Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
|
|
|
Choose the term that best
completes the sentence.
|
|
|
1.
|
Roman engineers built
____ to carry water from rivers to
cities.
a. | aqueducts | d. | provinces | b. | legions | e. | diversity | c. | Circus Maximus |
|
|
|
2.
|
The thousands of soldiers of
the Roman Empire were organized in ____.
a. | aqueducts | d. | provinces | b. | legions | e. | diversity | c. | Circus Maximus |
|
|
|
3.
|
As the Romans expanded their
empire, Egypt and Spain became ____ of
Rome.
a. | aqueducts | d. | provinces | b. | legions | e. | diversity | c. | Circus Maximus |
|
|
|
4.
|
Ancient Romans cheered for the
chariot drivers at the ____.
a. | aqueducts | d. | provinces | b. | legions | e. | diversity | c. | Circus Maximus |
|
|
|
5.
|
The many languages spoken
throughout the Roman Empire reflected the ____ of cultures ruled by Rome.
a. | aqueducts | d. | provinces | b. | legions | e. | diversity | c. | Circus Maximus |
|
|
|
Read the sentence. Then
choose the best answer.
|
|
|
6.
|
Roman emperors had supreme
authority but faced the very real threat of assassination.
What does the word assassination mean in the
sentence?
a. | removal from
office | c. | being
killed | b. | disapproval | d. | rebellion |
|
|
|
Choose the best
answer.
|
|
|
7.
|
What was the
Pax
Romana?
a. | the central authority of the Roman
Empire | b. | the imperial form of government in Rome | c. | the years of Augustus's rule as
emperor | d. | the years of peace and prosperity in the Roman
Empire |
|
|
|
8.
|
Who were the members of the
Second Triumvirate?
a. | Julius Caesar, Crassus,
Pompey | c. | Mark Antony, Octavian,
Lepidus | b. | Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Octavian | d. | Mark Antony, Brutus, Cassius |
|
|
|
9.
|
Which of these emperors was
assassinated?
a. | Tiberius | c. | Vespasian | b. | Nero | d. | Caligula |
|
|
|
10.
|
Who was given the name Augustus
and became the first emperor of Rome?
a. | Mark
Antony | c. | Julius
Caesar | b. | Octavian | d. | Tiberius |
|
|
|
11.
|
What was the forum in Roman
cities?
a. | the building in which the Senate
met | b. | a central marketplace | c. | a temple to gods | d. | an arena for
athletes |
|