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Chapter 5 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Roman families, the authority figure was the oldest male. This situation is known as...

a)

Patronage

b)

Rule by the Paterfamilias

c)

Primogeniture

d)

The patron/client relationship

2.

Unlike the Greeks, the Romans...

a)

Were a peaceful people who practiced diplomacy over farming

b)

Were a naval power

c)

Granted Roman citizenship to conquered people

d)

Forced conversion to the Roman state religion

3.

One of the major impacts of pax romana was...

a)

The facilitation of trade

b)

Major wars against Persia

c)

The conquest of Arabia

d)

The rise of tenant farming

4.

The Romans originally viewed Christianity negatively because...

a)

They were not Roman in origin

b)

Jesus had offended the Roman government

c)

Judaism was a banned religion

d)

Their monotheism kept them from worshiping the Roman emperor

5.

As the Western Roman Empire collapsed in the 500s, Rome...

a)

Remained a center for the Christian church

b)

Expanded its population base

c)

Lost its trade centers to Naples

d)

Became the capital of the Franks

6.

Like Rome, the Qin and Han...

a)

Faced similar problems with the defense of the empire

b)

Had to delegate autonomy to local officials

c)

Built thousands of miles of roads to facilitate troops

d)

All of the above

7.

The essential economic activity of the early Roman state was based on...

a)

Agriculture

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Mining

d)

Fishing

8.

The council whose members were heads of wealthy landowning families at the center of political action in the Roman Republic was...

a)

The Council of Nobles

b)

Annually elected civic officials

c)

The Senate

d)

The Plebeian Council

9.

What statement is true about Roman women?

a)

They were equal to Roman men

b)

They had no say in family matters

c)

They were powerless and virtually slaves in their own homes

d)

They exercised influence over husbands and sons

10.

Which of the following was the most common pattern to Roman expansion?

a)

Aggressive fans of war in Rome

b)

The short term of office of the Consuls in the Senate

c)

The desire to acquire buffer zones protecting them from attack by enemies

d)

The mandate to impose their religion on neighboring regions

11.

As a result of two prolonged wars with this empire, the Romans became the unmatched power of the Western Mediterranean by 200 B.C.E.

a)

Lebanon

b)

Carthage

c)

Persia

d)

Scythians

12.

The conquest of the Celtic peoples of Gaul was accomplished by this famous Roman general by 51 B.C.E.

a)

Gaius Julius Caesar

b)

Marcus Aurelius

c)

Octavian

d)

Romulus

13.

During the Republic, Romans managed their imperial territories by...

a)

Brutal domination and conquest, enslaving local populations

b)

Establishing a system of satrapies and using local leaders to enforce Roman power

c)

Establishing a provincial administration and sending a Roman senator to oversee matters

d)

Non occupation and little interaction other than tax collection

14.

What factor caused a decrease in small farms in the Late Roman Republic?

a)

Wars that devastated land and made farming difficult

b)

An economy primarily based on trade with the East

c)

The growth of latifundia and a shift to nonstaple crops

d)

Increased urbanization in the centralized Republic

15.

The emperor responsible for the reorganization of the Roman government after 31 B.C.E. went by the honorific name of...

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Caligula

c)

Nero

d)

Augustus

16.

The main reason for the decline of the Roman Republic was...

a)

An impoverished population

b)

Political decentralization

c)

Military leaders with armies loyal to them rather than to the state

d)

Ongoing wars in trying to expand to an empire

17.

Under the Principate, Roman law...

a)

Was limited to the Twelve Tables

b)

Came largely from the emperor himself

c)

Were gathered from local traditions and evaluated by jurists to compile the lex romana

d)

Were based on the Twelve Tables and supplemented by decrees from the Senate and bills from the Assemblies

18.

Jesus Christ, executed by the Roman authorities as a revolutionary, was seen by his early followers, the Apostles, as...

a)

A philosopher

b)

A rabbi

c)

The Messiah

d)

A military leader

19.

How is the career of Paul an example of the "cosmopolitan" nature of the Roman Empire?

a)

He only converted Romans to Christianity

b)

He refused to debase himself by using anything Roman

c)

He was able to use the benefits of Roman citizenship, roads, and cities to spread Christianity

d)

He found that both Jews and Christians readily accepted his views of Jesus as the messiah

20.

Why was becoming Christian considered an act of disloyalty in the Roman Empire?

a)

Rome had a strong monotheistic tradition

b)

Christians could not worship the emperor as a deity

c)

Rome required all citizens to learn about all world religions

d)

One of Christianity's aims was to overthrow dictators

21.

The engineering expertise of the Romans is seen in all of these except...

a)

Aqueducts

b)

Roads

c)

Gothic Cathedrals

d)

Arches

22.

Starting with the reign of Augustus, the Roman army was reorganized and redeployed to...

a)

Face the threat from the Parthian Empire

b)

Shift from an offensive to a defensive strategy

c)

Fight several civil wars against other Romans

d)

Allow non-Romans into the military

23.

What was one of the most important reasons for the economic decline in the third century C.E.?

a)

Massive crop failures

b)

Invasions of the Huns

c)

Reduced amount of precious metals in the coins by the emperors

d)

Inability to efficiently collect taxes within the empire

24.

Who reformed Rome in the third century C.E. and saved it from decline?

a)

Diocletian

b)

Tiberius

c)

Constantine

d)

Claudius

25.

The conversion to Christianity of which Roman emperor ushered in a time of tolerance, acceptance, and the eventual dominance of Christianity?

a)

Diocletian

b)

Tiberius

c)

Constantine

d)

Brucellios

26.

What city became the new imperial capital of the Roman Empire in 324 C.E.?

a)

Damascus

b)

Alexandria

c)

Athens

d)

Constantinople

27.

The competition among states in the Warring Sates Period resulted in...

a)

The creation of the first empire under the Qin state

b)

The escalation of violence against the upper classes

c)

An enormous tax increase

d)

Peasant rebellions

28.

In an effort to increase his power, Shi Huangdi accomplished which of the following?

a)

Cracked down on the Confucians

b)

Standardized legal practices

c)

Forced organization of labor

d)

All of the above

29.

One of the great construction projects of Shi Huangdi was...

a)

The canal system

b)

A system of interconnected roads

c)

Connection of walls which ultimately made up The Great Wall

d)

The Forbidden City palace

30.

The well-planned urban capital of the Han dynasty was...

a)

Seoul

b)

Beiging

c)

Nanjing

d)

Chang'an