Review for Ancient Rome Test

Review for Test

1.       What river was Rome built along?  Tiber

2.       Why was the place Rome was built a geographic advantage?  7 hills, high, good position if attacked

3.       What is a government in which citizens elect leaders? republic

4.       The landowning class that holds most of the power are   patricians.

5.       The artisans, merchants and farmers who can vote but cannot rule are plebeians.

6.       What were hung in the Forum that became the basis for later Roman law?  12 tables/tablets

7.       What was chosen from Roman upper class and made foreign and domestic policy? Senate

8.     Who are appointed briefly in times of crisis? Dictators

9.       What was a powerful key factor in Rome’s rise to greatness, including it’s infantry and calvary?Roman army

10.   What city-state in North Africa rivaled Rome? Carthage

11.   What were the wars fought between Rome and Carthage? How many were there? Punic Wars, 3

12.   Who was the Carthage general who won the second war?  Hannibal

13.   Who was the Roman general who won the third war? Scipio

14.   What is an ancient story used to explain the world and the gods and goddesses who ruled over it, shaping the lives of all humans? Classical myth

15.   What often came at the end of a myth? Whatever we have because of it, like seasons

16.   The myth of Romulus and Remus does what? Explains how Rome began.

17.   The myth of Cassiopeia ended with her being punished by? Being placed in the heavens upside down by Neptune to humiliate her one final time.

18.   The myth of Ceres and Proserpina explains what? Why we have seasons

19.   Who is the king of the Roman gods  (but especially of the sky)? Jupiter

20.   Who was jealous of Io the water nymph and Io? Juno

21.   What purpose did Roman baths serve? Social and relaxation

22.   Who could use the baths? Paying customers, not slaves

23.   Could men and women use the baths? Yes

24.   Who died without an heir that led to succession problems? Augustus

25.   Who declared himself a living god? Caligula

26.   Who was killed by stabbing? Caesar and Caligula

27.   Who became an emporer at 16? Nero

28.   Who killed his immediate family members? Nero

29.   What event was Nero strongly suspected of causing? The Great Fire of Rome

30.   What religion was Nero known for persecuting? Christians

31.   Who was the most famous Roman dictator? Caesar

32.   Who was responsible for the longest period of Roman peace? Augustus

33.   Who brought Cleopatra to Rome? Caesar

34.   Who did Cleopatra fall in love with? Marc Antony

35.   Why is Caesar so famous? William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”

36.   What was held in Circus Maximus?  Chariot races

37.   Who tried to race in Circus Maximus with no success? Nero

38.   How did the audience show support in Roman sports? Wearing the color or waving the flag of a certain person

39.   Who did Nero have taken to fight without weapons at the Coliseum? Christians

40.   Who fought in the Coliseum? Gladiators, animals

41.   Who paid for Roman theatre productions? The nobility

42.   What were often depicted in Roman plays? Religious ceremonies/holidays/Roman gods

43.   What area was the focus of most Roman towns? The forum

44.   Who acted in Roman plays? Men only

45.   What did Roman actors use to ensure the audience could see their emotion from the very back of the theatre? Masks

46.   What is a play without words? Pantomime