Topic Test: The Roman and Byzantine Empires

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What was the main reason that the Romans wished to build good roads? Options: to transport food more quickly, to make trading more efficient, so soldiers could travel more quickly, so all roads would lead to Rome

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so soldiers could travel more quickly

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How can you tell that Cicero was considered a great orator?

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Later orators used his speeches as models.

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“And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity.” This quotation is most likely an excerpt from the

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Gospels.

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5. Jesus was a member of

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the Jewish people.

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Why was most Roman trade conducted by sea, rather than by land?

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Sea trade was safer, faster, and cheaper.

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This quotation reflects Jesus’s teachings about

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showing compassion for the poor.

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In what way did early Roman sculpture differ from ancient Greek sculpture?

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Roman sculpture was more realistic.

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What did the disciples of Jesus do after his death?

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They spread Christianity throughout the Roman world.

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Which of the following statements correctly describes Justinian’s impact on the Byzantine empire? Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire began a centuries-long expansion. Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire reached its largest size ever. Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire shrank to half its original size. Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire fell to the Ottoman Turks.

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Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire reached its largest size ever.

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Which of the following was a major factor in the decline of the Byzantine empire?
Options:
conversion of the Slavs,
iconoclasm,
arrival of invaders,
recapture of Rome

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arrival of invaders