Practice for Pax Romana Test

Who wrote the Aeneid?

• Virgil

• Mrs Jones

• Herodotus

• Copernicus

What were the political (involving government) impacts of Pax Romana?

• Created a civil service system

• Innocent until proven guilty

• Rule of law (all people follow the same law)

• Divided the government into 2 provinces

Originally Christianity was suppressed by Roman authorities-

• but later it was tolerated, but not accepted.

• but later it became the official state religion.

• and continued to remain illegal until the Empires fall.

• and eventually died out within the Empire.

Christianity and Judaism both believe in one god and are called...

• Monotheistic

• Agnostic

• Polytheistic

• Atheistic

Where was the geographic location of Constantinople?

• Italian Peninsula

• Southwest Asia

• Bosporus Strait

• Balkan Peninsula

What was a key architectural innovation used to build the Colosseum?

• Dome

• Columns

• Keystones

• Arch

Who is the founder of Christianity?

• Jesus

• Peter

• Paul

• Abraham

What was the main language spoken in the Western Roman Empire?

• Italian

• Arabic

• Latin

• Greek

Where did the religion of Christianity begin?

• The city of Rome on the Italian Peninsula

• In a kingdom near the Himalayan Mountains in India

• In Judea a province of Rome in present day Israel

• in Mesopptamia

Church doctrine was established by _________ overseen by ___________.

• The missionary Paul, Church of Rome

• Council of Nicea, Constantine

• Decree of Rome, Augustus

• Edict of Milan, Diocletian