Chap 6 Quiz from Text Flashcards
Rome is located on the _____ river, which provided valuable trade routes.
Tiber
Who built Rome’s first city walls and sewers and introduced the arch, an alphabet, a number system, gladiator games, and chariot races?
The Etruscans
In 509 BC the Romans established a new type of government called a _____ , in which elected officials governed the states.
Republic
Patrician families controlled Roman society, including politics, religion, economics, and the military, while the ________ , or commoners, challenged them for power.
Plebeians
The Law of the Twelve Tables was Rome’s first written ______
law code
n the Roman government, the _______controlled finances and foreign relations, reviewed proposed laws, and advised the elected officials.
Senate
The _______ were a series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage, a powerful trading city in North Africa.
Punic Wars
________ entered into an alliance with Rome in order to protect itself from Macedonia, Persia, and Egypt and eventually became a Roman province itself.
Greece
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What was the main problem in the late Republic?
the death of Caesar
social unrest
the Sulla dictatorship
armies dedicated to generals, not to Rome
social unrest
Which of the following men did not contribute to the fall of the Republic?
Gnaeus Pompey
Julius Caesar
Tiberius Gracchus
Licinius Crassus
Tiberius Gracchus
Which of the following statements concerning Julius Caesar is not true?
Caesar was made dictator for life in 44 BC.
Caesar gave citizenship to people in the provinces.
Caesar gave public land to veterans.
Caesar was popular with the Senate
Caesar was popular with the Senate
Which of the following statements concerning Octavian is not true?
Octavian returned to the old republican system.
Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra to control the entire Republic.
The Senate gave Octavian the name Augustus, “the revered one.”
Octavian added much territory to the empire.
Octavian returned to the old republican system.
The Roman Empire grew to its greatest size under whose rule?
Vespasian
Caligula
Trajan
Hadrian
Trajan
A stable government, widespread trade, a strong legal system, and few conflicts were characteristics of
the Julio-Claudian Emperors.
the Roman Empire.
the Pax Romana.
the Second Triumvirate.
the Pax Romana.
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Which of the following did not help unify the Roman Empire?
the extensive road network
the Pony Express
the Roman government
Roman law
the Pony Express
What area produced the grain that fed Rome’s urban population?
Mesopotamia
Gaul
Asia
Egypt
Egypt
The government gave free ___________ and entertainment to the poor to keep them from rebelling against their living conditions.
Food
What was the most popular entertainment offered in the amphitheaters?
gladiatorial combat
_________were priests who specialized in interpreting signs and warnings sent to human beings from the gods.
Augurs
What Roman physician summarized all the medical knowledge of his day into several books?
Galen
In architecture the round ________ allowed Romans to construct much larger buildings.
arch
The romance languages, such as French and Italian, developed from ______ , the language of Rome
Latin
The Roman system of ______ can still be seen today in the legal systems of most of the world
civil law
spiritual leader that Jews believed would restore the ancient kingdom and bring peace to the world
Messiah
