Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-plebiscita

Accepted Answer

The term "plebiscite" refers to a direct

Question 2

What was the imperium?

Accepted Answer

A) The duties that Roman citizens owed to the gods 
B) The power to command Roman citizens 
C) The right to collect taxes 
D) The privileges reserved to patricians 
E) The name of Roman children's favorite board game 
A) The duties that Roman citizens owed to the gods 
B) The power to command Roman citizens 
C) The right to collect taxes 
D) The privileges reserved to patricians 
E) The name of Roman children's favorite board game

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

Accepted Answer

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were Roman p

Question 4

Compare and contrast Roman religion with the religion of the Greeks. How did Rome's religion help facilitate its expansion?

Accepted Answer

Roman religion and Greek religion shared

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-the Rubicon

Accepted Answer

The Rubicon is a historically significan

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Mark Antony and Cleopatra

Accepted Answer

Mark Antony and Cleopatra are two histor

Question 7

What were the causes and consequences of the growth of slavery? What impact did reliance on slaves have on government policies, social tensions, and economic development?

Accepted Answer

The growth of slavery in the United Stat

Question 8

Which statement best describes Roman religion?

Accepted Answer

A) Religion was a minimal aspect of Roman society. 
B) Religion was a central part of Roman public and familial life with the worship of gods for practical purposes. 
C) Roman gods were creations unique to their society. 
D) Roman religion was monotheistic. 
E) Roman religion encouraged social equality. 
A) Religion was a minimal aspect of Roman society. 
B) Religion was a central part of Roman public and familial life with the worship of gods for practical purposes. 
C) Roman gods were creations unique to their society. 
D) Roman religion was monotheistic. 
E) Roman religion encouraged social equality.

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Cicero

Accepted Answer

Cicero, also known as Marcus Tullius Cic

Question 10

What did Caesar demonstrate by crossing the Rubicon?

Accepted Answer

A) He was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Senate. 
B) He was willing to compromise with Pompey. 
C) He had no will to fight his enemies in Rome. 
D) He wished to retire peacefully to his rural estates. 
E) He was a loyal Roman citizen, willing to return peacefully to Rome. 
A) He was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Senate. 
B) He was willing to compromise with Pompey. 
C) He had no will to fight his enemies in Rome. 
D) He wished to retire peacefully to his rural estates. 
E) He was a loyal Roman citizen, willing to return peacefully to Rome.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-mos maiorum

Accepted Answer

The term "mos maiorum" is a Latin phrase

Question 12

What program did Tiberius Gracchus advocate when he ran for tribune in 133 B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A) punishing corrupt Roman officials in the provinces 
B) cracking down on drugs and prostitution in Rome 
C) freeing the slaves 
D) allowing women to arrange their own marriages 
E) providing farms to landless farmers 
A) punishing corrupt Roman officials in the provinces 
B) cracking down on drugs and prostitution in Rome 
C) freeing the slaves 
D) allowing women to arrange their own marriages 
E) providing farms to landless farmers

Question 13

Which statement best describes Roman imperial expansion?

Accepted Answer

A) It was ruthlessly and carefully planned from the beginning. 
B) It was driven solely by economic necessity. 
C) It was opposed by most senators as too costly and too dangerous. 
D) It was highly opportunistic, responding to unanticipated military threats and possibilities for glory. 
E) It was futile, as Rome's empire did not endure. 
A) It was ruthlessly and carefully planned from the beginning. 
B) It was driven solely by economic necessity. 
C) It was opposed by most senators as too costly and too dangerous. 
D) It was highly opportunistic, responding to unanticipated military threats and possibilities for glory. 
E) It was futile, as Rome's empire did not endure.

Question 14

Until 148 B.C.E., which role did the Romans try to play in Greece?

Accepted Answer

A) Direct ruler 
B) Tax collector 
C) Dominating power 
D) Absolute neutral 
E) Power broker 
A) Direct ruler 
B) Tax collector 
C) Dominating power 
D) Absolute neutral 
E) Power broker

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-senate

Accepted Answer

The Senate is one of the two chambers of

Question 16

At the conclusion of their conquest of Italy, the Romans enslaved all of the Italian peoples.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What was the impact of Italy's geography on the development of Rome?

Accepted Answer

A) It provided little productive land for agriculture. 
B) It divided the peninsula into small isolated communities. 
C) It made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend. 
D) It made the conquering of the Mediterranean a difficult task. 
E) It created the same difficult environment as in Greece, thus making political unity difficult. 
A) It provided little productive land for agriculture. 
B) It divided the peninsula into small isolated communities. 
C) It made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend. 
D) It made the conquering of the Mediterranean a difficult task. 
E) It created the same difficult environment as in Greece, thus making political unity difficult.

Question 18

What was the Struggle of the Orders?

Accepted Answer

A) It was a violent conflict between Rome's citizens and their slaves. 
B) It was a violent struggle between the patricians and plebeians. 
C) It was a peaceful struggle between the patricians and plebeians, won completely by the patricians. 
D) It was a peaceful revolution in which the plebeians were completely victorious. 
E) It was a peaceful struggle, which resulted in political compromise between plebeians and patricians. 
A) It was a violent conflict between Rome's citizens and their slaves. 
B) It was a violent struggle between the patricians and plebeians. 
C) It was a peaceful struggle between the patricians and plebeians, won completely by the patricians. 
D) It was a peaceful revolution in which the plebeians were completely victorious. 
E) It was a peaceful struggle, which resulted in political compromise between plebeians and patricians.

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-Sallust and Catullus

Accepted Answer

Sallust and Catullus are two significant

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Etruscans

Accepted Answer

Who? The Etruscans were an ancient civil

Exam 5: The Roman Republic.

Please define the following key terms. -plebiscita

What was the imperium?

Please define the following key terms. -Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

Compare and contrast Roman religion with the religion of the Greeks. How did Rome's religion help facilitate its expansion?

Please define the following key terms. -the Rubicon

Please define the following key terms. -Mark Antony and Cleopatra

What were the causes and consequences of the growth of slavery? What impact did reliance on slaves have on government policies, social tensions, and economic development?

Which statement best describes Roman religion?

Please define the following key terms. -Cicero

What did Caesar demonstrate by crossing the Rubicon?

Please define the following key terms. -mos maiorum

What program did Tiberius Gracchus advocate when he ran for tribune in 133 B.C.E.?

Which statement best describes Roman imperial expansion?

Until 148 B.C.E., which role did the Romans try to play in Greece?

Please define the following key terms. -senate

At the conclusion of their conquest of Italy, the Romans enslaved all of the Italian peoples.

What was the impact of Italy's geography on the development of Rome?

What was the Struggle of the Orders?

Please define the following key terms. -Sallust and Catullus

Please define the following key terms. -Etruscans

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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