AP Rome

Which statement best describes the GENERAL role of women during the Classical Age?

• women began to have increasing roles in society and government
• women had increasing public roles in trade and religion
• women's roles remained largely restricted to the home
• women were offered as sacrifices to the gods

How did Rome gain control of the Mediterranean Sea?

• diplomacy
• overland expansion
• defeat of rivals during the Persian Wars
• defeat of rivals during the Punic Wars

Cultural diffusion occurred in Rome in ALL of the following aspects/circumstances, EXCEPT:

• New Roman-based (or "Romance) languages developed following the invasion of the Germanic tribes in 476 CE.

• Latifundia was developed by neighboring communities and shared to the Romans.

• Christianity spread due to the Roman Roads and the timing of Pax Romana.

• Roman architectural designs and techniques (like aqueducts, baths and the use of columns) spread due to the Roman Roads.

Pax Romana was

• A program to give land to the poor
• A period of Civil Unrest, riots, & wars
• Period of peace and prosperity
• The leader of the senate

Which of the following describes a republic?

• government with elected representatives
• government with a King
• rule by one party
• rule by the wealthy class

Officially, when was the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

• 350 BCE
• 250 BCE
• 200 CE
• 476 CE

When Romans conquered new people, they were allowed to keep their religious beliefs if they didn't contradict Roman rule. Which religion was seen as a threat?

• Judaism 
• Greek religion
• Hinduism
• Confucianism

How did the Silk Road affect religion?

• It allowed the spread of Buddhism from China to India, and Christianity throughout Rome.
• It allowed the spread of Buddhism from India to China, and Christianity throughout Rome.
• It caused the blending of idea from Confucianism and Daoism, and allowed for Christianity to spread through Persia.
• It caused Buddhism to spread from China to Japan, and allowed for Judaism to easily spread to Western Europe.

Which religion best appealed to the 4th century (CE) masses of poor and oppressed in the Roman Empire?

• Judaism

• Cult of Mithras

• Buddhism

• Christianity

Following Pax Romana, what caused the spread of Christianity during the 3rd century CE?

• oppression by the Roman government
• the fall of the Western Roman Empire
• official sponsorship of Emperor Constantine
• expansion of trade routes