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What month is named after Augustus?
a) August
b) April
c) October
d)

What is a gladiator?
a) A slave or criminal condemned to death.
b) Someone who rules with absolute power.
c) A count of the people living in the empire.
d)

What is a census?
a) A count of the people living in the empire.
b) A war between groups within a country.
c) Someone who rules with absolute power.
d)

What month is named after Julius Caesar?
a) July
b) June
c) January
d)

What is a civil war?
a) A war between groups within a country.
b) Someone who rules with absolute power.
c) A count of the people living in the empire.
d)

What is a dictator?
a) Someone who rules with absolute power.
b) A war between groups within a country.
c) A slave or criminal condemned to death.
d)

Why were the Twelve Tables important to the plebeians?
a) Everyone knew what the laws were.
b) They had been handed down for generations.
c) They helped write the laws.
d)

What was the effect of conquering Greece on Rome?
a) The Romans became very influenced by the Greek culture.
b) The Greeks were influenced by the Roman culture.
c) There was no effect on the Greeks or Romans.
d)

Who did the citizens of Rome elect to act for them and run their government?
a) Representatives
b) King
c) Foreign leaders
d)

What problem did the plebeians have with the laws before the Twelve Tables were written?
a) They didn't know what the laws were.
b) They couldn’t read the laws.
c) They thought the laws were confusing.
d)

How did the hills help Rome grow?
a) The hills helped protect Rome from attack.
b) The hills formed a good place for animals to graze.
c) The hills were a good place to build homes.
d)

Who chooses the leaders in a republic?
a) The citizens choose the leaders.
b) The king chooses the leaders.
c) The children choose the leaders.
d)

How do the Apennine Mountains affect life in Italy?
a) Both are true.
b) The mountains made it difficult to travel across the peninsula.
c) The lack of fertile soil means less farming can be done.
d)

What happened in Pompeii that allows us know what life was like at this time?
a) A volcanic eruption buried people doing their everyday tasks.
b) A scribe wrote down events of daily life.
c) There was a great library that had records from across the continent.
d)

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