Question

What position served as the chief executive in the Roman Republic?

Question 13 options:

A-Quaestor

B-Aedile

C-Praetor

D-Consul

What omen presaged that Tarquin Priscus' would be king?

Question 7 options:

	A-An eagle stole and returned his cap.
B-	He saw a mouse eating a dead snake.
C-	Lightning struck his chariot, but he was unharmed.
D-	Some guy yelled, "You're gonna be king!"

The great Carthaginian general and bane of Rome during the Second Punic War was...

Question 24 options:

A-Hannibal

B-Hasdrubal

C-Hiero

D-Harry

For his march into Italy, Hannibal led his troops across...

Question 25 options:

	A-Apennines
	B-Alps
	C-Appalachians
	D-Atlas

Answer 1

Ans 13. D

A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic (509 to 27 BC).Each year, the citizens of Rome elected two consuls to serve jointly for a one-year term.

Ans7. A

While Tarquin was travelling on the road to Rome, an eagle flew off with his hat and then returned it to his head. Tarquin interpreted this as a sign that the gods wanted him to become a king.

Ans 24. A

In the Second Punic War, the great Carthaginian general was Hannibal. He invaded Italy and scored great victories at Lake Trasimene and Cannae before his eventual defeat at the hands of Rome's Scipio Africanus in 202 B.C.

Ans25. B

In the second Punic war, Hannibal crossed the Alps in 218 BC.