Question 1

After the death of Julius Caesar, proscriptions

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A) urged citizens to be calm. 
B) declared certain Roman citizens to be outlaws. 
C) called patriotic Romans to the armies of Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian. 
D) were posted and publicly read to explain why a dictator had to be eliminated. 
E) gave immunity to Caesar's assassins. 
A) urged citizens to be calm. 
B) declared certain Roman citizens to be outlaws. 
C) called patriotic Romans to the armies of Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian. 
D) were posted and publicly read to explain why a dictator had to be eliminated. 
E) gave immunity to Caesar's assassins.

Question 2

The city of Carthage was located in

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A) Palestine. 
B) Spain. 
C) Greece. 
D) North Africa. 
E) Sicily. 
A) Palestine. 
B) Spain. 
C) Greece. 
D) North Africa. 
E) Sicily.

Question 3

Which best describes events in the two decades following Caesar's death?

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A) The Senate permanently regained control of the empire. 
B) A long period of peace occurred. 
C) The Roman Republic ended. 
D) Marc Antony and Octavian formed a duumvirate, under which Rome prospered. 
E) The Senate named Marc Antony dictator for life. 
A) The Senate permanently regained control of the empire. 
B) A long period of peace occurred. 
C) The Roman Republic ended. 
D) Marc Antony and Octavian formed a duumvirate, under which Rome prospered. 
E) The Senate named Marc Antony dictator for life.

Question 4

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the Punic Wars change the values and practices of the Roman Republic?

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The Punic Wars had a profound impact on

Question 5

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with the agricultural crisis of the late Republic?

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A) Latifundia, worked by slaves, squeezed out the peasantry. 
B) Egyptian grain undermined Roman agricultural prices. 
C) Prolonged warfare in Italy had destroyed numerous farms. 
D) Wars had forced Rome's farmer-soldiers to seriously neglect their farms. 
E) The agricultural crisis created a vast poor, alienated, and embittered class. 
A) Latifundia, worked by slaves, squeezed out the peasantry. 
B) Egyptian grain undermined Roman agricultural prices. 
C) Prolonged warfare in Italy had destroyed numerous farms. 
D) Wars had forced Rome's farmer-soldiers to seriously neglect their farms. 
E) The agricultural crisis created a vast poor, alienated, and embittered class.

Question 6

The patron-client relationship that existed between patrician and plebeian in early Rome involved

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A) supplying the client with food. 
B) providing the patron with military and political support. 
C) supplying the client with money. 
D) supplying the client with protection. 
E) all of the above 
A) supplying the client with food. 
B) providing the patron with military and political support. 
C) supplying the client with money. 
D) supplying the client with protection. 
E) all of the above

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Senate

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The Senate is a legislative body that is

Question 8

The text characterizes Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus as

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A) radicals aiming to overthrow existing political and property relations. 
B) moderate reformers trying to deal with real social problems. 
C) intransigent defenders of the great landowners'  interests. 
D) Carthaginian agents. 
E) two ambitious generals whose thirst for power led to civil war. 
A) radicals aiming to overthrow existing political and property relations. 
B) moderate reformers trying to deal with real social problems. 
C) intransigent defenders of the great landowners'  interests. 
D) Carthaginian agents. 
E) two ambitious generals whose thirst for power led to civil war.

Question 9

Each of the following accurately describes the Republic's administration of the Empire EXCEPT

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A) Rome maintained peace; built roads, aqueducts, and public buildings; and spread Greek culture. 
B) while often extending citizenship to Italians, Rome seldom extended it to those outside of Italy. 
C) Roman discipline and values ensured a government nearly free of corruption. 
D) Rome usually permitted a large degree of local and self-government and local religious beliefs and practices. 
E) areas that formerly had suffered endemic warfare enjoyed peace under Roman administration. 
A) Rome maintained peace; built roads, aqueducts, and public buildings; and spread Greek culture. 
B) while often extending citizenship to Italians, Rome seldom extended it to those outside of Italy. 
C) Roman discipline and values ensured a government nearly free of corruption. 
D) Rome usually permitted a large degree of local and self-government and local religious beliefs and practices. 
E) areas that formerly had suffered endemic warfare enjoyed peace under Roman administration.

Question 10

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the city of Rome, the Tiber River, and the area inhabited by the Etruscans.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 11

Cicero's Stoicism

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A) was praised by the Founding Fathers of the United States. 
B) saw how Stoicism's emphasis on duty and virtue coincided with Roman ideals. 
C) saw the connection between Stoicism's doctrine of natural law and Rome's administration of an empire. 
D) included an admiration of the Stoic goal of the self-sufficient sage. 
E) all of the above 
A) was praised by the Founding Fathers of the United States. 
B) saw how Stoicism's emphasis on duty and virtue coincided with Roman ideals. 
C) saw the connection between Stoicism's doctrine of natural law and Rome's administration of an empire. 
D) included an admiration of the Stoic goal of the self-sufficient sage. 
E) all of the above

Question 12

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   
 Mark the boundaries of the Roman state at the end of the Republic in 44 B.C.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 13

Rome became a republic when

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A) measures passed by the Tribal Assembly had the force of law. 
B) the plebeians won the right to elect Tribunes. 
C) the dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated. 
D) the patricians overthrew the Etruscan king. 
E) Roman peasants settled on the seven hills. 
A) measures passed by the Tribal Assembly had the force of law. 
B) the plebeians won the right to elect Tribunes. 
C) the dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated. 
D) the patricians overthrew the Etruscan king. 
E) Roman peasants settled on the seven hills.

Question 14

The Struggle of the Orders ended in 287 B.C. when

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A) the issue of ranking within the Senate was permanently resolved. 
B) laws passed by the Tribal Assembly no longer needed Senate approval. 
C) debt slavery was eliminated from the patron-client relationship. 
D) Rome extended citizenship to the Latin and the Sabines. 
E) the poorest plebeians permanently left Rome. 
A) the issue of ranking within the Senate was permanently resolved. 
B) laws passed by the Tribal Assembly no longer needed Senate approval. 
C) debt slavery was eliminated from the patron-client relationship. 
D) Rome extended citizenship to the Latin and the Sabines. 
E) the poorest plebeians permanently left Rome.

Question 15

As many Romans embraced Stoicism, they were adopting a philosophy that concluded all of the following EXCEPT

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A) reason is common to all men and distinguishes them from the beasts. 
B) all men are fundamentally equal because they all share in reason. 
C) reason common to man always leads to the same conclusion. 
D) all human beings can attain virtue. 
E) natural law means that all people belong to a single commonwealth. 
A) reason is common to all men and distinguishes them from the beasts. 
B) all men are fundamentally equal because they all share in reason. 
C) reason common to man always leads to the same conclusion. 
D) all human beings can attain virtue. 
E) natural law means that all people belong to a single commonwealth.

Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What are the main features of the Roman constitution? Was the Roman more similar to Sparta or Athens in its political values and practices?

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The Roman constitution had several main

Question 17

The major result of Marius' reforms was

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A) converting the army from an instrument of the government to the private tool of ambitious generals. 
B) the revitalization of Roman's class of farmer-soldiers. 
C) Sulla's retirement. 
D) the permanent establishment of the triumvirate thus spreading the burden of governing a vast empire. 
E) the Social War. 
A) converting the army from an instrument of the government to the private tool of ambitious generals. 
B) the revitalization of Roman's class of farmer-soldiers. 
C) Sulla's retirement. 
D) the permanent establishment of the triumvirate thus spreading the burden of governing a vast empire. 
E) the Social War.

Question 18

When Rome's army had been decimated by Hannibal and the Carthaginians stood poised to attack the city, Rome was able to win the war by

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A) avoiding another battle and waiting until Hannibal was forced to withdraw to Carthage for lack of supplies. 
B) negotiating a peace and returning Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica to Carthage. 
C) raising a new army and attacking the Carthaginian homeland. 
D) combining with its allies and pushing Hannibal back across the Alps. 
E) importing the Great Mother Goddess from Asia Minor and reestablishing the dominance of religion in the state. 
A) avoiding another battle and waiting until Hannibal was forced to withdraw to Carthage for lack of supplies. 
B) negotiating a peace and returning Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica to Carthage. 
C) raising a new army and attacking the Carthaginian homeland. 
D) combining with its allies and pushing Hannibal back across the Alps. 
E) importing the Great Mother Goddess from Asia Minor and reestablishing the dominance of religion in the state.

Question 19

In the first centuries of the Republic, the consuls

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A) could make decisions on their own. 
B) were primarily concerned with economic matters and issues involving foreign citizens. 
C) were elected for life. 
D) initiated legislation but had no control over the army. 
E) possessed the authority to nominate a dictator who would have absolute power for up to six months during an emergency. 
A) could make decisions on their own. 
B) were primarily concerned with economic matters and issues involving foreign citizens. 
C) were elected for life. 
D) initiated legislation but had no control over the army. 
E) possessed the authority to nominate a dictator who would have absolute power for up to six months during an emergency.

Question 20

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Struggle of the Orders

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The Struggle of the Orders was a politic

Exam 6: The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

After the death of Julius Caesar, proscriptions

The city of Carthage was located in

Which best describes events in the two decades following Caesar's death?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the Punic Wars change the values and practices of the Roman Republic?

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with the agricultural crisis of the late Republic?

The patron-client relationship that existed between patrician and plebeian in early Rome involved

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Senate

The text characterizes Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus as

Each of the following accurately describes the Republic's administration of the Empire EXCEPT

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the city of Rome, the Tiber River, and the area inhabited by the Etruscans.

Cicero's Stoicism

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Mark the boundaries of the Roman state at the end of the Republic in 44 B.C.

Rome became a republic when

The Struggle of the Orders ended in 287 B.C. when

As many Romans embraced Stoicism, they were adopting a philosophy that concluded all of the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What are the main features of the Roman constitution? Was the Roman more similar to Sparta or Athens in its political values and practices?

The major result of Marius' reforms was

When Rome's army had been decimated by Hannibal and the Carthaginians stood poised to attack the city, Rome was able to win the war by

In the first centuries of the Republic, the consuls

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Struggle of the Orders

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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