Transcript Who wants to be a Physiology Millionaire?

Who wants
to be a
Roman
Millionaire?
Hosted by
Andrew R, Nate C,
Peter D, and Ariana Z!
The Prizes
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$100
$200
$500
$1,000
$2,000
$4,000
$8,000
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$16,000
$32,000
- $64,000
- $125,000
- $250,000
- $500,000
- $1,000,000
Lifelines
• “Phone a friend”
• Ask the audience
$100
Define Pax Romana:
A-
a pact Julius Caesar made for peace
B - a time of peace in Rome
C - a time of construction in Rome
D - a time of peace in Greece
$200
Which of these was the emperor
of Rome after Julius Caesar?
A - Marc Antony
B
B -- Augustus
Augustus
C - Nero
D - Alexander the Great
$500
What is true about Christianity in
Rome?
A-
Christianity had always been the major religion in Rome
B - Christianity was saved by Nero
C-
The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity
D-
Christians fought militantly for their rights for a long time
$1,000
What did Octavian do that made
him a famous leader?
A - Octavian was Caesar's supporter
B-
He won battles against the Egyptians
C-
He became the first emperor of Rome
D-
He helped all the Romans become wealthy
$2,000
Why did Diocletian divide the
Roman Empire?
A - Civil war broke out
B - The empire was too large
C-
Diocletian wanted equal inheritance for his sons
D - The Western half was in turmoil
$4,000
Why did Constantine move the
capital?
A-
He wanted the new capital to be named after him
B - Constantinople was farther inland making it easier to trade.
C - Rome was conquered by invaders
D-
Rome wasn’t safe. Constantinople was ideal w/trade routes & easily defendable
$8,000
All the following were
invented/built by the Romans
EXCEPT:
A - The Flavian Amphitheatre
B - Aqueducts
C - Pantheon
D - Parthenon
$16,000
What is the immediate cause of
the fall of the Western Roman
Empire?
A - Ottoman Turk invasions
B - Roman citizens revolt
C - Germanic tribes & Hun invasions
D - Economic upheaval
$32,000
How long was the term for a
consul?
A - Life
B - One Year
C - Two Years
D - Six Months
$64,000
What was the river that ran
through the Roman Empire??
A - Tigris River
B - Tiber River
C - Yellow River
D - Indus River
$125,000
What is the main reason the 12
Tables were created?
A-
To separate legal and illegal actions within society, and set punishments for them
B - To
To prevent
prevent the
the abuse
abuse of
of punishment
punishment by
by high
high ranking
ranking officials
officials
C - To keep the citizens of Rome in fear of the government
D - To educate officials on how to punish those who broke the law
$250,000
Hannibal led Carthage in the
second Punic War. What was he
fighting for?
A-
Protection of the lands, people, and power of Carthage
B - To get revenge on Rome for humiliating Carthaginians in the first Punic War
C - To expand the power and influence of Carthage
D - Control of key trading areas based in the Mediterranean Sea
$500,000
How did the Romans treat
conquered lands?
A – They treated different people differently depending on their race
B - They enslaved all of the residents
C-
They gave them full rights under the government
D-
They gave the conquered lands to the Vikings
$1,000,000
What two tribunes were a cause
of the Roman Republic’s
downfall through the state of
disarray after their deaths?
A - Tiberius and Gaius Gracchi
B - The Bacchus Brothers
C - Pompey and Crassus
D - The Crassus Brothers
Winner!
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