30 question Rome test review (Areas of focus on the Rome test)

Question 1

What peninsula is home to the city of Rome?

Accepted Answer

Italian

Question 2

Creation of a common currency during the Pax Romana led to:

Accepted Answer

the expansion of trade throughout the empire

Question 3

Which of these events happened first?

Accepted Answer

formation of the First Triumvirate

Question 4

Roman Achievements

Accepted Answer

Aqueducts

Question 5

Military hero, weakened the Senate, made dictator of Rome. This list best describes:

Accepted Answer

Julius Caesar

Question 6

____, _____, and ______ were ALL aspects of representative democracy during the Roman Republic

Accepted Answer

Assemblies, consuls, Senate

Question 7

Which choice best explains how Rome's location contributed to the growth of the Roman Empire

Accepted Answer

centrally located in the Mediterranean Basin

Question 8

Constantine moved the Roman capital east to Byzantium and it was renamed

Accepted Answer

Constantinople

Question 9

Which of the following was NOT a cause for the decline of the Roman Republic?

Accepted Answer

invasion of barbarians along Rome's borders

Question 10

The government of the Roman Republic can best be described as a/an:

Accepted Answer

representative democracy

Question 11

The 200 years after the rule of Augustus Caesar was a time of:

Accepted Answer

peace and prosperity

Question 12

Teachings from Jesus would be found in the _______

Accepted Answer

New Testament

Question 13

One of the most important results of Rome's victory over Carthage in the Punic Wars was:

Accepted Answer

expanded trade and wealth for Rome

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Christianity?

Accepted Answer

polytheism

Question 15

Rome fought Carthage for control of the Mediterranean Sea trade in the _______ Wars

Accepted Answer

Trojan, Punic

Question 16

Roman mythology helped the Romans to :

Accepted Answer

explain their world

Question 17

During the late Roman Empire many people were:

Accepted Answer

more loyal to the Church than the emperor

Question 18

Citizenship (and thus a role in the governing process) was given to all EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

women

Question 19

After the fall of Rome, the _______ became the main unifying force in Western Europe

Accepted Answer

Church

Question 20

Which people in the Second Triumvirate fought a civil war after Caesar's assassination?

Accepted Answer

Marc Antony and Octavian (Augustus Caesar)

Question 21

All of the following helped Christianity spread except:

Accepted Answer

Jesus being accepted as one of the many Roman gods

Question 22

In the Roman Republic, what was the top social class (made up of powerful nobility) called?

Accepted Answer

patricians

Question 23

The laws of Rome were known as __________ _______

Accepted Answer

the Twelve Tables

Question 24

Which best explains why members of the Senate assassinated Julius Caesar?

Accepted Answer

he was named dictator for life

Question 25

What civilization was the source of Roman Mythology?

Accepted Answer

Greek

Question 26

Constantine's Edict of Milan :

Accepted Answer

gave Christians full religious freedom

Question 27

Politically, what do Classical China and Rome (during the Pax Romana) have in common?

Accepted Answer

creation of a civil service system

Question 28

The Roman empire fell for all of the following reason except :

Accepted Answer

assassination of Julius Caesar

Question 29

This Roman achievement connected all of the Roman empire

Accepted Answer

roads

Question 30

Who becomes the first emperor of Rome?

Accepted Answer

Octavian (Augustus Caesar)

30 question Rome test review (Areas of focus on the Rome test)

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30 question Rome test review (Areas of focus on the Rome test)

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