Roman Wars Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

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Question 1 - 10 What Carthaginian general nearly took out Rome in the 2nd Punic War?

Answer 1 – 10 Hannibal

Question 1 - 20 What Roman was captured, convinced Rome to keep fighting, and then went back to Carthage, only to be killed?

Answer 1 – 20 Regulus

Question 1 - 30 What Carthaginian general was the father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago?

Answer 1 – 30 Hamilcar Barca

Question 1 - 40 Who finally defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC?

Answer 1 – 40 Scipio Africanus

Question 1 - 50 Which Roman finally burned Carthage to the ground in the Third Punic War?

Answer 1 – 50 Scipio Aemilianus

Question 2 - 10 What happened to the Romans who surrendered to the Samnites at the Battle of Caudine Forks?

Answer 2 – 10 They were forced under the yoke

Question 2 - 20 How did Claudius Pulcher offend the gods, leading to the disaster at the Battle of Drepana?

Answer 2 – 20 He threw the sacred chickens overboard

Question 2 - 30 Which battle in 202 B.C. ended the Second Punic War?

Answer 2 – 30 Battle of Zama

Question 2 - 40 Where in 216 BC did Hannibal wipe out 70,000 Romans, including a consul, in the Romans’ worst defeat?

Answer 2 – 40 B. of Cannae

Question 2 - 50 Where did Hannibal trap the Romans against a lake and massacre them?

Answer 2 – 50 Lake Trasimene

Question 3 - 10 What Greek fighting formation did the Romans initially adopt?

Answer 3 – 10 Phalanx

Question 3 - 20 After being forced under the yoke at Caudine Forks, what formation did the Romans switch to?

Answer 3 – 20 Maniple

Question 3 - 30 After building a navy, how did the Romans successfully use the new tool, the corvus?

Answer 3 – 30 They dropped it down to provide a walkway to the enemy ship

Question 3 - 40 Hannibal’s strategy of giving way in the middle of the line, eventually surrounding the enemy, is known as what?

Answer 3 – 40 Double envelopment

Question 3 - 50 Avoiding pitched battle, attacking foraging parties, and scorched earth are aspects of what kind of tactics?

Answer 3 – 50 Fabian tactics

Question 4 - 10 Against which city did Rome fight the Punic Wars?

Answer 4 – 10 Carthage

Question 4 - 20 What mountains did Hannibal cross to get to Italy?

Answer 4 – 20 Alps

Question 4 - 30 What island was the focus of the First Punic War?

Answer 4 – 30 Sicily

Question 4 - 40 What modern country outside of Africa did Carthage take over and use as a base for the 2nd Punic War?

Answer 4 – 40 Spain

Question 4 - 50 In which modern country was Carthage located?

Answer 4 – 50 Tunisia

Question 5 - 10 What was the territorial change at the end of the First Punic War?

Answer 5 – 10 Rome controlled Sicily

Question 5 - 20 Why did the Romans attack Spain while Hannibal was in Italy?

Answer 5 – 20 To take out his supply lines

Question 5 - 30 What was the motivation for Rome to help the mercenaries on Sicily, starting the First Punic War?

Answer 5 – 30 Economic control (over the Strait of Messana)

Question 5 - 40 What city in Spain is named after Hannibal’s family?

Answer 5 – 40 Barcelona

Question 5 - 50 Why did Scipio Aemilianus cry while burning Carthage?

Answer 5 – 50 He realized it could have been Rome’s fate