ROMAN EMPIRE: STUDY GUIDE for MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In general, what did
the Roman Empire
give western
civilization?
1A. architecture,
engineering and civic
responsibility (ideas
and inventions)
2. What did the
Roman Empire
resemble? How far did
it extend?
2A. a donut; north to
Britain, south to Libya,
west to Portugal, east
to Iraq
3. What are examples
of Roman architecture
seen today?
4. What are examples
of Roman engineering
seen today?
5. What is a model of
Roman citizenship and
law seen today?
3A. domes, columns,
arches
4A. sewers, roads,
aqueducts
5A. Twelve Tables
6. What is an idea
taken from Roman
law?
7. Compared to other
women at the time,
what unique right did
Roman women have?
7A. they were
allowed to own
property
8. What type of
government did the
Empire have?
9. What provided a
system of “checks and
balances”?
10. In general, what
destroyed the Roman
Empire?
8A. republic; citizens
elect representatives to
vote on their behalf
9A. three branches of
government:
legislative, judicial,
executive
10A. external and
internal forces
12. In what way did
slavery weaken the
Roman Empire?
12A. free labor meant
unemployment for
Roman citizens
13. How did lack of
education weaken the
Roman Empire?
13A. people were
illiterate; they couldn’t
react to government
failure
14. In what way did
political corruption
weaken the Empire?
14A. Romans stopped
trusting their
government
15. In what way did
moral decay weaken
the Roman Empire?
15A. Romans looked
for pleasure rather
progress and service
17. How did the
Byzantine and Holy
Roman Empires differ?
17A. Byzantine Empire
(east); Holy Roman
Empire (west)
18. What is true of the
Byzantine Empire?
19. Why did the Holy
Roman and Byzantine
Empires split (schism)?
19A. they fought over
who controlled
churches, money and
power
20. What do the
words “catholic” and
“orthodox” mean?
20A. catholic –
“universal”
orthodox – “correct”
6A. Innocent until
proven guilty
11. How did external
wars with barbarians
weaken the empire?
11A. spending on war
left less money for
public services; the
Empire couldn’t
maintain itself
16. What city did
Constantine rename
“Constantinople”?
16A. Byzantium, the
capital of the
Byzantine Empire in
what is now Turkey.
18A. Unlike the Holy
Roman Empire, it was
cosmopolitan and
tolerant; people spoke
Greek.