TEST CH 4: The Romans

• History
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

What book did you read?
1. Title
2. Writer
3. What is it about (1 sentence)

AGE 2. The Time of Greeks and Romans

TEST

CH 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5: The Romans

Study source 3.6

Drag the names to the correct place in the map

Rome

Carthage

Mediterranean 

Sea

true or false?

The Romans won all the wars against Carthage.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Hannibal surprised the Romans by invading italy from the north.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Hannibal won the war. Rome was destroyed.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Caesar conquered Gaul.
This is modern:

1. Spain
2. France
3. Germany
4. Greece

Who was Vercingetorix?

1. a Greek god
2. a Roman senator
3. a friend of Hannibal
4. leader of the Gauls

What is a civil war?

It is a war in which:

1. two (or more) countries fight each other
2. two (or more) groups within a country fight each other

Caesar assumed the title "dictator for life"

This sounded much like a:

1. king
2. senator
3. president
4. consul

Who plotted to kill Caesar?

1. his wife
2. a gang of criminals
3. a group of senators
4. the leader of the Gauls

Why did senators want to kill Caesar?

1. they were jealous of his power
2. they hated him
3. they wanted to save the republic
4. they wanted to save the monarchy

What was the first thing Octavian did after Caesar was murdered?

1. have a party
2. take Caesar's money
3. take revenge on the killers
4. become the new king

When Octavian became emperor, Rome became a:

1. republic
2. monarchy

The location of the city of Rome was not accidentally chosen.

Fill in the missing parts in the scheme to illustrate why.

Easy to defend

More traffic can mean more trade

you can see people coming

water and trade route

a state without a king or emperor is a Republic.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

what is a good question to ask
if you need to know
if a country is a monarchy or a republic?

1. is the country a democracy?
2. does the country have a big army?
3. do the people speak the same language?
4. does the country have a king or not?

a dictator was a leader who was appointed in times of an emergency (noodtoestand)

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

a dictator had absolute power, just like a king

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

a dictator only ruled for a short time:
the time to deal with the emergency.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

a SURPLUS means:

1. more than you need
2. less than you need.

Drag the effects to the right causes.

Rome had a surplus of men.

There was not enough land for everyone 

to live on.

By the end of the 4th century BC, large parts of Italy were dominated by Rome.

The story of Romulus and Remus is a legend. What is a legend?

1. A modern day story about the past that is not true.
2. A story from the past that cannot be proven to be true.
3. A story from the past that is proven to be true.
4. All other answers are correct

How was early Rome ruled before it became a republic?

1. Early Rome was ruled by a king
2. Early Rome was ruled by the senate
3. Early Rome was ruled by and emperor
4. Early Rome was ruled by 2 consuls

In the Republic, the senators appointed two leaders who ruled Rome together. What were these leaders called?

Choose whether the following statement is true or false.

In emergencies, the Romans sometimes appointed one leader with all the powers of the former kings and called him a dictator.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Study source 1. The map shows the Roman Empire.

Which stage of the Roman Empire is shown here?

1. The height of the Roman Empire in 117 AD.
2. The fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD.
3. The start of the Roman Empire in 264 BC.
4. The birth of Rome in 753 BC

Which of these 2 statements is correct?


I. In the beginning, Rome was a monarchy
II. In the beginning, Rome was a city state

1. both are correct
2. both are incorrect
3. only I is correct
4. only II is correct

Which answers are correct? The Roman Republic was led by two consuls. This was:

1. to make sure that no enemy would attack them
2. to prevent one of them gaining control over Rome
3. because the Romans never wanted the senate to rule the state again
4. because the senate could not rule Rome all by itself

Read the following statements:
I. In the Roman Republic, the senate was the most important organisation.
II. A dictator had the same power as the former kings but only for 5 years.

1. Statement I and II are both false.
2. Statement I and II are both true.
3. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
4. Statement I is true and statement II is false.

Rome has seen several different forms of government.
Which of these shows the correct order of these Roman administrations?

1. king, senate, emperor
2. senate, emperor, king
3. king, emperor, senate
4. king, senate, king

In 501 BC the Romans ended the monarchy, because they never wanted a system again in which:

1. one man has all the power
2. all citizens together have the power
3. only rich people had political power
4. women have no political power

What is a civil war?

1. a war between two or more countries
2. a war between two or more different groups within one country
3. a war that is fought mainly on land
4. a war that is fought mainly at sea

The civil war in Caesar's time was between

1. The senate and the Roman army
2. Caesar and the Gauls
3. Caesar and his army
4. Caesar and the senate

The people who murdered Caesar did this because they hoped to

1. become consuls
2. save the republic
3. save the monarchy
4. destroy the republic

Who is considered to be the first Roman emperor?

1. Constantine
2. Nero
3. Tarquinius Superbus
4. Augustus

Romanisation is:

1. the cultural mix of Roman and local culture
2. to become a Roman citizen
3. to serve as a soldier in the Roman army
4. when locals would become more like the Romans

When Romans had conquered an area, they could bring wealth and peace. What was the peace called?

1. denarii
2. Pax Romana
3. principes senatus
4. Romanisation

Put the events about  

in the correct chronological order.

Drag the oldest event to nr 1 and the youngest to nr 5.

start of the Empire

Fall of Rome and the western Roman empire

start of the republic

Barbarian invasions

death of 

Julius Caesar

Put the events about the rise of Christianity 

in the correct chronological order.

Drag the oldest event to nr 1 and the youngest to nr 5.

"In this sign you will conquer"

Christianity open for gentiles

Jesus is arrested and crucified

Constantinople becomes the new capital

Nero starts persecuting Christians

Drag the names to their correct location.

One location will remain empty

GAUL

JUDEA

HISPANIA

GERMANIA

EGYPT

BRITANNIA

CARTHAGE

Drag the names (A - F) and the pictures (G - L) to the correct building

amphitheatre

hippodrome

fortress

triumphal arch

theatre

aquaduct

G

H

I

J

K

L

Look at the map.
Which of the four answers is NOT a natural border
that is shown in the map?

1. sea
2. rivers
3. walls and fortresses
4. deserts

The natural borders helped the Romans to:

1. keep enemies out of the empire
2. travel around the empire
3. keep the Romans inside the empire
4. make better maps of the empire

Are the statements true or false? Choose your answer.


B: Rivers, seas, mountains ranges and deserts are all natural borders.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

The Roman Empire had long borders.
What is the Latin word for ‘border’?

1. milia
2. limes
3. legio
4. aqueduct

Read the following text and drag the words at the bottom to the correct place.

NB: when you have finished, there will be two words left over.

slaves

war

armies

soldiers

traffic signs

trade

milestones

network

Which word does not fit in with the other three?

Choose this word.

1. fortresses
2. mountains
3. rivers
4. seas

The Romans saw Christians as criminals.
Choose the correct answer: was this a cause or an effect?


Christians refused to worship Roman gods and the emperor.
This was against Roman law.

1. cause
2. effect

The Romans saw Christians as criminals.
Choose the correct answer: was this a cause or an effect?


Christians were severely punished.

1. cause
2. effect

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