Question 1.
The best kind of wine came to Rome from _______
(a) Fayum
(b) Byzantium
(c) Campania
(d) Galilee
Answer
Answer: (c) Campania
Question 2.
The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise of provincial upper classes so as to exclude the senators from military command was
(a) Augustus
(b) Constantine
(c) Gallienus
(d) Tiberius
Answer
Answer: (c) Gallienus
Question 3.
What were Amphorae?
(a) A type of army
(b) A type of container
(c) A type of district administrator
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) A type of container
Question 4.
Augustus, the first Roman Emperor was called the leading citizen whose Latin term is
(a) Basileus
(b) Dominus
(c) Princeps
(d) Res gestae
Answer
Answer: (c) Princeps
Question 5.
Saint Augustine was bishop of the North African city of
(a) Annaba
(b) Algeria
(c) Hippo
(d) Numidia
Answer
Answer: (c) Hippo
Question 6.
The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire was
(a) Alexander
(b) Augustus
(c) Constantine
(d) Nero
Answer
Answer: (c) Constantine
Question 7.
Roman ruler _____ was considered as the leading citizen only to show that he was not the absolute ruler.
(a) Augustus
(b) Constantine
(c) Gallienus
(d) Tiberius
Answer
Answer: (a) Augustus
Question 8.
In Roman urban life, the entertainment shows called spectacular happened for at least
(a) 150 days
(b) 160 days
(c) 167 days
(d) 176 days
Answer
Answer: (d) 176 days
Question 9.
The religion of Islam arose during the
(a) 5th century CE
(b) 8th century CE
(c) 6th century CE
(d) 7th century CE
Answer
Answer: (d) 7th century CE
Question 10.
The Roman Empire got the best kind of wine from the city of
(a) Byzaciuma
(b) Campania
(c) Naples
(d) Sicily
Answer
Answer: (b) Campania
Question 11.
Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire in the
(a) 1st century CE
(b) 2nd century CE
(c) 3rd century CE
(d) 4th century CE
Answer
Answer: (d) 4th century CE
Question 12.
The Roman silver coin, known as the denarius, weighed _________ gm of pure silver.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Answer
Answer: (c) 4
Question 13.
______ and Greek languages were used in the administration of the Roman Empire.
(a) Chinese
(b) Mayan
(c) Latin
(d) Turkish
Answer
Answer: (c) Latin
Question 14.
Which one of the following is a rive that forms the boundary of the Roman Empire?
(a) Mekong River
(b) Rhine River
(c) Amur River
(d) Yangtze River
Answer
Answer: (b) Rhine River
