Traditions and Encounters. Bentley, Ziegler
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| 5779852216 | Paul's case was transferred to Rome because | as a Roman citizen Paul had the right to appeal his case to Rome, which he did. | 0 | |
| 5779852217 | According to legend, Rome was founded by | Romulus. | 1 | |
| 5779852218 | During its early history, Rome was dominated by the | Etruscans | 2 | |
| 5779852219 | In the early stages of the Roman republic the patricians elected two | consuls | 3 | |
| 5779852220 | Which group, in an effort to alleviate social tensions, was allowed to elect two and then later ten tribunes? | plebeians | 4 | |
| 5779852221 | During times of crisis the Romans would appoint an official with absolute power known as a(n) | dictator. | 5 | |
| 5779852222 | The Roman policy toward conquered peoples was | generous, with the potential for citizenship. | 6 | |
| 5779852223 | In the early period of Roman expansion, the principle power in the western Mediterranean was the | Carthaginians | 7 | |
| 5779852224 | During the Punic Wars, the Romans first fought the Carthaginians over the most important source of grain in the western Mediterranean. Where was it? | Sicily | 8 | |
| 5779852225 | Rome's monumental struggle with the Carthaginians was known as the | Punic Wars. | 9 | |
| 5779852226 | The turning point in Roman history was their struggle, in the Punic Wars, with the | Carthaginians. | 10 | |
| 5779852227 | Of the following groups, which did not engage in conflict with the Romans during Roman expansion into the Mediterranean?the Carthaginians, the Antigonids, the Seleucids, the Spartans | None of these answers is correct. | 11 | |
| 5779852228 | Latifundia were | enormous plantations worked by slaves. | 12 | |
| 5779852229 | The tribune whose call for land reform led to his assassination in 132 B.C.E. was | Tiberius Gracchus. | 13 | |
| 5779852230 | Gaius Marius | created an army of common men who were loyal only to him. | 14 | |
| 5779852231 | The leader who, supported by the Roman aristocrats, led a slaughter of more than ten thousand of his political enemies was | Lucius Cornelius Sulla. | 15 | |
| 5779852232 | In regard to political philosophy, Julius Caesar | favored liberal policies and social reform. | 16 | |
| 5779852233 | After naming himself dictator in 46 B.C.E., Julius Caesar did all of the following EXCEPT | launch large-scale building projects in Rome, give land to the conservatives to win their favor, extend Roman citizenship to peoples in the imperial provinces, appoint some Gauls to the Roman senate, seize land from the conservatives and distribute it to his army veterans.:give land to the conservatives to win their favor. | 17 | |
| 5779852234 | Octavian was able to restore order to the Roman world with his victory in 31 B.C.E. at | Actium. | 18 | |
| 5779852235 | Augustus was able to reunify the empire after defeating his main rivals, who were | Mark Antony and Cleopatra. | 19 | |
| 5779852236 | The last of the Ptolemaic rulers was | Cleopatra. | 20 | |
| 5779852237 | The government established by Augustus Caesar | was a monarchy disguised as a republic. | 21 | |
| 5779852238 | The Roman conquest of Gaul, Germany, Britain, and Spain | stimulated the development of the local economies and states. | 22 | |
| 5779852239 | The period known as the pax romana was started by | Augustus Caesar. | 23 | |
| 5779852240 | The reign of Augustus inaugurated a period known as the | pax romana. | 24 | |
| 5779852241 | The most important early Roman historian for the empire was | Tacitus. | 25 | |
| 5779852242 | The Romans had a long tradition of written law, stretching back to 449 B.C.E. and the creation of the | Twelve Tables. | 26 | |
| 5779852243 | All of the following were foundations of Roman law EXCEPT- the principle that defendants were innocent until proven guilty, the notion that defendants had a right to challenge their accusers before a judge in a court of law, the right of a patrician to transfer out of a plebeian court, the ability of judges to set aside laws that were inequitable | the right of a patrician to transfer out of a plebeian court. | 27 | |
| 5779852244 | Periplus maris erythraei is | a description of Red Sea, African, and Indian ports. | 28 | |
| 5779852245 | The term paterfamilias refers to | the patriarchal nature of the Roman family. | 29 | |
| 5779852246 | By the second century C.E., how much of the total population of the Roman empire was represented by slaves? | one-third | 30 | |
| 5779852247 | In 73 B.C.E., Spartacus | raised an army of seventy thousand rebellious slaves | 31 | |
| 5779852248 | Vesta was the Roman goddess of | the hearth. | 32 | |
| 5779852249 | The Roman thinker Marcus Tullius Cicero is most associated with what Hellenistic school of thought? | Stoicism | 33 | |
| 5779852250 | The most prominent school of moral philosophy in Rome was | Stoicism. | 34 | |
| 5779852251 | Mithras was | a Zoroastrian sun god whose cult was popular in Rome. | 35 | |
| 5779852252 | Which of the following religions was NOT popular during the Roman empire? | Islam | 36 | |
| 5779852253 | From 66 to 70 C.E., the Romans fought a bloody war with the | Jews. | 37 | |
| 5779852254 | The Essenes were | a Jewish sect that looked for the appearance of a savior. | 38 | |
| 5779852255 | Jesus of Nazareth's followers called him "Christ," which meant | "the anointed one." | 39 | |
| 5779852256 | The phrase "the kingdom of God is at hand" is associated with | Jesus of Nazareth | 40 | |
| 5779852257 | The leading figure in the expansion of Christianity beyond Judaism was | Paul of Tarsus. | 41 |
