Jeopardy! Pax Romana Julius Caesar Decline & Fall Emperors Christian Era Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Terms & People Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500

$100 Question from Pax Romana Pax Romana means this.

$100 Answer from Pax Romana Roman Peace

$200 Question from Pax Romana He was the first emperor during the Pax Romana. He was responsible for building many of Rome’s great buildings.

$200 Answer from Pax Romana Augustus Caesar

$300 Question from Pax Romana The Coliseum, which was bulit during the Pax Romana, holds about this many people.

$300 Answer from Pax Romana 50,000 – 70,000 people

$400 Question from Pax Romana The Pax Romana last about how many years?

$400 Answer from Pax Romana 200 years

$500 Question from Pax Romana The first five emperors during the Pax Romana were from the same family and were called the ___________- Claudian Emperors.

$500 Answer from Pax Romana Julio

$100 Question from Julius Caesar Why was Julius Caesar murdered?

$100 Answer from Julius Caesar Senators thought he was getting too much power.

$200 Question from Julius Caesar As emperor Julius Caesar set up a new calendar that we still use today. This is what we call this calendar.

$200 Answer from Julius Caesar Julian Calendar

$300 Question from Julius Caesar This was Julius Caesar’s great nephew who eventually becomes Rome’s first emperor. (His “real name” is needed for this question.)

$300 Answer from Julius Caesar Octavian

$400 Question from Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (and his troops) defies the Senate and crosses this river, which begins a civil war in Rome.

$400 Answer from Julius Caesar the Rubicon River

$500 Question from Julius Caesar Before Julius Caesar becomes dictator he rules with two other men. They had equal power. What is this called?

$500 Answer from Julius Caesar a triumvirate

$100 Question from Emperors This emperor was probably insane; he had his mother killed and is said to have started a fire that burned much of Rome.

$100 Answer from Emperors Nero

$200 Question from Emperors He was the first of Rome’s emperors; he was in power during the Pax Romana.

$200 Answer from Emperors Augustus Caesar

$300 Question from Emperors This emperor built the Coliseum where Nero had built his lake.

$300 Answer from Emperors Vespasian

$400 Question from Emperors He was the emperor who built a wall in Britain to keep the enemy out.

$400 Answer from Emperors Hadrian

$500 Question from Emperors This was the name of Nero’s palace that he built after the fire of 64 CE.

$500 Answer from Emperors Domus Aurea

$100 Question from Christian Era The first Christians were thought to be this; a group within Judaism.

$100 Answer from Christian Era a Sect

$200 Question from Christian Era He preached that “God’s rule was close at hand” and that people should turn away from their sins.

$200 Answer from Christian Era Jesus of Nazareth

$300 Question from Christian Era He is probably most responsible for the spread of Christianity after the crucifixion of Jesus.

$300 Answer from Christian Era Paul

$400 Question from Christian Era This emperor was considered the protector of Christianity; he issued the Edict of Milan.

$400 Answer from Christian Era Constantine

$500 Question from Christian Era This emperor made Christianity Rome’s official religion; all other religions were banned.

$500 Answer from Christian Era Theodosius

$100 Question from Decline & Fall He was the leader of the Huns, an Asian group that plundered Italy in the fifth century.

$100 Answer from Decline & Fall Atila

$200 Question from Decline & Fall The Romans minted more coins as the fall began, which led to a rise in prices called this.

$200 Answer from Decline & Fall Inflation

$300 Question from Decline & Fall This German soldier named himself “King of Italy” in 476 CE, which many historians think of the official “fall” of the empire.

$300 Answer from Decline & Fall Odoacer

$400 Question from Decline & Fall This emperor issued the “Edict of Prices” which he hoped would stabilize the empire.

$400 Answer from Decline & Fall Diocletian

$500 Question from Decline & Fall This empire declared that Rome should be divided into two empires upon his death. It happened in 395 CE.

$500 Answer from Decline & Fall Theodosius I

$100 Question from Terms & People These were the artificial waterways built to give Romans running water.

$100 Answer from Terms & People Aqueducts

$200 Question from Terms & People During the empire this was the area in Rome where government business took place.

$200 Answer from Terms & People The Forum

$300 Question from Terms & People This was built by the emperor Hadrian to honor the Roman gods

$300 Answer from Terms & People Pantheon

$400 Question from Terms & People He was the Visigoth chief who led his people into Italy and sacked Rome.

$400 Answer from Terms & People Alaric

$500 Question from Terms & People What was the name of the chariot race track that was built during the Pax Romana. It could seat about 150,000 people.

$500 Answer from Terms & People Circus Maximus

Final Jeopardy This emperor made it legal for landowners to chain their workers to keep them on the farms.

Final Jeopardy Answer Constantine