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ANCIENT ROME - MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
1. According to legend, the first king of Rome, appointed in 735 BC was:
A – Julius Caesar.
B – Remus
C – Romulus
D – Alexander the Great.
2. Which of the following is NOT a geographical feature of Italian peninsula?
A – Tiber river
B – The Apennines
C – The
D – Mediterranean Sea
3. Building on the culture of the ________________ and the cultures of nations they later
conquered, the Ancient Romans formed the basis of _____________ civilisation.
A – Egyptians, Eastern.
B – Egyptians, Western
C – Persians, Islamic
D – Greeks, Western
4. The eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79AD destroyed which two Roman cities:
A – Rome and Pompeii
B – Naples and Herculaneum
C – Pompeii and Naples
D – Pompeii and Herculaneum
5. Roman citizens were divided into three groups. These included the plebeians, who
were:
A – Were slaves
B – At first were the cavalry in the Roman army, and later businessmen and traders
C – The poorer farmers, craftspeople and traders
D – Rome’s wealthy upper class
6. The Roman army was one of the most disciplined military forces that has ever existed.
Men between the ages of ____ and ____ enlisted for around ____ years.
A – 15, 20, 25
B – 17, 22, 20
C – 20, 25, 10
D – 25, 30, 30
7. Which of the following weapons was NOT commonly used by the Roman army?
A – A bow and arrow
B – A heavy javelin
C – A short sword
D – A dagger with a double-edged blade
8. The Roman army was organised into:
A – Centuries, cohorts and battalions.
B – Centuries, battalions and legions.
C – Centuries, cohorts and legions
D – Battalions, cohorts and legions.
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9. In 202 BC, fresh from setting up Spain as a new Roman province, General Scipio
defeated ___________ and his ____________ at Zama.
A – Hannibal, Carthaginian
B – Alexander the Great, Greek
C – Hannibal, Egyptian
D – Julius Caesar, Roman
10.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Julius Caesar:
A – An Ambitious but fair man who judged men on their fighting record.
B – Often wore a laurel wreath on his head as a sign of victory
C – Very fit, but sometimes had epileptic fits
D – Lacked skill at horse riding, public speaking and writing.
11. Although Caesar was a brave and inspiring leader, many _________ resented him as
he was starting to act like a __________.
A – Consuls, king
B – Military commanders, dictator
C – Senators, king
D – Senators, consul
12. On 15th of March in 44 BC, he was ______________ in the Roman Senate.
A – Worshipped as a god
B – Brutally stabbed to death
C – Made dictator for life of Rome
D – Crowned as the first Roman emperor
13. The Roman Empire (which came after the Republic) lasted for around _____ years.
A: 200
B: 1000
C: 500
D: None of the above
14. Which Roman god was equivalent to the Greek god Jupiter?
A – Mercury
B – Neptune
C – Mars
D – Zeus
15. Which Roman goddess was equivalent to the Greek god Aphrodite?
A – Janus
B – Vesta
C – Venus
D – Hestia.
16. Two religions that Rome, at first, did not tolerate were _________ and __________.
This was because both claimed there was only one god, and that sacrifices to other gods
were wrong:
A – Judaism and Islam.
B – Judaism and Christianity.
C – Christianity and Islam.
D – Islam and Hinduism.
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17. Which of the following technologies were the Romans famous for developing?
A – Public baths
B – Concrete.
C – Aqueducts
D – All of the above
18. Which of the following was NOT a type of gladiator?
A – Retiarius
B – Secutor
C – Circus Maximus
D – Thraex
19. The massive Colosseum, then known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, was opened in
AD 80 by Emperor Titus. It could hold ___________ spectators?
A – 80,000
B – 55,000.
C – 35,000
D – 15,000.
20. From about AD 200, the Roman Empire began to weaken. It was finally
overwhelmed by barbarian invasions, and came to an end in _______.
A – AD 200
B – AD 476
C – 476 BC
D – 1476 AD
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21. Look at the map below. Write the Ancient Roman name of each of the following
modern nations. (4 marks)
Spain = _______________________
France = _________________________
Greece = _______________________
United Kingdom = __________________________
22. Explain how the ancient Romans initially treat Christians. What did this have
to do with Christian beliefs? (2 marks)
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23. Look at the following picture of a primary source from the Ancient Roman
town of Pompeii.
(i)
Identify which historical event shown in the picture. (1 marks)
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(ii)
When did this event occur, and which Ancient Roman recorded what
happened in a letter to the Roman historian Tacitus? (2 marks)
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(iii)
What information does this primary source provide us with that helps us
to better understand Ancient Rome? (3 marks)
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24. Fill in the following table. (6 marks)
Patrician
Plebeian
How were they involved in
government?
What did they wear?
What was their diet like?
25. Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Senate. Why was Brutus, his friend,
willing to be involved in his murder? (2 marks)
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26. Name two Roman gods and describe their qualities. (4 marks)
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27. Identify the two stadiums shown above. On the
following Venn diagram list differences and
three similarities between them. (3 marks)
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