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SECTION
2
Directions: Write the letter of the best answer on
the line. Use the exhibit to answer question 1.
Name _____________________________
PRACTICE
Rome Becomes an Empire
_____ 1. This
figurine shows a Roman soldier carrying an eagle standard
into battle. Why is an eagle an effective symbol of military strength?
a. because of its size and strength
b. because it almost became extinct
c. because it lays an egg
d. because it represents wisdom
_____ 2. Who
was the general who led the plebeian forces in the civil
war?
a. Julius Caesar
c. Octavian
b. Marius
d. Sulla
_____ 3. Which
region did Julius Caesar conquer for Rome and then
write a military memoir about?
a. Asia Minor
c. Italy
_____ 4. Who
b. Gaul
d. Spain
was assassinated in 44 B.C.?
a. Julius Caesar
c. Octavian
_____ 5. Who
b. Marius
d. Sulla
was the first emperor of Rome?
a. Augustus
c. Marius
Source: Ensign bearer (first century), Roman. Bronze figurine
from a horse's harness. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Photo © Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York.
_____ 8. Who took
a. Julius Caesar
_____ 9. Who
a. consuls
the name Augustus?
b. Marius
did Julius Caesar support?
b. patricians
_____ 10. Whose rule began the Pax Romana?
a. Augustus
b. Julius Caesar
_____ 11. How
a. Britain
_____ 6. Who was
a. Julius Caesar
c. Octavian
b. Julius Caesar
d. Sulla
the general who fought for the patricians?
b. Marius
d. Sulla
_____ 7. Who defeated
a. Julius Caesar
c. Octavian
the Gauls in a brilliant campaign?
b. Marius
d. Sulla
c. Octavian
d. Sulla
c. plebeians
d. senators
c. Marius
d. Sulla
far west did the Roman empire extend by the A.D. 100s?
b. Gaul
c. Italy
d. Spain
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