Question 1

How did Roman trade and other encounters with the non-Roman world affect the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. As with the Alexandri

Question 2

Who did not pose a military threat to the Roman Empire in the third century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Franks 
B)  The Huns 
C)  The Goths 
D)  The Alamanni 
E)  The Scythians 
A)  The Franks 
B)  The Huns 
C)  The Goths 
D)  The Alamanni 
E)  The Scythians

Question 3

How did Augustus Caesar demonstrate his commitment to Roman tradition?

Accepted Answer

A)  He passed legislation against sexual immorality. 
B)  He sponsored the Golden Age of Latin Literature. 
C)  He built and revitalized the city of Rome. 
D)  He provided entertainment to the Roman people. 
E)  All of these. 
A)  He passed legislation against sexual immorality. 
B)  He sponsored the Golden Age of Latin Literature. 
C)  He built and revitalized the city of Rome. 
D)  He provided entertainment to the Roman people. 
E)  All of these.

Question 4

Roman trade routes were so expansive that they reached China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What term best characterizes literature of the Silver Age in Rome?

Accepted Answer

A)  Conservative 
B)  Fantastical 
C)  Practical 
D)  Philosophical 
E)  Fictional 
A)  Conservative 
B)  Fantastical 
C)  Practical 
D)  Philosophical 
E)  Fictional

Question 6

The highest ranking title in the Senate was princeps .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The primary source of information regarding the life of Jesus of Nazareth, as written in the New Testament, comes from ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Gospels 
B)  the Acts of the Apostles 
C)  Revelations 
D)  Paul's Letter to the Corinthians 
E)  oral tradition 
A)  the Gospels 
B)  the Acts of the Apostles 
C)  Revelations 
D)  Paul's Letter to the Corinthians 
E)  oral tradition

Question 8

The Sanhedrin sentenced Jesus to death in a religious ceremony.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Most grain grown for trade within the empire was transported on a grain fleet that came from ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexandria 
B)  Syria 
C)  Marseilles 
D)  Carthage 
E)  Spain 
A)  Alexandria 
B)  Syria 
C)  Marseilles 
D)  Carthage 
E)  Spain

Question 10

Who sentenced Jesus to death?

Accepted Answer

A)  King Herod 
B)  The Sanhedrin 
C)  The Senate 
D)  The Emperor 
E)  The prefect of Judaea 
A)  King Herod 
B)  The Sanhedrin 
C)  The Senate 
D)  The Emperor 
E)  The prefect of Judaea

Question 11

What was the biggest expense in the Roman imperial budget?

Accepted Answer

A)  Construction of roads, aqueducts, and public temples 
B)  Transporting food resources throughout the empire from Gaul 
C)  Maintaining the army 
D)  Maintaining the provincial administration salaries 
E)  Extended campaigns to conquer new provinces 
A)  Construction of roads, aqueducts, and public temples 
B)  Transporting food resources throughout the empire from Gaul 
C)  Maintaining the army 
D)  Maintaining the provincial administration salaries 
E)  Extended campaigns to conquer new provinces

Question 12

The reign of Emperor Antoninus was so uneventful that it is undocumented.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The death of Decius while fighting invaders was seen by Christians as ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  punishment by God 
B)  the first significant victory for the Goths 
C)  a sign that the Roman Empire needed to reconstitute a large army 
D)  an indication that the Roman Empire should extend citizenship to barbarians to obtain peace 
E)  None of these. 
A)  punishment by God 
B)  the first significant victory for the Goths 
C)  a sign that the Roman Empire needed to reconstitute a large army 
D)  an indication that the Roman Empire should extend citizenship to barbarians to obtain peace 
E)  None of these.

Question 14

If an emperor died without a successor, who was most likely to choose a new emperor?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Senate 
B)  The army 
C)  The consul and tribune 
D)  The previous emperor's widow 
E)  The censor in the Senate 
A)  The Senate 
B)  The army 
C)  The consul and tribune 
D)  The previous emperor's widow 
E)  The censor in the Senate

Question 15

Who was the emperor who granted citizenship to everyone except slaves in 212 c.e. ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Constantine 
B)  Caligula 
C)  Caracalla 
D)  Diocletian 
E)  Domition 
A)  Constantine 
B)  Caligula 
C)  Caracalla 
D)  Diocletian 
E)  Domition

Question 16

What was considered the most dangerous frontier in the Empire under Augustus?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Germanic border 
B)  Dacia 
C)  Britain 
D)  Thrace 
E)  Egypt 
A)  The Germanic border 
B)  Dacia 
C)  Britain 
D)  Thrace 
E)  Egypt

Question 17

What was the relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Because the covenant

Question 18

What was the role of the Roman Senate during the principate and period of decline?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. At the time of August

Question 19

Which emperor initiated the first Christian persecution in 64 c.e. ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trajan 
B)  Nero 
C)  Tiberius 
D)  Hadrian 
E)  Nerva 
A)  Trajan 
B)  Nero 
C)  Tiberius 
D)  Hadrian 
E)  Nerva

Question 20

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Imperial crisis

Accepted Answer

Period of civil war

Exam 6: The Roman Empire

How did Roman trade and other encounters with the non-Roman world affect the Roman Empire?

Who did not pose a military threat to the Roman Empire in the third century?

How did Augustus Caesar demonstrate his commitment to Roman tradition?

Roman trade routes were so expansive that they reached China.

What term best characterizes literature of the Silver Age in Rome?

The highest ranking title in the Senate was princeps .

The primary source of information regarding the life of Jesus of Nazareth, as written in the New Testament, comes from ______________.

The Sanhedrin sentenced Jesus to death in a religious ceremony.

Most grain grown for trade within the empire was transported on a grain fleet that came from ______________.

Who sentenced Jesus to death?

What was the biggest expense in the Roman imperial budget?

The reign of Emperor Antoninus was so uneventful that it is undocumented.

The death of Decius while fighting invaders was seen by Christians as ______________.

If an emperor died without a successor, who was most likely to choose a new emperor?

Who was the emperor who granted citizenship to everyone except slaves in 212 c.e. ?

What was considered the most dangerous frontier in the Empire under Augustus?

What was the relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire?

What was the role of the Roman Senate during the principate and period of decline?

Which emperor initiated the first Christian persecution in 64 c.e. ?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Imperial crisis

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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