ANCIENT ROME PRACTICE TEST

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ANCIENT ROME PRACTICE TEST

• BE SURE TO REVIEW YOUR NOTES FOR THE TEST ON
  FRIDAY!
• GOOD LUCK!

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QUESTION

• THESE FIVE EMPERORS RULED DURING THE TIME OF PAX
  ROMANA?

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ANSWER

• THE
• JULIO-CLAUDIAN EMPERORS

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QUESTION

• HE WAS THE FIRST TRUE EMPEROR OF ROME.

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ANSWER

• OCTAVIAN/
• AUGUSTUS

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QUESTION

• THIS FAMOUS ROMAN WROTE THE HISTORY OF ROME.

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ANSWER

• LIVY

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QUESTION

• THIS ROMAN ASTRONOMER BELIEVED THAT THE EARTH WAS
  THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.

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ANSWER

• PTOLOMY

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QUESTION

• HE WAS A GLADIATOR THAT LED ROMAN SLAVES IN A
  REVOLT.

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ANSWER

• SPARTACUS

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QUESTION

• THIS ROMAN WROTE SATIRES.

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ANSWER

• HORACE

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QUESTION

• THE FALL OF ROME BEGAME WITH POOR LEADERSHIP,
  ATTACKS BY INVADERS, AND

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ANSWER

• A DECLINING ECONOMY

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QUESTION

• ROMAN EMPEROR CONSTANTINE MOVED THE EMPIRES
  CAPITAL TO

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ANSWER

• BYZANTIUM WHICH LATER BECAME KNOWN AS
  CONSTANTINOPLE
• (TODAY IT IS ISTAMBUL)

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QUESTION

• THE IDEALS OF GOVERNMENT IN THIS ROMAN DOCUMENT
  ARE STILL WITH US TODAY.

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ANSWER

• THE TWELVES TABLES

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QUESTION

• SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE FALL OF
  ROME WERE FAMINE, INCREASED VIOLENCE, AND.

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ANSWER

• THE PLAGUE

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QUESTION

• HE WAS THE FIRST ROMAN EMPEROR TO BECOME
  CHRISTIAN.

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ANSWER

• CONSTANTINE

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QUESTION

• AFTER WESTERN ROME FELL, THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
  BECAME KNOWN AS.

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ANSWER

• THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

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QUESTION

• HOW DID ROMAN STATUES DIFFER FROM GREEK STATUES?

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ANSWER

• ROMAN STATUES WERE MORE REALISTIC.

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QUESTION

• THIS COUNTRY IS A PENINSULA THAT IS SHAPED LIKE A
  BOOT.

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ANSWER

• ITALY

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QUESTION

• THIS EMPEROR TRIED TO MAKE REFORMS WHEN HE TOOK
  POWER. EX. SPLIT THE EMPIRE INTO 2 PARTS.

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ANSWER

• DIOCLETIAN

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QUESTION

• IN WHAT YEAR DID THE REPUBLIC BEGAN? IN WHAT
  YEAR DID THE WESTERN EMPIRE FALL?

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QUESTION

• IN WHAT YEAR DID THE REPUBLIC BEGAN? 509 B.C.E.
• IN WHAT YEAR DID THE WESTERN EMPIRE FALL?
• 476 C.E.

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ANSWER

• IN WHAT YEAR DID THE REPUBLIC BEGAN? 509 B.C.E.
• IN WHAT YEAR DID THE WESTERN EMPIRE FALL?
• 476 C.E.

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QUESTION

• HOW LONG DID THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE LAST?

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ANSWER

• 1,000 YEARS

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QUESTION

• WHO WERE THE MEMBERS OF THE 2ND TRIUMVERIATE?

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ANSWER

• LEPIDUS
• ANTONY
• OCTAVIAN-WINNER

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QUESTION

• WHAT HAPPENED ON MARCH 15TH 44 B.C.E.?

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ANSWER

• JULIUS CAESAR WAS ASSASSINATED BY THE SENATE.

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QUESTION

• WHAT HAPPENED TO ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA AT THE
  BATTLE OF ACTIUM?

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ANSWER

• THEY WERE DEFEATED BY OCTAVIAN

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QUESTION

• WHAT IS PAX ROMANA?

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ANSWER

• A TIME PERIOD IN ROMAN HISTORY OF PEACE AND
  SAFETY.

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QUESTION

• WHAT IS A TERM THAT IS GIVEN WHEN MONEY LOSES
  VALUE AND PRICES INCREASE RAPIDLY?

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ANSWER

• INFLATION

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QUESTION

• IDENTIFY THE HISTORICAL EVENT FOR EACH
• ROME INVADED SPAIN TO FORCE HANNIBAL BACK TO
  CARTHAGE.
• ROME ENSLAVED 50,000 CARTHININIANS
• ROME GAINS SICILY

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ANSWER

• IDENTIFY THE HISTORICAL EVENT FOR EACH
• ROME INVADED SPAIN TO FORCE HANNIBAL BACK TO
  CARTHAGE. 2ND PUNIC WAR
• ROME ENSLAVED 50,000 CARTHININIANS-3RD PUNIC WAR
• ROME GAINS SICILY-1ST PUNIC WAR

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Study these Dates

• You will need to put these in order on a
  timeline
• The death of Julius Caesar March 15th, 44 B.C.E
• The beginning of the Republic-509 B.C.E
• The beginning of the Empire-27 B.C.E
• The Punic Wars-264-146 B.C.E
• The Fall of the Western Roman Empire-476 C.E.

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Essay Questions

• EXPLAIN THE EVENTS OF THE PUNIC WARS-WHO WON?
  WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE AND OUTCOME?
• WHAT LED TO THE FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC AND
  THE CREATION OF THE EMPIRE? BE SURE TO INCLUDE
  MEMBERS OF THE 1ST AND 2ND TRIUMVIRATE.
• EXPLAIN THE FACTORS THAT LED TO THE FALL OF THE
  ROMAN EMPIRE. BE SURE TO INCLUDE KEY REFORMS,
  DETAILS, AND DATES (HINT USE THE LAST PAGE OF
  YOUR ROME PACKET) ALL STUDENTS WILL NEED TO
  RESPOND TO THIS QUESTION!