3. Which statement is NOT an accurate description of how Rome treated the people it conquered?

   1. Some were granted full Roman citizenship

   2. Many were allowed to keep their own customs and local government.

   3. All were forced to pay taxes and acknowledge Roman leadership.

   4. All conquered peoples were forced into slavery.

4. Why was Julius Caesar assassinated in 44 B.C.?

5. What factor contributed MOST to the flourishing trade and prosperity of the Roman Empire?

7. Which were the areas of greatest accomplishment for the Romans?

9. Which of the following peoples were responsible for invading the Roman Empire during its decline and fall? (Mark ANY that apply)

10. Which of the following in Roman law did NOT apply to the rights of an accused person?

1. Wealthy people often had charges against them dropped.

2. The accused person was presumed innocent until proven guilty.

3. Guilt had to be established through evidence.

4. The accused was allowed to face his accuser.

11. Why did the Romans persecute early Christians?

1. Christians were believers willing to become martyrs and made for good entertainment for the masses.

2. Christianity included Greek philosophical ideas the Romans hated

3. Christians refused to acknowledge loyalty to Rome by praying to Roman gods and the emperor.

4. Christianity embraces an idea of equality of all believers, and Romans believed in their superiority.

12. How did Christianity grow from a sect of Judaism into a worldwide religion?

    1. Christianity spread through the work of missionaries like Paul.

    2. Emperor Nero mandated that all Romans convert to Christianity.

    3. All Jews adopted the new religion and converted to Christianity.

    4. Jesus traveled from Mesopotamia to Rome spreading Christianity.

13. What ended the Roman persecution of the Christians?

15. Where did Emperor Constantine locate the center of power (the capital) of the Roman Empire?

19. Which of the following was NOT a cause of the fall of the Roman Empire?

    1. The adoption of Greek gods into the Roman pantheon.

    2. Heavy taxes and a large government bureaucracy.

    3. Erosion of traditional Roman values of hard work and loyalty.

    4. Germanic invasions and an army of paid mercenaries.

    5. Civil wars over the Emperorship and territories.

20. What was the impact of Christianity in the Roman Empire?

    1. Christians organized and educated poor people

    2. Christians swore loyalty to Rome

    3. Christians spread throughout the empire after Nero converted

    4. Christians primarily converted the rich and ignored the poor 

21. Which is true of about the height of the Roman Empire? 

    1. They invented algebra and calculus along with other mathematical concepts

    2. They were tolerant and acccepting of the peoples they conquered which increased trade and prosperity for the entire Empire

    3. Their people converted to Christianity after guilt over the violence of their wars in the Middle East

    4. It came to an end with the Pax Sufferia or “time of suffering”

22. How did each of the following civilizations contribute to Rome?

    1. The Greeks mythology and government, Egyptian art, and Latin Language

    2. Egyptians art, Chinese writing, Etruscans technology

    3. Latins; language, Etruscans: technology and religion, Greek: government and mythology

    4. Latins mythology and government, Greeks technology and religion, and the Etruscans language

23. Which of the following is TRUE about the Republic of Rome?

    1. Rome was protected from sea attack since it was located slightly inland

    2. Citizen farmers formed the majority of early Rome

    3. Romans as a whole had very high morals

    4. All able adult males must serve in army

    5. All of the above

24. Which was NOT part of the Republican Government?

25. What river is the republic located on?

26. Who was the last major Republican leader in Rome as part of the First Triumvirate.

    1. Julius Caesar ruler stabbed 27 times by senators

    2. Diocletain who broke Rome into separate Empires

    3. Constantine who started the Empire by building the Byzantium capitol

    4. Cleopatra the queen who married Julius Caesar

27. At which battle did the Goths defeat Rome? The battle of…

28. This island nation at the northernmost extent of the Roman Empire was very difficult to control although Julius Caesar did conquer the southern part of the island.

29. Where did the Roman Empire extend too?

30. Which building is NOT in Rome? (read carefully)

31. What were some of the greatest engineering feats of the Roman Empire?

32. The mythical Founding of Rome is said to have been caused by

33. What improvements did the Twelve Tables make in Roman law?

34. What was a result of inflation in the Roman economy?

    1. Increased prices, people running out of money, and the monetary value decreasing

    2. Decreased prices, more money for spending, monetary value increase

    3. No change in prices, monetary amount, or monetary value

    4. Only prices were increased, monetary value dropped, and decreased amounts of goods were available for common people

35. Which did not help the Romans trade with other Empires?

36. Which statement is TRUE about the fall of the Roman Empire?

Mark True (T) for the peoples responsible for creating Roman culture; False (F) by others.

Mark True (T) for the peoples responsible for destroying the Roman Empire; False (F) by others.

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Match the speaker and the statement.

54. We non-Indo-Europeans conquered the Latins and ruled northern Italy until about 500 B.C.E. We also gave Rome the technology to build the arch.

55. I led an army of soldiers and war elephants across the Alps to attack Rome.

56. I became dictator for life after conquering the Celts in Gaul and winning territories in Egypt. People thought I threatened the Republic; I was assassinated.

57. In this form of government the people elect representatives to make the laws.

58. This arena held 50,000, and was the site of lions eating Christians and gladiatorial fights.

59. Our city was defeated by Rome in the three Punic Wars for control of the Mediterranean Sea.

60. This square was the center of the republic’s economic and political life; all roads led here.

61. This body gave the plebeians a voice the government of the Roman Republic.

62. I was the “Scourge of God,” attacking the Romans while building an empire of my own.

63. I was the first emperor of the Roman Empire; I took the title “princeps” (1^st citizen), but not “king.”

64. Traveling and writing letters to groups around Asia Minor, I helped spread Christianity.

65. We were the wealthy, upper class, Romans during the Republic.

66. My name means “Anointed One”; I taught that all people were equal before God.

67. Our religion was initially tolerated by the Romans, but then our temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and we scattered throughout the Mediterranean in the Diaspora.

68. Early Christians who died as a result of Roman persecution; their blood helped the new faith grow

69. Philosophy developed by the Greeks that was adopted into Roman Christianity as the empire declined

70. We were the lower class of Roman citizens who were neither wealthy nor noble.

71. Queen of Egypt, I committed suicide when I learned of Antony’s defeat and death at Actium.

72. We were governed by the Etruscans, but gave our name to the Roman language.

73. This collection of written laws was the first step in increasing the plebeians’ power.

74. Romans called the Mediterranean Sea this name meaning “our sea” after 130 B.C.E.

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