Practice test 'Romans'

• History
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

AGE 2. The Time of Greeks and Romans

Practice test

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. a modern story about something from the past

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

5. Why did the Romans not like Christians?

6. Mention 2 things that changed in the Roman empire when Constantine was emperor.

Drag the words at the bottom to the correct place in the table.

dictator

senate

republic

Tarquin the Proud

Romulus

How was early Rome ruled before it became a republic?
Write your answer in just one sentence.

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

The Republic of Rome was ruled by two:.......

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

Fill in the 5 blanks. One word remains.

senators

monarchy

Julius Caesar

republic

Carthage

Augustus

Roman monarchy

Roman republic

Drag the words to the correct box.

consuls

king

senate

Julius Caesar

Augustus

emperor

senators

dictator

Fill in the blanks. One word remains

Egyptus

Germania

limes

natural borders

England

Gallia Belgica

Drag the names 

to their correct location.

GAUL

ITALIA

HISPANIA

GERMANIA

EGYPTUS

BRITANNIA

CARTHAGE

Caesar conquered Gaul.
This is modern:

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

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

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

Who was Octavian?

He was Caesar's:

1. son
2. mother
3. dog
4. nephew

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.


A: The Roman Empire contained the whole of Europe.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Are the statements true or false? Choose your answer.


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

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Look at the picture. Click on the "?" to see a word. Drag that word to the correct number in the picture.

helmet

road

sword

spear

river

shield

bridge

fortress

6a. Look at both book covers (left = A, right = B)
Which one is the primary and which one is
the secondary source?
Explain your answer.

6b. Explain this statement: secondary sources often
use primary sources

8b. Why do you think Caesar's soldiers listened to him instead of to the senate?

13. Why was the war between Octavian and Mark Anthony a
"civil war"?

4b. Why is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church also the bishop of Rome?

Why were good roads important for the Romans?
Give 2 answers.

Key words:

primitive people who lived outside the Roman Empire (like the Germans)

Key words:

form of government without a king or an emperor.

Key words:

group of wise old men that advised the king and made laws in the Republic.

Key words:

title for the absolute ruler of the Roman Empire who was not a king.

Key words:

a procession through Rome, with the general dressed as a god and featuring the spoils of war.

Put the events in the correct chronological order

The oldest goes to the top.

Wars with Carthage (and Hannibal)

Augustus becomes the first emperor

Rome becomes a republic

Julius Caesar murdered

Rome is founded by Romulus and Remus

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