Unit Name: Ancient Greece and Rome

Quiz Created By: Adrian Wong

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1. Who became the Roman Emperor at only 16 years old?
   
   
   
   A) Trajan
   B) Augustus
   C) Caligula
   D) Nero
   




2. Who built the famous Roman wall across England to defend Rome against Germanic tribes?
   
   
   
   A) Hadrian
   B) Trajan
   C) Tiberius
   D) Diocletian
   




3. Which Roman Emperor rebuilt the Pantheon to look as it does today?
   
   
   
   A) Trajan
   B) Nero
   C) Hadrian
   D) Octavian
   




4. Who is the month of July named after?
   
   
   
   A) Augustus
   B) Julius Caesar
   C) Julio
   D) Octavian
   




5. When did the first Punic War occur?
   
   
   
   A) 264- 241 B.C.
   B) 251- 241 B.C.
   C) 234- 213 B.C.
   D) 312- 298 B.C.
   




6. What were the independent city states in Greece called?
   
   
   
   A) Rolis
   B) Polis
   C) Knossos
   D) Linear A
   




7. Who wrote the epic poems of the “Iliad” and “Odyssey”?
   
   
   
   A) Plato
   B) Hector
   C) Achilles
   D) Homer
   




8. What events began the Trojan War between Greece and Troy?
   
   
   
   A) Elopement of Helen and Paris
   B) Greece taking over Trojan land
   C) Assassination of Menelaus
   D) Clash of Hector and Achilles
   




9. Which system of government that we still use now began in Athens?
   
   
   
   A) Divine Rule
   B) Monarchy
   C) Oligarchy
   D) Democracy
   




10. Who were the 3 famous philosophers from Ancient Greece?
    
    
    
    A) Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
    B) Homer, Plato, and Aristotle
    C) Socrates, Priam, and Homer
    D) Apollo, Herodotus, and Socrates
    

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