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1. 
   What ancient Roman temple is pictured here?

   1.   ?    Parthenon
   2.   ?    Colosseum
   3.   ?    Pantheon
   4.   ?    Acropolis

2. 
   What building is pictured here?

   1.   ?    Acropolis
   2.   ?    Colosseum
   3.   ?    Parthenon
   4.   ?    Forum

3. 
   What area of Rome was this?

   1.   ?    The Colosseum
   2.   ?    The Roman Forum
   3.   ?    The Agora
   4.   ?    The Acropolis

4. What type of sporting events took place here?

   1.   ?    Gladiator Battle
   2.   ?    Wrestling
   3.   ?    Foot Races
   4.   ?    Chariot Races

5. 
   What type of activities would have taken place here?

   1.   ?    Senate meeting
   2.   ?    Chariot Races
   3.   ?    Clothes Washing
   4.   ?    Public Bathing

6. 
   What did the structure pictured here represent to the Romans?

   1.   ?    The boundary between the Greek Empire and the Barbarians
   2.   ?    The fall of the Roman empire
   3.   ?    The boundary between the Roman Empire and the Barbarians
   4.   ?    The Might of the Roman Empire

7. Rome's central location on the Italian peninsula and in the center of the Mediterranean made it a center for:

   1.   ?    Trade
   2.   ?    Conquest
   3.   ?    Both
   4.   ?    Neither

8. What mountain chain in the north of Italy helped to provide protection from invaders?

   1.   ?    The Rockies
   2.   ?    The Urals
   3.   ?    The Caucasus
   4.   ?    The Alps

9. Ancient Rome's religion was originally:

   1.   ?    Monotheistic
   2.   ?    Polytheistic
   3.   ?    Neither

10. Roman gods and goddesses were mostly based on the mythology of:

    1.   ?    Egypt
    2.   ?    Mesopotamia
    3.   ?    Babylon
    4.   ?    Greece

11. The Romans gave their gods and goddess _________ characteristics.

    1.   ?    Human
    2.   ?    Perfect
    3.   ?    Flawed
    4.   ?    None of the above

12. Which Roman god was the god of the sun?

    1.   ?    Jupiter
    2.   ?    Apollo
    3.   ?    Neptune
    4.   ?    Pluto

13. Which roman god or goddess was deity of the sea?

    1.   ?    Venus
    2.   ?    Neptune
    3.   ?    Jupiter
    4.   ?    Juno

14. Which Roman god or goddess was deity of war?

    1.   ?    Mars
    2.   ?    Ares
    3.   ?    Juno
    4.   ?    Aphrodite

15. Which of the following groups was the head of the social scale in the Roman Republic?

    1.   ?    Slaves
    2.   ?    Plebeians
    3.   ?    Patricians
    4.   ?    Tribunes

16. Which social group of the Roman Republic made up the majority of the population?

    1.   ?    Slaves
    2.   ?    Patricians
    3.   ?    Tribunes
    4.   ?    Plebeians

17. What was the name of the two people elected by the Senate to serve for one, one year term?

    1.   ?    Tribunes
    2.   ?    Senators
    3.   ?    Consuls
    4.   ?    Dictators

18. Who were the representatives of the Plebeian class?

    1.   ?    Senators
    2.   ?    Consuls
    3.   ?    Tribunes
    4.   ?    Dictators

19. The Tribunes had the right to _____ laws of the Senate?

    1.   ?    Ratify
    2.   ?    Debate
    3.   ?    Create
    4.   ?    Veto

20. In a time of crisis, the Senate could appoint a _______ with emergency powers for six months.

    1.   ?    Tribune
    2.   ?    Dictator
    3.   ?    Consul
    4.   ?    Judge

21. Rome fought ________ in the Punic Wars.

    1.   ?    Egypt
    2.   ?    Carthage
    3.   ?    Greece
    4.   ?    Spain

22. 
    Who was the skilled general who led his troops over the Alps into Rome during the second Punic war?

    1.   ?    Julius Caesar
    2.   ?    Alexander the Great
    3.   ?    Hannibal
    4.   ?    Attila the Hun

23. What city was the center of Rome's adversary in the Punic Wars?

    1.   ?    Carthage
    2.   ?    Alexandria
    3.   ?    Constantinople
    4.   ?    Jerusalem

24. Which Roman general led the conquest of Gaul?

    1.   ?    Pompey
    2.   ?    Crassus
    3.   ?    Julius Caesar
    4.   ?    Marius

25. Which of the following was not a reason or the decline of the Roman Republic?

    1.   ?    Spread of Slavery in the agricultural system
    2.   ?    Division of the Empire by Diocletian
    3.   ?    Inflation
    4.   ?    Migration of the unemployed to urban areas

26. Who was the first Roman Emperor?

    1.   ?    Marcus Aurelious
    2.   ?    Julius Caesar
    3.   ?    Marc Antony
    4.   ?    Augustus

27. What did the Roman Empire guarantee on Roman Roads?

    1.   ?    Safe Travel
    2.   ?    A Smooth ride
    3.   ?    A fast journey
    4.   ?    None of the above

28. Roman law was first codified in the:

    1.   ?    Law of Nations
    2.   ?    Twelve Tables
    3.   ?    Code of Justinian
    4.   ?    Hammurabi's Code

29. Which of the following is not a belief of Christianity?

    1.   ?    One God
    2.   ?    Life after death
    3.   ?    recognition of all who believe
    4.   ?    reincarnation

30. Which Roman Emperor ended persecution of the Christians by passing the Edict of Milan?

    1.   ?    Diocletian
    2.   ?    Nero
    3.   ?    Constantine
    4.   ?    Hadrian

31. This early Christian leader is greatly responsible for spreading Christianity to the gentiles.

    1.   ?    Peter
    2.   ?    Thomas
    3.   ?    Paul
    4.   ?    Matthew

32. What was the language of the Western Roman Empire?

    1.   ?    English
    2.   ?    Latin
    3.   ?    Greek
    4.   ?    German

33. Who wrote the Aeneid?

    1.   ?    Homer
    2.   ?    Socrates
    3.   ?    Virgil
    4.   ?    Octavian

34. What was the language of the Eastern Roman Empire?

    1.   ?    German
    2.   ?    English
    3.   ?    Latin
    4.   ?    Greek

35. Which emperor divided the Roman Empire?

    1.   ?    Constantine
    2.   ?    Diocletian
    3.   ?    Augustus
    4.   ?    Hadrian

36. Which of the following is NOT a cause for the decline of the Roman Empire?

    1.   ?    Devaluation of Roman Currency
    2.   ?    Changes in Army membership and discipline
    3.   ?    Loss of faith in Rome and the Family
    4.   ?    None of the Above

37. Which emperor built the new capital for the eastern half of the Empire and renamed it Constantinople?

    1.   ?    Augustus
    2.   ?    Diocletian
    3.   ?    Constantine
    4.   ?    Marcus Aurelius

38. What Barbarian group invaded Rome causing its ultimate downfall?

    1.   ?    Celts
    2.   ?    Conans
    3.   ?    Visigoths
    4.   ?    Vikings

39. When Julius Caesar defied the Senate and marched into Rome, he crossed the ____________ river.

    1.   ?    Po
    2.   ?    Danube
    3.   ?    Rubicon
    4.   ?    Nile

40. Which of these was not a member of the first Triumvirate?

    1.   ?    Crassus
    2.   ?    Julius Caesar
    3.   ?    Octavian
    4.   ?    Pompey

41. What Egyptian queen had a personal and political relationship with Julius Caesar, and later, Marc Antony?

    1.   ?    Cleopatra
    2.   ?    Hatshepsut
    3.   ?    Nefertiti
    4.   ?    Nefertari

42. Which Roman ruler expanded the Empire to its greatest size?

    1.   ?    Hadrian
    2.   ?    Augustus
    3.   ?    Trajan
    4.   ?    Nerva

43. The Romans used this building material on a great scale.

    1.   ?    Stone
    2.   ?    Concrete
    3.   ?    Wood
    4.   ?    Mud

44. Which of these was NOT an advancement of Roman architecture?

    1.   ?    Arch
    2.   ?    Vault
    3.   ?    Column
    4.   ?    Dome

45. Which of these is NOT a legal concept that we got from the Romans?

    1.   ?    That you are innocent until proven guilty
    2.   ?    Trial by jury
    3.   ?    Standard law for everyone
    4.   ?    Guilty until proven innocent

46. The 200-year period of peace in Rome was the ___________.

    1.   ?    Pax Romana, or peace of Augustus
    2.   ?    Pax Julius
    3.   ?    Pax Caligula
    4.   ?    Peace of Nero

47. This general changed the power structure of the Roman military by hiring inner-city poor.

    1.   ?    Julius Caesar
    2.   ?    Marius
    3.   ?    Sulla
    4.   ?    Crassus

48. Form of government where the leader is not a monarch and some people can vote.

    1.   ?    Democracy
    2.   ?    Republic
    3.   ?    Aristocracy
    4.   ?    Oligarchy

49. Great landowners who were the Roman Republic's ruling class.

    1.   ?    Plebeians
    2.   ?    Patricians
    3.   ?    Tribunes
    4.   ?    None of the above

50. This man was assassinated on the Ides of March 44 B.C. by a group of Senators.

    1.   ?    Augustus Caesar
    2.   ?    Julius Caesar
    3.   ?    Octavian
    4.   ?    Marc Antony

51. Gladiator who led a massive slave revolt, he was later caught and crucified with 6,000 of his followers.

    1.   ?    Maximus
    2.   ?    Spartacus
    3.   ?    Lepidus
    4.   ?    Commodus

52. This Jewish group advocated the overthrow of Roman rule.

    1.   ?    Pharisees
    2.   ?    Zealots
    3.   ?    Essenes
    4.   ?    Sadducees

53. Theodosius the Great made ____________ the official religion of the Roman Empire.

    1.   ?    Judaism
    2.   ?    Buddhism
    3.   ?    Christianity
    4.   ?    Islam

54. The group ruled over Rome before the establishment of the Republic.

    1.   ?    Etruscans
    2.   ?    Huns
    3.   ?    Mongols
    4.   ?    Macedonians

55. The male head of the Roman household.

    1.   ?    Paterfamilias
    2.   ?    Patricians
    3.   ?    Plebeians
    4.   ?    Vandals