Ch 8 Vocabulary Test 8th world History
  • 1. two twins that founded the city of Rome.
A) Tarquins
B) Etruscans
C) Romulus and Remus
D) Aeneas
E) Latins
  • 2. the Trojan hero in the story called the Aeneid.
A) Latins
B) Tarquins
C) Etruscans
D) Romulus and Remus
E) Aeneas
  • 3. people that were local to the Trojans.
A) Etruscans
B) Romulus and Remus
C) Latins
D) Aeneas
E) Tarquins
  • 4. the group that mostly influenced Rome’s early growth.
A) Tarquins
B) Etruscans
C) Aeneas
D) Romulus and Remus
E) Latins
  • 5. a ruling family that became cruel and was finally stopped in 509 B.C.
A) Etruscans
B) Latins
C) Romulus and Remus
D) Tarquins
E) Aeneas
  • 6. a form of government in which the leader is chosen by the citizens with the right to vote.
A) Legion
B) Cincinnatus
C) Patrician
D) Hannibal
E) Republic
  • 7. groups of soldiers that were more organized.
A) Republic
B) Patrician
C) Cincinnatus
D) Legion
E) Hannibal
  • 8. the best known early Roman dictator.
A) Patrician
B) Republic
C) Hannibal
D) Cincinnatus
E) Legion
  • 9. Carthage’s greatest general.
A) Cincinnatus
B) Legion
C) Republic
D) Hannibal
E) Patrician
  • 10. wealthy landowners.
A) Hannibal
B) Republic
C) Legion
D) Patrician
E) Cincinnatus
  • 11. people that made up most of Rome’s population.
A) Veto
B) Consul
C) Plebeian
D) Dictator
E) Praetor
  • 12. the top government officials.
A) Dictator
B) Consul
C) Praetor
D) Plebeian
E) Veto
  • 13. a rejection.
A) Veto
B) Dictator
C) Plebeian
D) Praetor
E) Consul
  • 14. people that interpreted the law and acted as judges in court cases.
A) Consul
B) Dictator
C) Plebeian
D) Praetor
E) Veto
  • 15. people who had complete control and were assigned in times of danger.
A) Consul
B) Plebeian
C) Veto
D) Dictator
E) Praetor
  • 16. military man that battled foreign tribes invaded Britain.
A) Antony
B) Octavian
C) Cicero
D) Augustus
E) Julius Caesar
  • 17. Caesar’s grandnephew.
A) Cicero
B) Octavian
C) Julius Caesar
D) Augustus
E) Antony
  • 18. one of Caesar's top generals.
A) Julius Caesar
B) Cicero
C) Octavian
D) Augustus
E) Antony
  • 19. a political reader, writer, and Rome’s greatest public speaker.
A) Antony
B) Julius Caesar
C) Cicero
D) Octavian
E) Augustus
  • 20. Octavian’s other name.
A) Antony
B) Octavian
C) Augustus
D) Julius Caesar
E) Cicero
  • 21. large farming estates.
A) Latifundia
B) Hadrian
C) Caligula
D) Triumvirate
E) Nero
  • 22. political alliance of three
A) Hadrian
B) Triumvirate
C) Nero
D) Latifundia
E) Caligula
  • 23. emperor that was cruel because of a mental illness.
A) Latifundia
B) Nero
C) Triumvirate
D) Caligula
E) Hadrian
  • 24. emperor who had killed his mother and two wives.
A) Latifundia
B) Nero
C) Caligula
D) Hadrian
E) Triumvirate
  • 25. one of the five emperors that came into power around the A.D. 100s.
A) Hadrian
B) Nero
C) Latifundia
D) Triumvirate
E) Caligula
  • 26. era known as “Roman Peace ”.
A) Pax Romana
B) Aqueduct
C) Scipio
D) Nero
E) Currency
  • 27. human made channel for carrying water long distances.
A) Aqueduct
B) Scipio
C) Nero
D) Currency
E) Pax Romana
  • 28. system of money.
A) Pax Romana
B) Nero
C) Aqueduct
D) Scipio
E) Currency
  • 29. the Roman general that invaded Carthage.
A) Nero
B) Aqueduct
C) Pax Romana
D) Currency
E) Scipio
Students who took this test also took :

Created with That Quiz — the math test generation site with resources for other subject areas.