Chapter 5 Flashcards
<p>The economic wealth of the ealry Roman state was based on</p>
<p>farming</p>
<p>The center of political action in the Roamn Republic was</p>
<p>the senate</p>
<p>In Roman society a father's word was</p>
<p>law in his household</p>
<p>The covenant of protection between the gods and the Romans was called</p>
<p>pax deorum</p>
<p>A significant difference in Roman expansion versus Greek was that Romans</p>
<p>extended citizenship in degrees to most conquered populations</p>
<p>For a period of over 60 years, Rome fought a war of expansion with which people?</p>
<p>Carthage</p>
<p>Two protracted and bloody wars against the Carthaginians were important because</p>
<p>Rome won control of the western Mediterranean</p>
<p>During the Republic, Romans managed their imperial territories by</p>
<p>establishing a provincial administration and sending a Roman senator to oversee matters</p>
<p>As the numbers of independent farmers declined in the later Republic, Italian landowners increasingly turned to</p>
<p>inexpensive slaves</p>
<p>What factor caused a decrease in small farms in the Late Roman Republic?</p>
<p>The growth of latifundia and a shift to nonstaple crops</p>
<p>The emperor responsible for the reorganization of the Roman government after 31 BCE was</p>
<p>Octativian</p>
<p>The main reason for the decline of the Roman Republic was</p>
<p>military leaders with armies loyal to them rather than to the state</p>
<p>Under the Principate, Roman law</p>
<p>came largely from the emperor himself</p>
<p>One of the factors that most helped the growth of commerce was:</p>
<p>the implementation of the 'pax romana' or roman peace</p>
<p>One of the most enduring consequences of the roman Empire has been the</p>
<p>Romanization of the western Mediterranean</p>
<p>The circumstance surrounding Jesus' ministry and acclamation by his followers as the messiah was</p>
<p>the Roman occupation of Judea</p>
<p>How is the career of Paul an example of the "cosmopolitan" nature of the Roman empire?</p>
<p>He was able to use benefits of Roman citizenship, roads, and cities to spread Christianity</p>
<p>Why was becoming Christian considered an act of disloyalty in the Roman Empire?</p>
<p>Christians could not worship the emperor as a deity</p>
<p>The engineering expertise of the Romans is seen in all of these except:</p>
<p>gothic cathedrals</p>
<p>Before 212 BCE, many people living outside Italy became Roman citizens</p>
<p>after serving lengthy terms of military service</p>
<p>Starting with the reign of Augustus, the Roman army was reorganized and redeployed to</p>
<p>shift from an offensive to a defensive strategy</p>
<p>The most visible symptom of Rome's "third-century crisis" was the</p>
<p>frequent change of rulers</p>
<p>What city became the new imperial capital of the Roman Empire in 324 CE?</p>
<p>Constantinople</p>
<p>The competition among states in the Warring States Period resulted in</p>
<p>the creation of the first empire in the Warring Sates Period resulted in</p>
In an effort to increase his power, Shi Huangdi cracked down on
Confucians
Which of the following was NOT a tactic used to re-centralize power under the Qin?
a return to Confucianist values
Because of the influence of Confucian ethics, Chinese values emphasized
obedience and proper conduct
One of the great construction projects of Shi Huang-di was
connection of walls which ultimately made up the Great Wall
What was buried with the emperor Shi Huang-di in his elaborate tomb?
statues of his soldier
The Confucian view of proper female behavior was exemplified by the
three submissions
It was customary for young brides in China to
live with their husbands family
The Qin ruler took the title Shi Huangdi, which meant
The First Emperor
Which is NOT one of the reasons for the fall of the Qin Empire?
incorporation in the empire of different ethnicities
The well-planned urban capital of the Han dynasty was
Chang'an
How did Gaozu deal with the Xiongnu confederation threat?
he adopted a policy of appeasement
In what way did Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty significantly differ from previous emperors?
He was ambitious in exploring and conquering more territory
The important Han innovations include the development of
the horse collar, the watermill, and the crossbow
The leading export commodity of China during the Han was
silk
