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