Question 1

Equestrians

Accepted Answer

Economic/Business - Bankers, Tax Collectors, Exporters, High Ranking Military (Calvary)

Question 2

Commons

Accepted Answer

Military/Skilled Labor - : Artisans, Merchants, Small Farmers, Foot Soldier

Question 3

Slaves

Accepted Answer

Non-Citizens/Low Skill Labor - All undesirable Jobs

Question 4

Free People

Accepted Answer

Non-Citizens/Semi-skilled Labor - Freed Slaves, Craftsmen, Midwives, Traders, Foreigners.

Question 5

Senators

Accepted Answer

Political/Government, Judges, Lawyers, Consuls, Praetors, etc.

Question 6

Senators

Accepted Answer

Controlled government

Question 7

Senators

Accepted Answer

Could run for political office (and did!)

Question 8

Equestrians

Accepted Answer

Conducted business that was forbidden to the senators

Question 9

Equestrians

Accepted Answer

Could run for political office (but usually didn't)

Question 10

Commons

Accepted Answer

Citizens who could run for political office of Tribune

Question 11

Commons

Accepted Answer

Bulk of the infantry (foot soldiers)

Question 12

Free People

Accepted Answer

Could NOT run for political office

Question 13

Free People

Accepted Answer

Limited rights (not full citizen) - often foreign born

Question 14

Slaves

Accepted Answer

No rights

Question 15

Slaves

Accepted Answer

Considered Property

Question 16

Trajan

Accepted Answer

Was the first non-Italian (Spanish) born emperor; He was officially declared by the Roman Senate as "optimus princepts" (the best ruler); He led the greatest military expansion of the Roman Empire and oversaw various building and social programs.

Question 17

Hadrian

Accepted Answer

Cousin of Trajan, he became emperor after Trajan's death; is known for stopping expansion of the empire through military force and warfare.

Question 18

Diocletian

Accepted Answer

Rose through the ranks of the military to take the role of emperor after a series of assassinations. He restored structure to the government after some civil unrest by dividing the empire into two halves - and eastern half and a western half.

Question 19

Marcus Aurelius

Accepted Answer

Along with his brother Lucius Verus, was named to follow Hadrian as co-emperors. He became sole emperor after the death of his brother about eight years later. and named one of the 5 good emperors.

Question 20

Marcus Aurelius

Accepted Answer

He became sole emperor after the death of his brother about eight years later. and named one of the 5 good emperors.

Question 21

Trajan

Accepted Answer

He tried to help the poor, created schools, gave farmers back land that was taken from them. When he died, the Roman Empire is thought to be at its height.

Question 22

T/F: Women were allowed to be part of politics or government and could even become lawyers or judges.

Accepted Answer

False: Women were not to leave the house.

Question 23

T/F: Poor children were sent to public schools.

Accepted Answer

False: They were taught at home.

Question 24

T/F: The poor folk cooked on open fires outside.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

T/F: Most of the Roman gods/goddesses were "borrowed" from other cultures such as the Greeks and the Egyptians.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

T/F: Public baths were a popular hangout for locals to catch up on gossip and politics

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

T/F: Farm life in Ancient Rome was very hard and most of the labor was done by slaves on large farms.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

T/F: In the early days of the Republic, women could petition to divorce their husbands, if he had other girlfriends, but men could not divorce their wives for any reason.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

T/F: Some wealthy families hired private tutors for their children.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

T/F: Thermopolias were the roman version of fast food where people ate on the run. Pizza was a common food found there.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

T/F: The Romans tolerated most religions from people they conquered and even had temples to gods from other cultures.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

T/F: "Bread and Circuses" was a popular term used that meant what we would call dinner & entertainment.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

T/F: Most farms were small, but on larger ones called villas, slaves did most of the hard labor.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

T/F: A father had no say over his own children. He had to defer to the will of his wife in all matters regarding the family and children.

Accepted Answer

False: Mothers had little say over their own children.

Question 35

T/F: Books were written on leaves and rolled up.

Accepted Answer

False: Books were written on scrolls and rolled up.

Question 36

T/F: The poor ate foods such as fried grubs, mice cooked in honey, roasted parrots, jellyfish, and snails dipped in milk.

Accepted Answer

False: The poor ate simple meals of fish, porridge and vegetables.

Question 37

T/F: Each Roman home had an alter where they prayed to Mars, the god of war, who is known as the patron.

Accepted Answer

False: They prayed to any favorite god or goddess.

Question 38

T/F: Romans also enjoyed Gladiator games in the streets and at the Colosseum.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

T/F: Commonly grown foods were grain, grapes (for wine), and olives.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

T/F: Women married in their late twenties to ensure that they were healthy and mature enough to have children.

Accepted Answer

False: Women married very young, usually as soon as they were able to bear children.

Question 41

T/F: Paper (scrolls) was very expensive so children wrote on wax tablets with a pointed stick.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

T/F: Poor ate meals that consisted of honey covered mice and snails in milk.

Accepted Answer

False: The poor ate simple meals of fish, porridge and vegetables.

Question 43

T/F: To stay in good favor with their gods, the Romans made offerings and frequent human sacrifices.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

T/F: Circus Maximus was a popular chariot racing stadium holding over 20,000 people. Romans went there to be entertained.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

T/F: The farmers produced much of the food for Rome and other cities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

T/F: Women gave birth at hospitals, but death during childbirth was very common.

Accepted Answer

False: Women gave birth at home.

Question 47

T/F: All children school started around age 7 and stopped around age 11.

Accepted Answer

False: Most children went to school from 7 to around age 11.

Question 48

T/F: Markets offered a variety of food choices in fruits, meats, and fish.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

T/F: Festivals and Holy Days (holidays) were held throughout the year to honor various gods/goddesses.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 50

T/F: The public showed their approval of a Gladiator by giving a thumbs up or thumbs down. If a losing Gladiator received a thumbs up from the emperor, he was killed.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

T/F: Wealthy teens were often the labor force for farms.

Accepted Answer

False: Poor teens were often the labor force for farms.

Question 52

T/F: Girls might continue schooling with tutors, but boys needed to learn how to be in the military.

Accepted Answer

False: Boys may continue to learn with a tutor, but girls had to learn how to care for the household.

Question 53

T/F: Teenagers were expected to entertain guests at dinner parties by playing music or reciting poetry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 54

T/F: Eventually emperors saw themselves as gods and wanted to have offerings made in their honor at family altars and in public temples.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 55

T/F: Both men and women fought as gladiators.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

T/F: Gladiators were generally slaves and criminals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 57

T/F: The Year 500 CE is widely accepted as the fall of the Western half of the Roman Empire.

Accepted Answer

False: The year 476 CE is widely accepted as the fall of Rome.

Question 58

T/F: Emperor Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the western empire, is driven from Rome by invaders.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 59

T/F: There is one singular cause that led to the collapse/fall of the Roman Empire: barbarian invasions.

Accepted Answer

False: Many causes led to the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Question 60

T/F: The Eastern Empire (Byzantium) continues for another 100 years.

Accepted Answer

False: The Byzantium Empire lasted another 1000 years.

Question 61

T/F: The Roman Empire continues to influence the world today.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 62

Monotheism is:

Accepted Answer

the belief in one single, all-knowing, creator God.

Question 63

The holy book of the Christian faith is called

Accepted Answer

the Bible.

Question 64

Jesus (Christ) of Nazareth is the main prophet and thought to be:

Accepted Answer

the son of God.

Rome and Christendom

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