Question 1

The bloody civil war, execution of two emperors, and the suicide of a third, in the mid-first century A.D.

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A) was the result of a general long-term decay of military discipline. 
B) permanently undermined the stability of the Empire. 
C) led to the rule of Vespasian. 
D) stripped away the facade of Augustan stability and revealed the bankruptcy of the imperial system. 
E) was immediately followed by the "Five Good Emperors." 
A) was the result of a general long-term decay of military discipline. 
B) permanently undermined the stability of the Empire. 
C) led to the rule of Vespasian. 
D) stripped away the facade of Augustan stability and revealed the bankruptcy of the imperial system. 
E) was immediately followed by the "Five Good Emperors."

Question 2

The Hebrew revolt under Hadrian

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A) saw the Jews suffer initial defeats but ultimate victory. 
B) led to the Romans renaming Judea as Syria Palestina. 
C) concluded with the Roman promise that non-Jews would be prohibited from settling in Jerusalem. 
D) resulted in the Romans granting the Jews unlimited access to Jerusalem. 
E) all of the above 
A) saw the Jews suffer initial defeats but ultimate victory. 
B) led to the Romans renaming Judea as Syria Palestina. 
C) concluded with the Roman promise that non-Jews would be prohibited from settling in Jerusalem. 
D) resulted in the Romans granting the Jews unlimited access to Jerusalem. 
E) all of the above

Question 3

One may say of Roman slavery that

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A) urban slaves with skills might hope for manumission. 
B) freed slaves were barred from citizenship. 
C) it was impossible for freed slaves to earn a respectable income, and none became wealthy. 
D) although slaves might be freed, they and their children continued to suffer the loss of civic rights. 
E) all mistreatment of slaves ended during the Pax Romana. 
A) urban slaves with skills might hope for manumission. 
B) freed slaves were barred from citizenship. 
C) it was impossible for freed slaves to earn a respectable income, and none became wealthy. 
D) although slaves might be freed, they and their children continued to suffer the loss of civic rights. 
E) all mistreatment of slaves ended during the Pax Romana.

Question 4

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Neo-Platonism

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Neo-Platonism:

Who?
Neo-Platonism is a

Question 5

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Pax Romana

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Pax Romana, which means "Roman Peace," w

Question 6

During the Pax Romana, the cities of the Roman Empire

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A) numbered about two thousand. 
B) enjoyed considerable autonomy in local matters. 
C) helped to bring Greco-Roman civilization to areas, like Britain, previously untouched by Hellenism. 
D) generally enjoyed internal peace. 
E) all of the above 
A) numbered about two thousand. 
B) enjoyed considerable autonomy in local matters. 
C) helped to bring Greco-Roman civilization to areas, like Britain, previously untouched by Hellenism. 
D) generally enjoyed internal peace. 
E) all of the above

Question 7

All of the following indicated the rising status of women in Rome EXCEPT

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A) children of divorce always remained with their mother. 
B) fathers could no longer require their daughters marry against their will. 
C) women could draw up wills and conduct business without the consent of their husbands. 
D) Roman women were not secluded in their homes as upper-class Greek women had been. 
E) women could own property and, if divorced, keep their dowries. 
A) children of divorce always remained with their mother. 
B) fathers could no longer require their daughters marry against their will. 
C) women could draw up wills and conduct business without the consent of their husbands. 
D) Roman women were not secluded in their homes as upper-class Greek women had been. 
E) women could own property and, if divorced, keep their dowries.

Question 8

Second-century rhetorician Aelius Aristides celebrated Rome and considered himself Roman although he was

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A) Jewish. 
B) Greek. 
C) Macedonian. 
D) Egyptian. 
E) Persian. 
A) Jewish. 
B) Greek. 
C) Macedonian. 
D) Egyptian. 
E) Persian.

Question 9

Roman government under Augustus included

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A) the continuation of the political equality of the Republic. 
B) the development of a more professional bureaucracy. 
C) a reintroduction of an active democracy. 
D) a hierarchy in which Roman officials had absolute authority over provincials . 
E) the same predatory quality it had under the late Republic. 
A) the continuation of the political equality of the Republic. 
B) the development of a more professional bureaucracy. 
C) a reintroduction of an active democracy. 
D) a hierarchy in which Roman officials had absolute authority over provincials . 
E) the same predatory quality it had under the late Republic.

Question 10

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 manumission

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Manumission is the act of a slave owner

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Which features of Hellenistic civilization influenced Rome, and how did Rome embody or enact those Hellenistic ideals and practices?

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Hellenistic civilization had a significa

Question 12

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label where the following events occurred: the Battle of Actium; the volcanic eruption that covered Pompeii and Herculaneum; and the Battle of Adrianople.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 13

The significance of Octavian's willingness to give up his powers in 27 B.C. rests in

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A) the magnitude of his military failure. 
B) his belief that it created legitimacy and removed his reign from the taint of despotism. 
C) his hope that the Senate would proclaim him a god. 
D) the fact that the Senate accepted the offer. 
E) the fact that it never happened; his admirers later created this myth. 
A) the magnitude of his military failure. 
B) his belief that it created legitimacy and removed his reign from the taint of despotism. 
C) his hope that the Senate would proclaim him a god. 
D) the fact that the Senate accepted the offer. 
E) the fact that it never happened; his admirers later created this myth.

Question 14

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Using arrows, trace the invasion route of three of the following: the Huns; the Vandals; the Ostrogoths; the Visigoths; the Franks; the Lombards; the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 15

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 curiales

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Curiales were members of the Roman upper

Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How would you summarize the nature of Roman rule over the Hebrews? Explain.

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The nature of Roman rule over the Hebrew

Question 17

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 jus civile

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Jus civile refers to the body of civil l

Question 18

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did Augustus succeed in securing power where Caesar had failed? What were policies of Augustus, and how did they transform the Roman state?

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Augustus succeeded in securing power whe

Question 19

Which of the following statements best describes Roman popular tastes in entertainment?

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A) Under the impact of Stoicism, entertainment became progressively more humane and refined. 
B) The most popular forms of entertainment were gladiator fights, gymnastics, and organized team sports. 
C) Over the centuries bloody spectacles became increasingly brutal and bizarre. 
D) Plays, both dramas and comedies, came to dominate Roman entertainment. 
E) Reflecting the diversity of the Empire, no one form of entertainment dominated. 
A) Under the impact of Stoicism, entertainment became progressively more humane and refined. 
B) The most popular forms of entertainment were gladiator fights, gymnastics, and organized team sports. 
C) Over the centuries bloody spectacles became increasingly brutal and bizarre. 
D) Plays, both dramas and comedies, came to dominate Roman entertainment. 
E) Reflecting the diversity of the Empire, no one form of entertainment dominated.

Question 20

During the 200s A.D. the Roman cities

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A) were spared the raids by foreign invaders that ravaged rural lands. 
B) were bastions of loyalty to Rome. 
C) gained greater autonomy from taxation. 
D) lost their position as the center of Roman life. 
E) all of the above 
A) were spared the raids by foreign invaders that ravaged rural lands. 
B) were bastions of loyalty to Rome. 
C) gained greater autonomy from taxation. 
D) lost their position as the center of Roman life. 
E) all of the above

The bloody civil war, execution of two emperors, and the suicide of a third, in the mid-first century A.D.

The Hebrew revolt under Hadrian

One may say of Roman slavery that

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Neo-Platonism

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Pax Romana

During the Pax Romana, the cities of the Roman Empire

All of the following indicated the rising status of women in Rome EXCEPT

Second-century rhetorician Aelius Aristides celebrated Rome and considered himself Roman although he was

Roman government under Augustus included

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? manumission

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Which features of Hellenistic civilization influenced Rome, and how did Rome embody or enact those Hellenistic ideals and practices?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label where the following events occurred: the Battle of Actium; the volcanic eruption that covered Pompeii and Herculaneum; and the Battle of Adrianople.

The significance of Octavian's willingness to give up his powers in 27 B.C. rests in

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Using arrows, trace the invasion route of three of the following: the Huns; the Vandals; the Ostrogoths; the Visigoths; the Franks; the Lombards; the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? curiales

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How would you summarize the nature of Roman rule over the Hebrews? Explain.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? jus civile

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did Augustus succeed in securing power where Caesar had failed? What were policies of Augustus, and how did they transform the Roman state?

Which of the following statements best describes Roman popular tastes in entertainment?

During the 200s A.D. the Roman cities

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 7: The Roman Empire: a World-State

The bloody civil war, execution of two emperors, and the suicide of a third, in the mid-first century A.D.

The Hebrew revolt under Hadrian

One may say of Roman slavery that

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Neo-Platonism

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Pax Romana

During the Pax Romana, the cities of the Roman Empire

All of the following indicated the rising status of women in Rome EXCEPT

Second-century rhetorician Aelius Aristides celebrated Rome and considered himself Roman although he was

Roman government under Augustus included

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? manumission

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Which features of Hellenistic civilization influenced Rome, and how did Rome embody or enact those Hellenistic ideals and practices?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label where the following events occurred: the Battle of Actium; the volcanic eruption that covered Pompeii and Herculaneum; and the Battle of Adrianople.

The significance of Octavian's willingness to give up his powers in 27 B.C. rests in

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Using arrows, trace the invasion route of three of the following: the Huns; the Vandals; the Ostrogoths; the Visigoths; the Franks; the Lombards; the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? curiales

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How would you summarize the nature of Roman rule over the Hebrews? Explain.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? jus civile

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did Augustus succeed in securing power where Caesar had failed? What were policies of Augustus, and how did they transform the Roman state?

Which of the following statements best describes Roman popular tastes in entertainment?

During the 200s A.D. the Roman cities

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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