Chapter 5-World History

When a Roman poet wrote that "conquered Greece took captive her rude conqueror," he meant that

• Greeks were well treated by their Roman captors.

• Roman culture was based on Greek culture.

• the Greeks conquered Rome

• the Romans conquered the Greeks.

What city was destroyed, yet preserved by a volcanic eruption?

• Constantinople

• Milan

• Pompeii

• Rome

The Septuagint is the translation of the the Old Testament into

• Arabic

• Greek

• Hebrew

• Latin

Jesus was born in the Roman province of

• Asia Minor

• Gaul

• Judea

• Galatia

Persecution of Christians began because

• Christians refused to worship the emperor.

• Christians refused to pay taxes.

• Romans needed entertainment.

• Christians refused to serve in the militiary.

Which two emperors introduced reforms that delayed the fall of Rome for two centuries.

• Constantine and Theodosius

• Diocletian and Constantine

• Diocletian and Theodosius

• Theodosius and Alaric

What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Milan

• Jerusalem

What Roman engineering accomplishment supplied water to the cities?

(a)  

Christ was brought before which Roman governor?

(a)  

Which ancient eastern city became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

(a)