Question 1

The term of a consul,elected from the people,was for two years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Lemures were best appeased with offerings of black beans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What was the main reason the Romans won the wars in southern Italy against the Greek colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Religious syncretism created a basis for a treaty under pax decorum. 
B)  The Greeks were dependent on the Athenian navy, which was destroyed in fighting Persians. 
C)  The Romans established a blockade that starved out the Greeks. 
D)  The Romans were willing to incur casualties more than the Greeks. 
E)  The Greeks had inferior military leadership. 
A)  Religious syncretism created a basis for a treaty under pax decorum. 
B)  The Greeks were dependent on the Athenian navy, which was destroyed in fighting Persians. 
C)  The Romans established a blockade that starved out the Greeks. 
D)  The Romans were willing to incur casualties more than the Greeks. 
E)  The Greeks had inferior military leadership.

Question 4

What was the primary governing body of the Roman Republic?

Accepted Answer

A)  the assembly of citizens 
B)  the Praetorian Guard 
C)  the quaestors 
D)  the Senate 
E)  the equestrians 
A)  the assembly of citizens 
B)  the Praetorian Guard 
C)  the quaestors 
D)  the Senate 
E)  the equestrians

Question 5

Roman social orders were divided into the

Accepted Answer

A)  patricians and patriarchs. 
B)  plebians and optimates. 
C)  consuls and tribunes. 
D)  patricians and plebians. 
E)  equestrians and senators. 
A)  patricians and patriarchs. 
B)  plebians and optimates. 
C)  consuls and tribunes. 
D)  patricians and plebians. 
E)  equestrians and senators.

Question 6

How was religion dealt with in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

In general,we see the religious atmosphe

Question 7

What crises faced by Rome led to the development of dictatorships?

Accepted Answer

Many economic,political,social,and milit

Question 8

How does the law of Twelve Tables compare to previous codes of law you've learned about,such as Hammurabi's or the laws of Moses?

Accepted Answer

The law of Twelve Tables was the first c

Question 9

The most important of the Etruscan temples in Rome at Capitoline Hill was dedicated to

Accepted Answer

A)  Zeus and Hera. 
B)  Jupiter and Juno. 
C)  Neptune and Athena. 
D)  Poseidon and Artemis. 
E)  Vespa and Ceres. 
A)  Zeus and Hera. 
B)  Jupiter and Juno. 
C)  Neptune and Athena. 
D)  Poseidon and Artemis. 
E)  Vespa and Ceres.

Question 10

Why was life better for women in Rome than in Greece?

Accepted Answer

Women in Greece were expected to remain

Question 11

The Etruscans brought the Romans all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  constructed roads. 
B)  stone buildings. 
C)  new professions like pottery making. 
D)  religious practices. 
E)  law. 
A)  constructed roads. 
B)  stone buildings. 
C)  new professions like pottery making. 
D)  religious practices. 
E)  law.

Question 12

What was the primary duty of the consuls in the Senate?

Accepted Answer

A)  to oversee the census 
B)  to appoint new senators 
C)  to introduce laws to the Senate 
D)  to lead the legion in war 
E)  to oversee the administration of justice 
A)  to oversee the census 
B)  to appoint new senators 
C)  to introduce laws to the Senate 
D)  to lead the legion in war 
E)  to oversee the administration of justice

Question 13

What factor seems to indicate that there were two different populations in Rome circa 750 B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Burial practices differed around this time. 
B)  There was a significant change in the spoken and written dialects of Latin. 
C)  Pottery changed from red figure to black figure. 
D)  There was a transition from using bronze to using iron. 
E)  Farming practices showed cultural assimilation. 
A)  Burial practices differed around this time. 
B)  There was a significant change in the spoken and written dialects of Latin. 
C)  Pottery changed from red figure to black figure. 
D)  There was a transition from using bronze to using iron. 
E)  Farming practices showed cultural assimilation.

Question 14

As a result of expansion,latifundia were developed by senator landholders,who obtained their land from

Accepted Answer

A)  small farmers who could not compete with the surge of slave labor. 
B)  soldier-farmers who did not want to return to the drudgery of farming. 
C)  debt slaves who could not afford to maintain their property. 
D)  newly conquered provinces that stripped land from noncitizens. 
E)  the sale of equestrians who did not wish to be in the provinces and moved to new cities. 
A)  small farmers who could not compete with the surge of slave labor. 
B)  soldier-farmers who did not want to return to the drudgery of farming. 
C)  debt slaves who could not afford to maintain their property. 
D)  newly conquered provinces that stripped land from noncitizens. 
E)  the sale of equestrians who did not wish to be in the provinces and moved to new cities.

Question 15

The greatest Roman virtue was considered to be

Accepted Answer

A)  gravitas, or seriousness of mood. 
B)  modesty. 
C)  discipline. 
D)  pietas, or loyalty to family, friends, and state. 
E)  veritas, or honesty. 
A)  gravitas, or seriousness of mood. 
B)  modesty. 
C)  discipline. 
D)  pietas, or loyalty to family, friends, and state. 
E)  veritas, or honesty.

Question 16

What is the difference between the Roman Republican government and Greek Democracy?

Accepted Answer

Both are indicative of participation of

Question 17

The First Triumvirate consisted of

Accepted Answer

A)  Pompey, Cicero, and Catiline. 
B)  Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Catallus. 
C)  Crassus, Octavian, and Spartacus. 
D)  Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey. 
E)  Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Marius. 
A)  Pompey, Cicero, and Catiline. 
B)  Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Catallus. 
C)  Crassus, Octavian, and Spartacus. 
D)  Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey. 
E)  Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Marius.

Question 18

Who were Romulus and Remus?

Accepted Answer

A)  The two Spartan kings who ruled the northern and southern peninsulas of Italy. 
B)  Mythologic twin sons of Mars who came to rule Rome. 
C)  Dualistic gods who were chosen by the Latins. 
D)  Satraps put in power by Darius the Great as Persia expanded westward. 
E)  Brothers from the Antigonid dynasty after the collapse of the Alexandrian Empire. 
A)  The two Spartan kings who ruled the northern and southern peninsulas of Italy. 
B)  Mythologic twin sons of Mars who came to rule Rome. 
C)  Dualistic gods who were chosen by the Latins. 
D)  Satraps put in power by Darius the Great as Persia expanded westward. 
E)  Brothers from the Antigonid dynasty after the collapse of the Alexandrian Empire.

Question 19

Why was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Accepted Answer

A)  The senators did not trust his judgment concerning the rule of Egypt by Cleopatra. 
B)  His campaign to conquer the Germanic lands was seen as too ambitious. 
C)  His enemies in Gaul were outraged by his political success. 
D)  He named himself dictator for life and monopolized power. 
E)  He proposed land redistribution, which challenged the holdings of the patrician senate. 
A)  The senators did not trust his judgment concerning the rule of Egypt by Cleopatra. 
B)  His campaign to conquer the Germanic lands was seen as too ambitious. 
C)  His enemies in Gaul were outraged by his political success. 
D)  He named himself dictator for life and monopolized power. 
E)  He proposed land redistribution, which challenged the holdings of the patrician senate.

Question 20

Many Roman religious rituals were borrowed from the Etruscans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: The Rise of Rome,753-27 B.C.E.

The term of a consul,elected from the people,was for two years.

Lemures were best appeased with offerings of black beans.

What was the main reason the Romans won the wars in southern Italy against the Greek colonists?

What was the primary governing body of the Roman Republic?

Roman social orders were divided into the

How was religion dealt with in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?

What crises faced by Rome led to the development of dictatorships?

How does the law of Twelve Tables compare to previous codes of law you've learned about,such as Hammurabi's or the laws of Moses?

The most important of the Etruscan temples in Rome at Capitoline Hill was dedicated to

Why was life better for women in Rome than in Greece?

The Etruscans brought the Romans all of the following except

What was the primary duty of the consuls in the Senate?

What factor seems to indicate that there were two different populations in Rome circa 750 B.C.E.?

As a result of expansion,latifundia were developed by senator landholders,who obtained their land from

The greatest Roman virtue was considered to be

What is the difference between the Roman Republican government and Greek Democracy?

The First Triumvirate consisted of

Who were Romulus and Remus?

Why was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Many Roman religious rituals were borrowed from the Etruscans.

The Origins of Western Civilization in the Ancient Near East,3000-1200 B.C.E.

Iron Age Civilizations,1200-500 B.C.E.

The Rise of Greek Civilization,1100-387 B.C.E.

From Polis To Cosmopolis: The Hellenistic World,387-30 B.C.E.

The Roman Empire,27 B.C.E.-284 C.E.

Late Antiquity,284-527

The Eastern Mediterranean,500-1000

The Kingdoms of Western Europe,500-1000

The High Middle Ages,1000-1300

Reversals and Disasters,1300-1450

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe,1350-1550

Europe’s Age of Expansion, 1450–1550

Reform in the Western Church,1490-1570

A Century of Crisis,1550-1650

State-Building and the European State System,1648-1789

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment,1550-1790

Trade and Empire,1700-1800

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe,1775-1815

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe,1814-1847

Industrialization and Society,1800-1850

The Triumph of the Nation-State,1848-1900

The Culture of Industrial Europe,1850-1914

The Age of Imperialism,1870-1914

War and Revolution,1900-1918

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments,1918-1929

Democracy Under Siege,1929-1945

Europe Divided,1945-1968

Lifting the Iron Curtain,1969-1991

Europe in a Globalizing World,1991 to the Present

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