what protected rome from invasion? a.the sahara b.the himalayas c.the alps alps
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What protected Rome from invasion?
A. The Sahara B. The HimalayasC. The Alps
Alps
The Roman Republic was a
A. Direct democracyB. MonarchyC. Representative democracy
The majority of Romans were common people called
A. patricians
B. aristocrats
C. plebeians
The two officials elected to command the army and direct the government for one
year were called
A. consuls
B. dictators
C. monarchs
The most powerful lawmaking body in the Roman Republic was the
A. senate
B. assembly
C. emperor
For the most part, senators represented the interests of the
A. patricians
B. dictators
C. plebeians
Who represented the interests of the plebeians in the less powerful tribal
assembly?
A. centuriates
B. tribunes
C. consuls
A. Code of Justinian
B. Ten Commandments
C. Twelve Tables
The Laws carved on tablets and hung in
the Forum were called the
Which of these modern principles is taken from Roman
law?
A. An eye for an eye, a life for a life.
B. An accused person is innocent until proven guilty.
C. All men are created equal.
The names of the planets are based on Roman
A. senators
B. emperors
C. gods
Three wars fought between Rome and Carthage were called
A. Punic Wars
B. Persian Wars
C. Peloponnesian Wars
Who was the general of Carthage who crossed the Alps and invaded the Italian
Peninsula?A. Scipio
B. Hannibal
C. Cicero
Following the Punic wars, Rome A. Declined
B. Expanded slowly
C. Grew rapidly
How did the spread of slavery cause problems for the Roman Republic?
A. It caused small farmers to lose their land
B. It created racial tension
C. It led to a civil war between the North and the South
What were some other factors leading to the decline and fall of Rome’s republican
government?
A. unemployment, inflation, civil wars, class conflicts.
B. the split in the Christian Church
C. ice ages froze most of the northern hemisphere
Who made up the First Triumvirate?
A. Augustus Caesar, Marc Antony and LepidusB. Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey.
Caesar Crassus Pompey
Who is being described?• He conquered Gaul• He went to war with Pompey and
won• He forced the senate to make him
dictator• He was assassinated by senators
A.Augustus CaesarB.Julius CaesarC.Octavian
Ten years after the death of Julius Caesar, civil war erupted between
A. Pompey and Crassus
B. Octavian and Mark Anthony
C. Lepidus and Nero
Octavian (Augustus)
Anthony and Cleopatra
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
A.Augustus (Octavian) B.Marc AntonyC.Nero
What was the Pax Romana?
A. Two hundred years of peace and prosperity
B. Roman Law
C. The fall of the Roman Empire
All of the following are true about Rome during the Pax Romana EXCEPT
A. Augustus created a uniform system of money and a uniform system of law.
B. Augustus created a civil serviceC. It was safe to travel and trade
on Roman roads.D. Succession went smoothly
when an emperor died
Which empire is pictured?
A. Persian
B. Roman
C. Egyptian
Which religion is being described?
• It had its roots in Judaism
• Jesus is both the Son and incarnation of God.
• Life after death
• New Testament
A.Islam
B.Christianity
C.Zoroastrianism
Who Spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire?
A.Asoka and his missionaries
B.St. Cyril and St. Methodius
C. the Apostles, including Paul
Why were the early Christians persecuted?
A. They led a rebellion against the Empire
B. They tried to free the slaves
C. They refused to worship the Roman Gods
Christian doctrine was established by early church A. patriarchs
B. popes
C. councils
The First Council of Nicaea
As the Roman Empire declined in the West, the influence and membership of the
Christian Church
A. declined
B. grew
C. stayed the same
The scattering of the Jews after being exiled from Israel by the Romans is called the
A.Diaspora
B.Torah
C.Big shake-up
All of the following are causes for the decline of the Roman Empire EXCEPT?
A. Moral decay
B. Army discipline
C. Division of empire
D. Political problems
E. Invasions
F. Economic growth
•MAD PIE
Germanic invaders poured into the ___ part of the Empire
A. EasternB. SoutheasternC. Western
Which Roman emperor adopted and legalized Christianity and move the capital
of the Roman Empire to the East?
A. Caligula
B. Constantine
C. Augustus
The eastern part of the Roman Empire survived and became known as the
A. Islamic Empire
B. Spanish Empire
C. Byzantine Empire
These well-engineered structures helped trade flow smoothly throughout the
Roman Empire.
A. Domes
B. Minarets
C. Roads
Romans used these curved structures as memorials in addition to supporting buildings, bridges, and aqueducts
A.columns
B.arches
C.domes
Romans designed these to bring water from the mountains to the cities.
A. aqueducts
B. pails
C. aquariums
The political and economic heart of
Rome was the
A. Town Center
B. Forum
C. Gaul
What is the name of the building pictured?
A. Colosseum
B. Parthenon
C. Pantheon
What is the name of the building pictured?
A. Colosseum
B. Dome of the Rock
C. Pantheon
“The Aeneid” was written by the Roman poet
A.HomerB. VirgilC. Sophocles
Who designed an Earth-centered, (wrong) model of the universe that was
held as truth for 1400 years.
A. Ptolemy
B. Phidias
C. Plato