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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
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$100 Question from Pax Romana Pax Romana means this.
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$100 Answer from Pax Romana Roman Peace
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$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.
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$200 Answer from Pax Romana Augustus Caesar
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$300 Question from Pax Romana The Coliseum, which was bulit during the Pax Romana, holds about this many people.
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$300 Answer from Pax Romana 50,000 – 70,000 people
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$400 Question from Pax Romana The emperors immediately after Nero were called this.
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$400 Answer from Pax Romana the “Good” Emperors
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$500 Question from Pax Romana He was the emperor most responsible for making Rome economically strong during the Pax Romana.
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$500 Answer from Pax Romana Marcus Aurilius
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$100 Question from Julius Caesar Why was Julius Caesar murdered?
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$100 Answer from Julius Caesar Senators thought he was getting too much power.
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$200 Question from Julius Caesar Name one reform Julius Caesar enacted during his rule of Rome.
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$200 Answer from Julius Caesar Julian Calendar, fed the poor, broke up the latifundias, have the poor land.
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$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.)
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$300 Answer from Julius Caesar Octavian
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$400 Question from Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (and his troops) defies the Senate and crosses this river, which begins a civil war in Rome.
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$400 Answer from Julius Caesar the Rubicon River
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$500 Question from Julius Caesar Before Julius Caesar becomes dictator he rules with two other men. They had equal power. What is this called?
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$500 Answer from Julius Caesar a triumvirate
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$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.
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$100 Answer from Emperors Nero
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$200 Question from Emperors He was the first of Rome’s emperors; he was in power during the Pax Romana.
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$200 Answer from Emperors Augustus Caesar
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$300 Question from Emperors This emperor built the Coliseum where Nero had built his lake.
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$300 Answer from Emperors Vespasian
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$400 Question from Emperors He was the emperor who built a wall in Britain to keep the enemy out.
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$400 Answer from Emperors Hadrian
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$500 Question from Emperors The first emperors after Julius Caesar were called the ________-Claudian emperors.
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$500 Answer from Emperors Julio
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$100 Question from Christian Era Most Romans believed that the early Christians were simply a sect of this first monotheistic religion.
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$100 Answer from Christian Era Judaism
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$200 Question from Christian Era He preached that “God’s rule was close at hand” and that people should turn away from their sins.
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$200 Answer from Christian Era Jesus of Nazareth
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$300 Question from Christian Era He is probably the saint most responsible for the spread of Christianity after the crucifixion of Jesus.
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$300 Answer from Christian Era Paul
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$400 Question from Christian Era This emperor was considered the protector of Christianity; he issued the Edict of Milan.
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$400 Answer from Christian Era Constantine
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$500 Question from Christian Era This emperor made Christianity Rome’s official religion; all other religions were banned.
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$500 Answer from Christian Era Theodosius
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$100 Question from Decline & Fall Rome was invaded by these tribes.
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$100 Answer from Decline & Fall Germanic (from Europe and Asia)
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$200 Question from Decline & Fall Many historians believe that this religion helped Rome fall.
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$200 Answer from Decline & Fall Christianity
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$300 Question from Decline & Fall Explain two specific reasons why Rome fell.
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$300 Answer from Decline & Fall Christianity; mercenaries in the army; poison from the aqueducts; too much welfare (people got lazy); not enough offspring; barbarian invasions; the empire was too big.
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$400 Question from Decline & Fall This is officially the last year of the Roman Empire (must be exact).
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$400 Answer from Decline & Fall 476 AD or CE
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$500 Question from Decline & Fall Name one specific tribe that successfully invaded Rome.
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$500 Answer from Decline & Fall Vandals, Visigoths, Huns
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$100 Question from Terms & People These were the artificial waterways built to give Romans running water.
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$100 Answer from Terms & People Aqueducts
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$200 Question from Terms & People During the empire this was the area in Rome where government business took place.
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$200 Answer from Terms & People The Forum
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$300 Question from Terms & People This was built by the emperor Hadrian to honor the Roman gods
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$300 Answer from Terms & People Pantheon
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$400 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.
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$400 Answer from Terms & People Circus Maximus
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$500 Question from Terms & People Many of this groups people were enslaved and used to build the Coliseum after a failed rebellion.
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$500 Answer from Terms & People Jews (from Jerusalem)
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Final Jeopardy Catagory Pax Romana
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Final Jeopardy What is the name of the Roman Road that led from the city of Rome to the southern Italian peninsula?
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Final Jeopardy Answer Appian Way
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