Chapter

2 Quiz 7) Who was the last Etruscan king to

The Rise and Fall of Rome rule Rome?
Key Version A a) Augustus
b) Diocletian
1) What is the key version for the quiz? c) Julius Caesar
a) A d) Justinian
b) B e) Tarquin

2) From 700 to 500 B.C., what 3 groups 8) What is a form of government in
lived on the Italian peninsula? which citizens vote to elect leaders?
a) Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks a) Aqueduct
b) Chinese, Latins, Greeks b) Civil War
c) Egyptians, Jews, Huns c) Emperor
d) Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans d) Mosaic
e) Latins, Egyptians, Germans e) Republic

3) The first Roman settlements were 9) In the Roman Republic, who could
built near what river? vote?
a) Euphrates River a) All free-born females
b) Mississippi River b) All free-born males
c) Nile River c) All free-born males and females
d) Tiber River d) All Romans
e) Tigris River e) All slaves

4) The Romans traded throughout what 10) In the Roman Republic, there are
sea? how many consuls?
a) Atlantic Sea a) 1
b) Baltic Sea b) 2
c) Caribbean Sea c) 10
d) Coral Sea d) 100
e) Mediterranean Sea e) 300

5) Who were the brothers that were 11) In the Punic Wars, whom did the
raised by a wolf, and later became Romans fight?
the founders of Ancient Rome? a) Christians
a) Abel and Cain b) Carthage
b) Abraham and Jesus c) Greeks
c) Augustus and Julius Caesar d) Other Romans
d) Augustus and Romulus e) Senate
e) Romulus and Remus
12) Who killed Julius Caesar?
6) What is NOT in Rome? a) Enemy Soldiers
a) Coliseum b) Roman Citizens
b) Christ Redeemer Statue c) Roman Generals
c) Pantheon d) Roman Senate
d) Trevi Foundation e) Sick from a disease
e) Vatican


 13) Who became the leader of Rome 19) Who was the Roman emperor who
after Julius Caesar? divided Rome into east and west?
a) Abraham a) Augustus
b) Augustus b) Clovis
c) Clovis c) Diocletian
d) Jesus d) Julius Caesar
e) Nero e) Tarquin

14) What was a long period of peace and 20) Who was the Roman emperor that
prosperity in Rome? ended all attacks on Christians and
a) Civil War allowed Christians to worship freely?
b) Consuls a) Augustus
c) Gladiator b) Constantine
d) Pax Romana c) Jesus
e) Tribunes d) Julius Caesar
e) Justinian
15) Who was NOT part of the Roman
population? 21)After the capital of Rome was moved
a) Celts what was it renamed?
b) Chinese a) Alexandria
c) Egyptians b) Carthage
d) Jews c) Constantinople
e) North Africans d) Octavian
e) New Rome
16) What was NOT a weakness that
threatened Rome? 22) What year did Germanic tribes
a) Decline in agriculture conquer Rome, and is marked as the
b) Everyone was educated fall of Western Rome?
c) Growth of slavery a) 284
d) Heavy taxation b) 330
e) Military disloyalty c) 356
d) 476
17) Christianity is a religion based on e) 500
the teachings and life of who?
a) Abraham 23) Who was the leader of a Germanic
b) Augustus group known as the Franks?
c) Buddha a) Augustus
d) Jesus b) Clovis
e) Julius Caesar c) Jesus
d) Julius Caesar
18) What Roman province was Jesus e) Marcus Brutus
born?
a) Carthage 24) What did Eastern Rome become
b) Egypt known as?
c) Gaul a) Byzantine Empire
d) Judea b) Christianity
e) Rome c) Clovis
d) Roman Republic
e) Roman Catholic

 25) What were laws that regulated 30) Based on the gospels of Jesus and
much of the Eastern Roman Empire Bible. The description matches what
for 900 years? answer?
a) Constitution a) Eastern Orthodox
b) Declaration of Independence b) Roman Catholic
c) Hammurabi Codes c) Both
d) Justinian Codes d) None
e) Ten Commandments
31) Which event marked the beginning
26) Ideas and goods from what of the Roman Republic? (DO NOW
continents influenced the Byzantine 08/29/2016)
Empire? a) The assassination of Julius Caesar
a) Australia and Antarctica b) The overthrow of Etruscan rule
b) Asia and Australia c) Established the Twelve Tables
c) Asia and Europe d) The rise of Augustus
d) Europe and North America
e) North America and South America 32) Why was the consuls term of office
limited to one year? (DO NOW
27) What is a vocabulary word for an 08/29/2016)
official split between two groups? a) To allow as many people as possible
This happened to the Christian to be consuls
religion creating Roman Catholic and b) To prevent them from gaining too
Orthodox. much power
a) Aqueduct c) Because the first consuls only served
b) Emperor a year
c) Mosaic d) Because the consuls then became the
d) Republic commanders-in-chief of the army
e) Schism
33) In what way were Augustus and
28) The pope claims authority over all Julius Caesar similar? (DO NOW
kings and emperors. The description 08/29/2016)
matches what answer? a) Both upheld republican ideals.
a) Eastern Orthodox b) Both held the title of emperor.
b) Roman Catholic c) Both had absolute power.
c) Both d) Both expanded the government.
d) None
34) The growing gap between the rich
29) Services are in Greek or local and poor in Rome (DO NOW
languages. The description matches 08/31/2016)
what answer? a) Threatened Romes stability.
a) Eastern Orthodox b) Led to the start of Pax Romana.
b) Roman Catholic c) Had little effect on the empire.
c) Both d) Was the direct result of the policies
d) None of Augustus.





 35) At its height, the Roman Empire 39) According to the map, which of the
included (DO NOW 08/31/2016) following statements about the
a) Most of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Byzantine Empire under Justinian is
b) Western Europe and the accurate? (DO NOW 09/07/2016)
Mediterranean regions. a) Justinian reconquered many of the
c) Germany and nearby regions. areas held by the Franks.
d) The regions east of the Caspian Sea. b) Under Justinian, the Byzantine
Empire grew larger.
36) What did the end of Pax Romana c) Justinian kept the borders of the
mean for the empire? (DO NOW Byzantine Empire stable.
08/31/2016) d) Justinian reduced the size of the
a) An economic boom Byzantine Empire.
b) A rise in the number of practicing
Christians 40) As shown on the map,
c) A time of great achievements in the Constantinoples location (DO NOW
arts and sciences 09/07/2016)
d) An increasing struggles to maintain a) Meant it could not be reached by
stable borders and internal peace traders.
b) Was impossible to defend from
37) Why was the military less effective attacks by land.
after the second century? (DO NOW c) Was on major trade routes between
09/06/2016) Europe and Asia.
a) The draft ended, and fewer men d) Had no effect on its military or
wanted to be soldiers. economic situation.
b) The army was scattered across a
very wide area.
c) The troops were needed to maintain
control in newly conquered
territories.
d) Soldiers no longer were loyal to the
emperor.

38) An important principle of Roman
law was that (DO NOW 09/06/2016)
a) Citizens had freedom of speech.
b) Property could not be taken without
just cause.
c) All citizens had freedom of religion.
d) A person was innocent until proven
guilty.