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Questions & Answers for Rome Review
QUESTIONS
1. What is a Republic?
2. What was the Roman Republic?
3. What was Rome’s chief governing
body?
4. Who were the representatives
elected by the Plebeians?
5. What were the two categories of
citizens?
6. Why was the Roman army
important?
7. Who did Rome fight in the Punic
Wars?
8. What was the cause of the first
Punic War?
9. Who was Hannibal?
10. What was unique about Second
Punic War?
11. Who was Scipio Africanus?
12. What caused the Third Punic War?
13. What did Caesar decide to do to
become more powerful?
14. How did Caesar start the Roman
Civil War?
15. Use words to describe Caesar.
16. Who was responsible for Caesar’s
assignation?
17. Why was Caesar assassinated?
18. Who was Caesar Augustus?
19. How was Caesar Augustus different
than Julius Caesar?
20. How did Caesar Augustus restore
Roman pride?
21. Who was Virgil?
22. What is Pax Romana?
23. How did Augustus strengthen the
law?
24. How did Augustus support the
army?
25. Why did Rome feel threatened by
Christians?
26. What did Rome do to create unity?
ANSWERS
1. A system of government where
citizens elect representatives.
2. Senate is governing body that elects
consuls and plebeians elect
tribunes.
3. Senate
4. Tribunes.
5. Patricians & Plebeians
6. Defend Rome, expand Rome, allow
citizens to become wealthy.
7. Carthage
8. Carthage wanted to conquer Sicily
9. The Carthaginian leader during the
second Punic War.
10. Hannibal attacked Rome on land
from the North.
11. The leader of the Roman army who
defeated Hannibal and Carthage.
12. Carthage took up arms to defend
itself against its neighbors – it
broke the treaty with Rome.
13. Be a successful military leader and
create alliances with Roman
leaders.
14. He entered Rome with his army.
15. Arrogant, neat, clean, driven,
determined, paranoid, intelligent,
ambitious.
16. 60 senators
17. Some felt he was getting too
powerful and destroying Rome.
18. Octavian – a nephew of Caesar.
19. He was a good administrator, he
established peace, was ugly, bad
health, slept in.
20. Re-established religion, rebuilt
temples, built arches celebrating
Rome history, brought in sculptors
and architects to create buildings
and statues.
21. Roman author/poet
27. Why were Christians persecuted?
28. How did Christians react at having
to worship Roman gods and
goddesses?
29. What was the Edict of Milan?
30. What were some of the problems
facing the Roman Empire?
31. How did Germanic tribes cause
trouble for Rome?
32. What was the Byzantine Empire?
33. What was Islam?
34. Who is Allah?
35. What is the Koran?
36. How did the Byzantine army fall?
37. What has our government borrowed
from the Greeks?
38. What has our government borrowed
from the Romans?
39. What buildings show Greek and
Roman influence?
22. 200 years of peace in Rome
23. Included the senate in decisisons
and gave them different
responsibilities.
24. Established a central treasury for
the army – had to depend on Rome
for supplies.
25. Increasing in number and
establishing new communities.
26. Made citizens pay taxes and adopt
same religion.
27. To encourage them to become
good citizens.
28. Thought they were loyal by paying
taxes but refused to worship their
gods/goddesses.
29. A document signed that made
Christianity legal.
30. Empire was too big, recession,
inflation, citizens out of work.
31. Brave warriors who constantly
attacked Roman army in small
groups.
32. Another name for the Roman
Empire in the east.
33. A new religion established by
Muhammad.
34. The god worshiped and followed by
the religion of Islam
35. Holy scripture of Islam.
36. Arab armies attacked them.
37. Ideas of majority rule, citizens
voting, juries, and democracy.
38. Ideas of senate, electing
representatives,
39. Jefferson Memorial, White House,
Capitol buildings.