Question 1

What elements of Roman society were borrowed from the Etruscans?

Accepted Answer

The Romans borrowed several elements fro

Question 2

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Meditations

Accepted Answer

Meditations is a key term that refers to

Question 3

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Give three reasons why the Roman Empire deserves to be remembered and studied.

Accepted Answer

The Roman Empire deserves to be remember

Question 4

Ptolemy, the second century A.D. Alexandrian scholar, summarized the Greco-Roman world's knowledge of

Accepted Answer

A)  astronomy. 
B)  medicine. 
C)  physics. 
D)  anthropology. 
E)  geography. 
A)  astronomy. 
B)  medicine. 
C)  physics. 
D)  anthropology. 
E)  geography.

Question 5

Which is not ​thought to have contributed to the decline of Rome​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​pressure of Germanic tribes on the Roman frontier 
B)  ​deterioration of the Roman army 
C)  ​economic stagnation in the west 
D)  ​overpopulation of Roman cities 
E)  ​Christians growing concern for the afterlife rejected civil obligations 
A)  ​pressure of Germanic tribes on the Roman frontier 
B)  ​deterioration of the Roman army 
C)  ​economic stagnation in the west 
D)  ​overpopulation of Roman cities 
E)  ​Christians growing concern for the afterlife rejected civil obligations

Question 6

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Horace

Accepted Answer

Horace was a Roman poet during the time

Question 7

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On the map of Europe, fill in the areas that were considered Roman territories in 140 B.C. and in 44 B.C.

Accepted Answer

I'm sorry for any confusion, but as an A

Question 8

The term Pax Romana applies best to

Accepted Answer

A)  the period of the early Latin tribes. 
B)  what Romans called a "Time of Happiness." 
C)  the stipulation that the father controlled the Roman household. 
D)  the comparatively uncomplicated politics of the Roman Republic. 
E)  the period of the struggle between the Patricians and the Plebeians. 
A)  the period of the early Latin tribes. 
B)  what Romans called a "Time of Happiness." 
C)  the stipulation that the father controlled the Roman household. 
D)  the comparatively uncomplicated politics of the Roman Republic. 
E)  the period of the struggle between the Patricians and the Plebeians.

Question 9

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Hannibal

Accepted Answer

Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and

Question 10

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Which factors contributed to the development of Rome as a great military state?

Accepted Answer

The factors that contributed to the deve

Question 11

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Lucretius

Accepted Answer

Who?
Lucretius was a Roman poet and phil

Question 12

The significance of Octavian's willingness to abandon his power in 27 B.C. rests in

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A)  the magnitude of his military failure. 
B)  his belief that it created legitimacy and removed his reign from the taint of despotism. 
C)  his hope that the Senate would proclaim him a god. 
D)  the fact that it never happened; his admirers later created this myth. 
E)  his belief that the Senate would proclaim him as king. 
A)  the magnitude of his military failure. 
B)  his belief that it created legitimacy and removed his reign from the taint of despotism. 
C)  his hope that the Senate would proclaim him a god. 
D)  the fact that it never happened; his admirers later created this myth. 
E)  his belief that the Senate would proclaim him as king.

Question 13

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Summarize the multiple reasons for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

Accepted Answer

The collapse of the Western Roman Empire

Question 14

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On the map of Europe, locate where the following tragedies occurred: the siege at Masada; the volcanic eruption that covered Pompeii and Herculaneum; the Battle of Adrianople; and Alaric's plunder of Rome.

Accepted Answer

I'm sorry, but I cannot directly view or

Question 15

One of the consequences of Roman expansion during the Republic was

Accepted Answer

A)  the introduction of slavery to Rome. 
B)  Roman contact with the legal experience of the Greeks and other peoples, which influenced the law of nations. 
C)  the concept of equal citizenship except for freed slaves. 
D)  the enslavement of Roman citizens. 
E)  higher taxation of conquered peoples. 
A)  the introduction of slavery to Rome. 
B)  Roman contact with the legal experience of the Greeks and other peoples, which influenced the law of nations. 
C)  the concept of equal citizenship except for freed slaves. 
D)  the enslavement of Roman citizens. 
E)  higher taxation of conquered peoples.

Question 16

Julius Caesar's successful campaigns in ____ revealed his exceptional talent for generalship.

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain 
B)  Germany 
C)  Gaul 
D)  Macedonia 
E)  Asia Minor 
A)  Spain 
B)  Germany 
C)  Gaul 
D)  Macedonia 
E)  Asia Minor

Question 17

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Twelve Tables

Accepted Answer

The Twelve Tables were a set of laws wri

Question 18

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Hadrian

Accepted Answer

Hadrian, also known as Publius Aelius Ha

Question 19

All of the following indexed the rising status of upper-class women in Rome except

Accepted Answer

A)  the banning of prostitution. 
B)  a law prohibiting fathers from marrying their daughters against their will. 
C)  a law allowing women to draw up wills without the consent of their husbands. 
D)  Roman women were not secluded in their homes as upper-class Greek women were. 
E)  Roman women could own property and if divorced, keep their dowry. 
A)  the banning of prostitution. 
B)  a law prohibiting fathers from marrying their daughters against their will. 
C)  a law allowing women to draw up wills without the consent of their husbands. 
D)  Roman women were not secluded in their homes as upper-class Greek women were. 
E)  Roman women could own property and if divorced, keep their dowry.

Question 20

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Tiber River

Accepted Answer

The Tiber River is a key geographical fe

Exam 4: Rome: From City-State to World Empire

What elements of Roman society were borrowed from the Etruscans?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Meditations

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Give three reasons why the Roman Empire deserves to be remembered and studied.

Ptolemy, the second century A.D. Alexandrian scholar, summarized the Greco-Roman world's knowledge of

Which is not ​thought to have contributed to the decline of Rome​

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Horace

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On the map of Europe, fill in the areas that were considered Roman territories in 140 B.C. and in 44 B.C.

The term Pax Romana applies best to

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Hannibal

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Which factors contributed to the development of Rome as a great military state?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Lucretius

The significance of Octavian's willingness to abandon his power in 27 B.C. rests in

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Summarize the multiple reasons for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On the map of Europe, locate where the following tragedies occurred: the siege at Masada; the volcanic eruption that covered Pompeii and Herculaneum; the Battle of Adrianople; and Alaric's plunder of Rome.

One of the consequences of Roman expansion during the Republic was

Julius Caesar's successful campaigns in ____ revealed his exceptional talent for generalship.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Twelve Tables

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Hadrian

All of the following indexed the rising status of upper-class women in Rome except

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Tiber River

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War 2: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War 2: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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