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Rome Test
Directions: Complete the following essays. Make sure you use specific facts and details.
1) Explain the government of the Roman Republic. Make sure you use the following
words with correct explanations of each word in your essay: Senate, Magistrates,
Assemblies, checks and balances, Twelve Tables, veto
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2) Write an essay about the fall of Rome. Include at least three specific reasons that led
to the fall of the Western half of the Roman Empire.
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Directions: Read each question and then write the letter of the best answer choice
in the space to the left of the number. Try to eliminate two choices you definitely
know are not right.
_____ 1) Which of the following is the best prediction of what might have happened if
the Roman nobles had not overthrown their last king?
A) Rome would have had more kings after him.
B) The king would have eventually become less cruel.
C) Rome would have become a republic anyway.
D) The Roman nobles would have left the city.
_____ 2) Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow
A) senators to get to the Senate.
B) Rome’s armies to travel through the empire.
C) merchants to travel safely.
D) slaves to travel into the countryside.
_____ 3) The Roman empire fell for all of the following reasons except
A) disease.
B) corruption.
C) lack of leadership.
D) increased taxes.
_____ 4) Which word best describes the Roman approach to science and engineering?
A) practical
B) experimental
C) majestic (grand)
D) original
_____ 5) In geographic terms, Italy is
A) an island.
B) a peninsula.
C) a mountain range.
D) a continent.
_____ 6) In what way was the Roman law of the Twelve Tables similar to the U.S.
Constitution?
A) They both were first written on bronze tablets.
B) They both were written to protect people’s rights.
C) They both were written more than 1,000 years ago.
D) They both were written to protect the rights of the wealthy.
_____ 7) The center of life in ancient Rome was the
A) Palentine Hill.
B) Forum.
C) temple.
D) Capitoline Hill.
_____ 8) Which of the following was not a way in which Etruscans contributed to Roman
society?
A) Etruscans built large temples in Rome.
B) Etruscans taught the Romans their alphabet.
C) Etruscans established Rome’s government.
D) Etruscans built Rome’s first sewer.
_____ 9) Which of the following happened first?
A) Rome’s laws were written down on 12 bronze tablets.
B) Citizens complained about laws they did not know existed.
C) Laws were established by the patrician officials in Rome.
D) Roman laws were displayed in public meeting places.
_____ 10) In terms of importance to Rome’s growth, which effect of Italy’s climate
would you rank first.
A) It prevented others from attacking Rome.
B) It provided Romans with a large food supply.
C) It allowed people to travel across the country.
D) It made it possible for people to work outside.
_____ 11) What material did the Romans invent that helped their structures last.
A) volcanic rock
B) asphalt
C) cement
D) lime
_____ 12) Which of the following is the main reason why the Roman language spread to
the farthest parts of the Roman empire?
A) The Romans wrote poetry.
B) The Romans wrote speeches.
C) The Romans established the first school system.
D) The Romans conducted business in their language.
Using the lists below, determine what theme from history they have in common.
Geography
Politics
Economics
Technology
and
innovation
Society and
culture
religion
1) ____________________________ The Romans developed new materials and
designs that helped create architectural advances.
2) ____________________________ Corrupt officials helped bring about the decline
of the Roman Empire.
3) The following document (part of the twelve tables) dates from the early Roman
Republic (c. 449 B.C.). Covering both criminal and civil matters, it was inscribed on
large bronze tablets and placed in the Forum for all to see.
TABLE IV (4): PATRIA PROTESTAS: RIGHTS OF HEAD OF FAMILY
 Quickly kill… a dreadfully deformed child
 If a father surrenders a son for sale, the son shall be free from the father
TABLE XI (11): SUPPLEMENTARY LAWS
 Intermarriage shall not take place between plebeians and patricians
What do the laws above reveal about Roman society? Explain your opinions with details.
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