- 1. works that poke fun at human weaknesses
A) rhetoric
B) satire
C) ode
D) anatomy
E) gladiator
- 2. the study of body structure
A) satire
B) gladiator
C) anatomy
D) rhetoric
E) ode
A) ode
B) rhetoric
C) gladiator
D) satire
E) anatomy
- 4. poem that expresses strong emotions about life
A) gladiator
B) ode
C) rhetoric
D) anatomy
E) satire
- 5. person who fought animals and other people as public amusement
A) rhetoric
B) ode
C) satire
D) anatomy
E) gladiator
- 6. moved the capital from Rome to a city renamed for him
A) inflation
B) barter
C) reform
D) Constantine
E) plague
- 7. a political change to make things better
A) barter
B) plague
C) inflation
D) reform
E) Constantine
- 8. the exchange of goods without using money
A) barter
B) Constantine
C) inflation
D) plague
E) reform
- 9. a disease that spreads quickly and kills many
A) plague
B) inflation
C) reform
D) Constantine
E) barter
- 10. rapidly increasing prices
A) barter
B) Constantine
C) reform
D) plague
E) inflation
- 11. a Christian holy person
A) mosaic
B) Justinian
C) Theodora
D) saint
E) regent
- 12. a picture made from colored bits of stone and glass
A) Theodora
B) saint
C) regent
D) Justinian
E) mosaic
- 13. ruler of the Byzantine Empire
A) mosaic
B) Justinian
C) Theodora
D) saint
E) regent
- 14. ruled the Byzantine Empire with her husband
A) Justinian
B) regent
C) Theodora
D) mosaic
E) saint
- 15. a person who rules in place of a ruler who is either too young or too ill to govern
A) regent
B) Theodora
C) mosaic
D) Justinian
E) saint
- 16. While Roman builders used Greek-style architecture, they also used rows of arches in their buildings to form a(n) ____, or curved ceiling.
A) colonnade
B) aqueduct
C) vault
D) ring
- 17. This Roman poet wrote satires.
A) Ovid
B) Virgil
C) Catullus
D) Horace
- 18. Many Roman cities surrounded a marketplace and public square, also called the
A) Town Square.
B) Meeting Place.
C) Public Space.
D) Forum
- 19. The wife of Augustus, Empress ____, had a say in Rome’s politics even though women did not have full citizenship rights.
A) Livia
B) Athena
C) Aphrodite
D) Hera
- 20. Among the Roman gods and goddesses, ____ was the god of fire.
A) Zeus
B) Pluto
C) Vulcan
D) Hades
- 21. The fall of Rome began with poor leadership, attacks by invaders, and
A) an overabundance of food.
B) an evil emperor.
C) earthquakes
D) a declining economy.
- 22. As Roman Emperor, Constantine moved the empire’s capital to Byzantium which later became known as
A) Adrianople
B) Constantinople
C) Alexandria
D) Hippodrome
- 23. In A.D. 410, the Visigoth leader ____ captured the city of Rome.
A) Augustulus
B) Theodoric
C) Alaric
D) Odoacer
- 24. Rome finally fell when ____ groups of people invaded from northern Europe.
A) Germanic
B) Egyptian
C) Slavic
D) Celtic
- 25. The ideals of government in this Roman document are still with us today.
A) the Twelve Tables
B) the Pantheon
C) the Aeneid
D) the History of Rome
- 26. In the Byzantine Empire, ____ made up the largest group of peoples.
A) Persians
B) Turks
C) Egyptians
D) Greeks
- 27. This city became the capital city of the Byzantine Empire by A.D. 500.
A) Constantinople
B) New Rome
C) Byzantium
D) Alexandria
- 28. Justinian ordered reform of the ____ code, which even now influences Europe.
A) tax
B) dress
C) secret
D) law
- 29. Developed during the A.D.500s, ____ became one of the major Byzantine industries.
A) acting
B) silk weaving
C) mining gems
D) chariot racing
- 30. One of the greatest achievements of the Byzantine Empire was the building of the church called the
A) Hagia Sophia.
B) Hippodrome.
C) Tribonian
D) Belisarius.
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