What protected Rome from invasion? A.The Sahara B.The Himalayas C.The Alps Alps

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