SS Chapter 13 Study Guide

What helped people in the provinces to prosper?

• provincial farmers sold crops to Rome

• they worked on building the aqueducts

• Rome gave them money to survive

• Roman leaders purchased goods from them

Most Roman trade was conducted by sea, rather than by land because

• sea trade was safer, faster and cheaper

• roads were often dangerous to travel on

• they were able to go more places by sea

• Romans were good sailors

The main reason that the Romans wished to build good roads was

• so soldiers could travel more quickly

• to protect their city

• to make a well planned city

• to connect to different cities for trade

What was an improvement in bridge design pioneered by Roman engineers?

• arched supports

• wider bridges

• the bridges could support much more weight

• bridges could be lifted up and down

Which is NOT an advantage that concrete had over stone

• concrete was lighter than stone

• concrete was easier to work with than stone

• concrete required less skill than stone did

• concrete was cheaper than stones

Any hopes of Rome returning to a republican form of government ended when

• Tiberius succeeded Augustus as emperor

• Octavian took control of the Roman world

• Augustus declared himself emperor

• Nero became emperor

One way that Greco-Roman culture spread was by extending _____ to all free persons in the empire

• citizenship

• jobs

• voting

• education

The emperor Marcus Aurelius

• wrote a book about philosophy

• built walls to separate the Roman Empire

• built large stadiums

• created a code of laws

Decisions in court cases in the Roman Empire before 500 B.C. were based on

• custom and tradition

• the decision of the courts

• the Twelve Tables

• civil law

You can tell that Cicero was considered a great orator because

• later orators used his speeches as models

• he won many elections

• students in school memorized his speeches

• he later became emperor