- 1. works that poke fun at human weaknesses
A) gladiator
B) rhetoric
C) ode
D) anatomy
E) satire
- 2. the study of body structure
A) rhetoric
B) gladiator
C) anatomy
D) ode
E) satire
A) anatomy
B) ode
C) satire
D) rhetoric
E) gladiator
- 4. poem that expresses strong emotions about life
A) anatomy
B) rhetoric
C) ode
D) satire
E) gladiator
- 5. person who fought animals and other people as public amusement
A) gladiator
B) anatomy
C) rhetoric
D) ode
E) satire
- 6. moved the capital from Rome to a city renamed for him
A) inflation
B) barter
C) Constantine
D) reform
E) plague
- 7. a political change to make things better
A) plague
B) Constantine
C) barter
D) inflation
E) reform
- 8. the exchange of goods without using money
A) reform
B) inflation
C) barter
D) plague
E) Constantine
- 9. a disease that spreads quickly and kills many
A) barter
B) inflation
C) Constantine
D) reform
E) plague
- 10. rapidly increasing prices
A) inflation
B) plague
C) reform
D) Constantine
E) barter
- 11. a Christian holy person
A) Theodora
B) mosaic
C) regent
D) saint
E) Justinian
- 12. a picture made from colored bits of stone and glass
A) saint
B) Justinian
C) Theodora
D) regent
E) mosaic
- 13. ruler of the Byzantine Empire
A) Theodora
B) saint
C) Justinian
D) mosaic
E) regent
- 14. ruled the Byzantine Empire with her husband
A) mosaic
B) Justinian
C) regent
D) Theodora
E) saint
- 15. a person who rules in place of a ruler who is either too young or too ill to govern
A) Theodora
B) saint
C) regent
D) mosaic
E) Justinian
- 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) ring
D) vault
- 17. This Roman poet wrote satires.
A) Ovid
B) Catullus
C) Horace
D) Virgil
- 18. Many Roman cities surrounded a marketplace and public square, also called the
A) Meeting Place.
B) Forum
C) Public Space.
D) Town Square.
- 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) Hera
C) Aphrodite
D) Athena
- 20. Among the Roman gods and goddesses, ____ was the god of fire.
A) Vulcan
B) Hades
C) Zeus
D) Pluto
- 21. The fall of Rome began with poor leadership, attacks by invaders, and
A) an overabundance of food.
B) earthquakes
C) a declining economy.
D) an evil emperor.
- 22. As Roman Emperor, Constantine moved the empire’s capital to Byzantium which later became known as
A) Constantinople
B) Hippodrome
C) Adrianople
D) Alexandria
- 23. In A.D. 410, the Visigoth leader ____ captured the city of Rome.
A) Theodoric
B) Alaric
C) Odoacer
D) Augustulus
- 24. Rome finally fell when ____ groups of people invaded from northern Europe.
A) Germanic
B) Celtic
C) Egyptian
D) Slavic
- 25. The ideals of government in this Roman document are still with us today.
A) the Aeneid
B) the Twelve Tables
C) the Pantheon
D) the History of Rome
- 26. In the Byzantine Empire, ____ made up the largest group of peoples.
A) Egyptians
B) Greeks
C) Turks
D) Persians
- 27. This city became the capital city of the Byzantine Empire by A.D. 500.
A) Constantinople
B) New Rome
C) Alexandria
D) Byzantium
- 28. Justinian ordered reform of the ____ code, which even now influences Europe.
A) dress
B) secret
C) law
D) tax
- 29. Developed during the A.D.500s, ____ became one of the major Byzantine industries.
A) chariot racing
B) silk weaving
C) mining gems
D) acting
- 30. One of the greatest achievements of the Byzantine Empire was the building of the church called the
A) Hagia Sophia.
B) Belisarius.
C) Tribonian
D) Hippodrome.
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