Standard 7 ROME Quiz

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 2 - Skill/Concept 1. Which of these LEAST LIKELY contributed to the end of the Roman Empire?

• A environmental changes decreased the production of food
• B plagues and illnesses weakened the population
• C constant war with the Persians
• D invasion by barbarian peoples

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 2 - Skill/Concept 2. Which of these would be the BEST title for this map?

• A The Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire
• B Plagues Ravage the Mediterranean Region
• C The Fall of the Roman Republic
• D Rome's Immigrant Origins

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 3 - Strategic Thinking 3. The BEST explanation for why Roman emperors- such as Diocletian- persecuted Christians was because Christians

• A refused to sacrifice to non-Christian gods.
• B openly tried to convert citizens to Christianity.
• C rose in armed rebellion at times against the emperor.
• D brought plagues with them when returning from religious journeys.

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 2 - Skill/Concept 4. Which of these BEST describes patricians in the Roman Empire?

• A They were people banned from holding office.
• B They were powerful, "aristocratic" families.
• C They were the "middle class" of society.
• D They were the soldiers in the military.

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 1 - Recall 5. The Roman Empire came to an end in 476 CE after which emperor was deposed?

• A Diocletian
• B Julius Caesar
• C Justinian
• D Romolus Augustus

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 2 - Skill/Concept 6. How did the invading Huns contribute to the fall of the western Roman Empire?

• A By sacking the city of Rome in 410 C.E.
• B By completely disrupting trade along the silk roads
• C By deposing the last emperor of the western Roman empire.
• D By pushing the Germanic peoples into the western Roman empire

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 2 - Skill/Concept 7. Which invaders attacked the Roman Empire's territory and caused it to weaken?

• A British Celts
• B Egyptian Army
• C Germanic Tribes
• D Mongol Warriors

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 1 - Recall 8. Latin, the language of ancient Rome, lives on in

• A the Germanic languages.
• B the Romance languages.
• C Homer's Iliad.
• D modern drama.

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome 2 - Skill/Concept 9. Choose all the events that led to the growth of Christianity in the Roman world.

• A the crucifixion of Jesus
• B the conversion of Constantine
• C the use of underground tombs to worship
• D Nero blaming Christians for the fire of Rome
• E the persecution of Jews who refused Roman gods

[WH8.7] The Impact of Rome1 - Recall 10. The Edict of Milan __________.

• A forbade Christianity
• B legalized Christianity
• C clarified what "heresy" is
• D outlawed non-Christian beliefs