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Why did the Roman's use arches?
a) To help with the army.
b) To build taller and stronger buildings.
c) To fight gladiator games.
d) To get animals from Africa.

What was the purpose of an aqueduct?
a) To bring water to the city from long distances.
b) To conquer people.
c) To move the army faster.
d) To entertain the poor people.

What is the Colosseum?
a) To house the horse and chariot races.
b) To capture animals in Africa.
c) To spread the ideas of Christianity.
d) A building used to house the gladiator games.

What is a gladiator?
a) A chariot driver.
b) A person who fights for money and not loyalty.
c) A person who fights people or animals for the entertainment of others.
d) A rich person in Rome.

What is the Circus Maximus?
a) A stadium used for horse and chariot races.
b) A stadium used for the gladiator fights.
c) A system that brought fresh water to the city.
d) A savior.

Which of these is a republic?
a) A government where a king rules.
b) A special time when a dictator was allowed to rule.
c) A government when poor people rule.
d) A government in which people elect their leaders.

What is a dictator?
a) A person elected form the senate that rules with another person.
b) A rich person in Rome.
c) A person with absolute power.
d) A poor person in Rome.

What is the senate?
a) Romes legislature.
b) A gladiator.
c) A chariot driver.
d) A person who fights for pay and not for loyalty.

What is a Patrician?
a) A rich person in Rome.
b) A poor person in Rome.
c) A Gladiator.
d) A person that rules in a time of emergency.

What is a Plebeian?
a) A rich person in Rome.
b) A poor person in Rome.
c) A Gladiator.
d) A person that rules in a time of emergency.

What is the Pax Romana?
a) The wars against Carthage.
b) A time when there was great persecution of the Christians
c) The war in Britain.
d) A time of peace on the Roman Empire.

What is a mercenary?
a) A person who rules in an emergency.
b) A person who fights for money and not for loyalty to a country.
c) A gladiator.
d) A rich person in Rome.

What is Inflation?
a) A time when prices of items goes up dramatically.
b) A system that brings water to the city from far distances.
c) A stadium for the gladiator games.
d) A stadium used for the horse and chariot races.

What is the bosporus?
a) Land with water of three sides.
b) A leader of the Roman army.
c) A person that helped spread the ideas of Christianity.
d) A body of water that divides the city of Constantinople.

What is Greek Fire?
a) A gun.
b) A secret weapon that shoots fire.
c) A way for the poor people to cook food.
d) A Roman ship.

What is a messiah?
a) A savior.
b) A person that spread the word of Christianity.
c) A gladiator.
d) A leader of the Roman army.

What is blasphemy?
a) Rumors
b) A system to bring water to the city from long distances.
c) A secret weapon that shoots fire.
d) Spreading false ideas about God.

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