1 The Romans claimed their city was founded in ____ B.C.A) 853 B) 653 C) 553 D) 753 2 The first settlement was on the ____ Hill, named after the goddess of shepherds.A) Aventine B) Palatine C) Esquiline D) Viminal 3 As the city of Rome grew, it spread to the the banks of the ____ River.A) Tiber B) Tigris C) Euphrates D) Appian 4 The first settlement grew, and in time it became known as the "City of the ____ Hills."A) Many B) Great C) Seven D) Beautiful 5 The Forum Rōmānum valley, at first a ____ area, eventually became the civic center of Rome.A) marshy B) forest-covered C) rocky D) farming 6 At one end of the Forum Rōmānum , there was a ____ called the rostra .A) fountain B) government building C) speakers' platform D) monument 7 The rostra got its name because it was decorated with the ____ of ships.A) masts B) planks C) beaks D) sails 8 The Palatine became a ____ district because of its nearness to the Forum.A) heavily farmed B) wealthy residential C) booming tourism D) high-traffic shopping 9 The Palatine Hill became the home of many Roman ____.A) soldiers B) emperors C) merchants D) farmers and tradesmen 10 Another hill near the Forum, the Capitoline, got its name from the famous temple of ____.A) Apollo B) Jupiter C) Venus D) Minerva 11 Between the Palatine and the Aventine was the Circus Maximus, ____.A) the first known zoo and public park B) a racecourse for chariots C) a famous public bath D) a popular banquet hall 12 In the Middle Ages, the Campus Martius was ____.A) the most productive farming community B) the best seaport for trading C) the most densely populated district in Rome D) the most well-known play being performed 13 Appius Claudius built the first ____, and at its peak Rome had fourteen of them.A) aqueduct B) government building C) fountain D) monument 14 Surrounding the city of Rome was the ____, which provided protection in early days.A) Tiber River B) Appian Way C) Servian Wall D) Aurelian Wall 15 Rome was given the name urbs aeterna in ancient times, which means ____.A) The City of Light B) The Eternal City C) The Highest of All D) The Greatest Empire