Final Review Chapter 7: Ancient Rome(Adapted)

What is one of two officials who led the Roman Republic?

What is the period of stability and prosperity during the Roman Empire?

Pax Romana

Province

Colosseum

Aqueduct

What is a structure that carries water over long distances?

Pax Romana

Province

Colosseum

Aqueduct

What is a large amphitheater built in Rome around A.D. 70?

Pax Romana

Province

Colosseum

Aqueduct

What is a unit of an empire or country?

Pax Romana

Province

Colosseum

Aqueduct

What is an arena in ancient Rome where shows were held?

Villa

Circus

Gladiator

What is a large country estate?

Villa

Circus

Gladiator

What is a person in ancient Rome who fought in the arena of entertainment?

Villa

Circus

Gladiator

Who was a famous emperor of the Roman Empire?

Constantine

Mercenary

Inflation

What is a soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army?

Constantine

Mercenary

Inflation

What is an economic situation in which there is more money, but it has less value?

Constantine

Mercenary

Inflation

The Romans created a republic to _______________________________.

Limit the powers of any king

Limit religious freedom

The main reason plebeians were out of work in Rome was that ________________________.

Slaves did much of the work

Roman laws required it

Why was Julius Caesar killed?

Caesar had too much power and the senate once again felt they were ruled by a king.

Caesar wrote the laws of the Twelve Tables.

Which was not a geographical advantage of Rome?

Rome was located at the southern tip of the narrow peninsula of Italy.

Rome had hills that made it easier to defend.

What was the Roman policy toward conquered peoples?

They were to supply raw materials and pay taxes.

They were all enslaved.

Which of the following is a Roman god?

Zeus

Jupiter

What was the major function of the aqueduct for the Romans?

To bring water to cities from the countryside

To make trade easier

Which Roman emperor was thought to be the best of the five "good emperors"?

Hadrian

Commodus

At one time, the Roman Empire stretched from ___________________________.

Britain to Egypt

India to China

A majority of ancient Romans _______________________.

Were poor and jobless

Lived in luxury

The amount of freedom and independence a Roman woman enjoyed depended on _________________________.

Her own abilities

Her husband's status

What is something the Roman government did when wheat harvests were poor?

They provided free grain to the poor.

They forced poor citizens to fight animals in the arena.

Which statement best describes the rich people of ancient Rome?

They owned elegant homes in the city, with large estates in the country.

They owned plain and simple homes in the city, with small estates in the country.

If the Roman crowd at a gladiator battle wanted the contestant to be put to death by sword, they ___________________.

Would point thumbs up

Would wave their handkerchiefs

Whose writings helped turn Christianity into an organized religion?

Paul

Herod

Which statement is true of Jesus according to the New Testament?

Jesus began teaching when he was 30 years old.

Jesus preached to everyone, except for the poor.

The first official campaign against Christianity in the Roman Empire was led by __________________.

Julius Caesar

Nero

When Christianity first entered the Roman Empire, the empire was ___________________________.

Tolerant of other relgions

Not tolerant of other religions

Roman officials feared Jesus and his teachings of Christianity because ______________________________.

He freed all the slaves of the Roman Empire

The Romans felt it might cause an armed revolt against the Roman Empire

Which statement best describes the corrupt rulers of the Roman Empire as it declined?

They gained the throne by violence and most of them were assassinated.

They increased stability of government.

What was the main cause of having no new sources of wealth in the decline of the Roman Empire?

The empire stopped conquering new lands.

The empire moved the capital city.

Under Constantine, ___________________________.

Christians were tortured

Christianity spread

Which Roman emperor's death is believed to have started the decline of the Roman Empire?

Marcus Aurelius

Constantine

Who was the last emperor in the history of the Roman Empire?

Constantine

Romulus Augustulus

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