Rome Test

Carthage was located in Africa. True or False?

• True

• False

By the time the first period of Roman expansion ended in 264 B.C.E., Rome and its allies controlled

• Britain and its islands.

• the Italian peninsula.

______________  the idea someone has for the way something should be.

• Dictator

• Civil War

• Collapsed

• Vision

______________ a war between groups in the same country.

• Dictator

• Civil War

• Collapsed

• Vision

______________  a ruler with absolute power

• Dictator

• Civil War

• Collapsed

• Vision

______________  a sudden break down or failure.

• Dictator

• Civil War

• Collapsed

• Vision

The issue that drew Rome into the First Punic War was

• civil war between Carthage and Sicily.

• forced service in the Roman army.

• trading rights in the Mediterranean.

What happened when a band of Gauls invaded Rome in 390 B.C.E.?

• The Roman army defeated the Gauls.

• The Gauls burned down most of Rome.

Who was Hannibal and what did he accomplish in the Second Punic War?

• He was a Carthaginian general who attacked Rome from the Alps.

• He was a Roman general who defended Rome for 15 years.

The Third Punic War resulted in

• the destruction of Rome.

• peace between Carthage and Rome.

• the destruction of Carthage