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- 1. Multiple Choice
What job was a "virtual death sentence" as a slave in Ancient Rome?
working for a rich aristocrat
being sent to work in the mines
being a server in Caesar's house
working in the fields
- 2. Multiple Choice
What jobs could a slave be forced to do in Ancient Rome?
Barber
Stable Hand
Soldier
Cook
- 3. Multiple Choice
Due to the 2:1 ratio of Roman:slave, what were Romans always worried about due to the large number of slaves in Ancient Rome?
A Great Slave Revolt
Slaves getting their freedom
Slaves escaping
Slavery being outlawed
- 4. Multiple Choice
What were the largest segment of slaves in Ancient Rome?
children sold into slavery
soldiers
prisoners of war
plebeians who lost their money
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the best way to show off your wealth in Ancient Rome?
to sell slaves for profit
to have many slaves with different jobs follow you around
to be a banker and deal in slaves
to be general and sell prisoners of war
- 6. Multiple Choice
It would be unheard of to see a slave in the courtroom in Ancient Rome.
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
What were the class of people that used to be slaves called in Ancient Rome?
Ex-slaves
Freedom Fighters
Underground Railroad
Freedmen
- 8. Multiple Choice
Unlike the early U.S.A., many slaves were set free in Ancient Rome, and it was a practiced that was en vogue (fashionable).
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice
If a freed slave had a child, that child would be a......
Full citizen of Ancient Rome
Freedman
General in the army
Slave
- 10. Multiple Choice
What things were different between Ancient Roman Slavery and slavery in the United Stated at it's founding?
Roman slavery was not based on race and U.S. slavery was
Romans often freed their slaves and that happened rarely in the U.S.
Freedmen were a large class in Rome and there were few in the early U.S. South
All of the above
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