary system?

Answer 6

They used coins for easier trade

Question 7

Name three architectural features used by the Romans.

Answer 7

arches, domes/columns, cement

Question 8

What branch of government control(ed) the military for both ancient Rome & the U.S.?

Answer 8

executive

Question 9

What is a Republic?

Answer 9

A type of government where one person doesn’t have complete power and citizens and representatives vote.

Question 10

Why did the Roman leaders provide the poor with “bread & the circus”?

Answer 10

To distract the poor people so they wouldn’t rebel

Question 11

Name one characteristic of the Pax Romana?

Answer 11

Economic prosperity

Question 12

What did the Edict of Milan do?

Answer 12

It gave them freedom of religion or worship

Question 13

What religion started during the Roman Empire that grew quickly?

Answer 13

Christianity

Question 14

Who led a slave rebellion that continued for almost 2 years?

Answer 14

Spartacus

Question 15

What Roman arena could hold up to 60,000 spectators?

Answer 15

The Colosseum

Question 16

What area thrived and became the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 16

Eastern Roman Empire

Question 17

Who moved the capital of Rome to Constantinople?

Answer 17

Constantine

Question 18

What was an open space in Rome that was used as a marketplace?

Answer 18

forum

Question 19

What area was conquered by the Visgoths at the end of the 400s?

Answer 19

Western Rome

Question 20

What Egyptian leader allied herself to Roman Generals?

Answer 20

Cleopatra

Question 21

What is Nero most remembered for?

Answer 21

Playing a fiddle as Rome burned

Question 22

What social class (group of people) did Christianity appeal to most?

Answer 22

Lowest, slaves, poor, women

Question 23

What early Roman Consul pushed for land reform?

Answer 23

Gracchus brothers

Question 24

What geographical features made Rome able to develop & prosper the most?

Answer 24

Fertile land and access to the seas

Question 25

Who was the first Christian Emperor of Rome?

Answer 25

Constantine

Question 26

Why is the story of Romulus & Remus so important to Rome?

Answer 26

How it got its name

Question 27

Which Roman Emperor attempted to build a wall in Britain to keep out the enemies?

Answer 27

Hadrian

Question 28

In what ways are Roman 12 Tables & the U.S. Constitution are alike?

Answer 28

They are written to protect people’s right/laws

Question 29

What is it, when rapidly increasing prices caused by a decline in the value of money?

Answer 29

Inflammation

Question 30

Who were people from north Italy, rich people that greatly influenced the growth of Rome?

Answer 30

Patricians

Question 31

What is the name of a temple built to honor Rome’s gods?

Answer 31

Pantheon

Question 32

Who did the Roman Republic pick to rule on a temporary basis during an emergency?

Answer 32

dictator

Question 33

What was the Era called that marked 200 years of peace that began with the rule of Augustus?

Answer 33

Pax Romana

Question 34

What legend of the Trojan hero said to have begun Rome?

Answer 34

Aeneid, the play

Question 35

What had twelve months, 365 days, and a leap year?

Answer 35

calendar

Question 36

During the early Republic, why was it important that Roman laws be written down on the 12 tables and shared with the Public?

Answer 36

So the laws could be known and applied equally