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| 248081748 | About 55 c.e., Paul of Tarsus traveled from a port in Palestine to Rome to - seek converts - appeal his case - apply for Roman citizenship - seek his fortune - none of the above | appeal his case | 0 | |
| 248081749 | According to the ancient legends, the kingdom of Rome was established 753 b.c.e. by - Remus - a she-wolf - Aeneas - Romulus - none of the above | Romulus | 1 | |
| 248081750 | The society of the Etruscan was ruled by - city-states - a republican government - powerful kings - two consuls - tribunes | powerful kings | 2 | |
| 248081751 | The Roman republic was dominated by - patricians - plebeians - democratic leaders - merchants - priests | patricians | 3 | |
| 248081752 | During the Punic Wars, the Romans cam into bloody conflict with the Carthagin when the Romans expanded to: - Britain - Greece - Egypt - Sicily - Carthage | Sicily | 4 | |
| 248081753 | The Gracchi brothers were known as - owners of latifundia - reformers - powerful generals - emerors - none of the above | reformers | 5 | |
| 248081754 | The rise of private armies directly threatened the existence of the Roman republic. Which of the following men did not command private armies - Gaius Marius - the Gracchi brothers - Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Julius Caesar - Mark Antony | the Gracchi Brothers | 6 | |
| 248081755 | Which of the following was done by Caesar after he seized power in 49 b.c.e - He started large scale building projects - He centralized the military under his control - He named himself dictator for life - He distributed property to the veterans of his armies. - All of the above | All of the above | 7 | |
| 248081756 | Augustus's government was - a republic disguised as a monarchy - a monarchy disguised as a republic - an oligarchy disguised as democracy - a democracy disguised as an empire - an empire disguised as a democracy | a monarchy disguised as a republic | 8 | |
| 248081757 | Who wrote on the corruption in the early Roman empire - Juvenal - Cicero - Livy - Tacitus - None of the above | Tactius | 9 | |
| 248081758 | Which of the following does not describe Roman slaves - They were often chained together to work on latifundia - In cities, they were often feed when they reached thirty years of age - They had the right to elect their own tribunes - Female slaves usually worked as domestic servants - Some slaves were highly educated | They had the right to elect their own tribunes | 10 | |
| 248081759 | One of the most popular religion in the Roman empire prior to Christianity was - Judaism - the cult of Isis - stoicism - the cult of Cybele - Islam | the cult of Isis | 11 | |
| 248081760 | Mithraism was especially popular among - soldiers - women - slaves - the wealthy - intellectuals | soldiers | 12 | |
| 248081761 | The Jewish people could not get along well with a number of imperial regimes because - they declined to pay taxes - they did not respect any secular authorities - they had difficulty recognizing emperors as divine - they were converting to Mithraism -all of the above | they had difficulty recognizing emperors as divine | 13 | |
| 248081762 | The Essenes - were an early Christian sect - were a sect of Mithraism - was another term for the Dead Sea scrolls - followed their own savior - none of the above | none of the above | 14 | |
| 248081763 | After Jesus crucifixion, his followers called him "Christ", meaning - "the anointed one" - "the son of God" - "the enlightened one" - "the sacrificer" - none of the above | " the anointed one" | 15 | |
| 248081764 | The remarkable growth of early Christianity reflected the new faith's appeal particularly to - Roman emperors - high-ranking officials and the wealthy elite - the lower classes, urban populations, and women. - all of the above | the lower classes, urban population, and women | 16 |
