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| 11099701012 | How did the Silk Road affect the spread of Christianity and other religions? | During the 13th century, the Silk Road was the route for the new wave of Christian doctrine dissemination connected with the activity of the Catholic missionaries (Nestorians). Buddhism was reinvigorated in China with its existing philosophy, culture, and literature. Islam became the dominant faith of the people along the Silk Road. | 0 | |
| 11099701013 | How did slaves fit within Greek social hierarchies? | The slaves were not even considered in a social class or "group". They were conquered people, criminals, or purchased. Their freedom had to be bought. Were not given any rights. | 1 | |
| 11099701014 | In what way did writing help the spread of Christianity? | "Written Tradition." This meant that the events were recorded on paper, meaning people had something to trust, as writing is more credible than word of mouth. The Old Testament talks of God making man in the image of himself. The New Testament offers a more appealing and attractive God to follow. It shows humans as valuable in the eyes of god, meaning others would want to join the religion. | 2 | |
| 11099701015 | What were the Gladiatorial Games? Did Roman citizens support these events? | Originated to Rome in 264 B.C., where sons would honor their fathers. Because it became financed by the rich, it became less about religious offering and more about politics. To limit this power, Augustus Caesar restricted the number of shows to two per year. The Roman citizens were in awe of the gladiators and admired their valor. Christians were uneasy about the treatments of the gladiators, but felt that they could be saved by their own virtues. | 3 | |
| 11099701016 | What was the end result for many slaves after the Spartacus rebellion? | The state assumed greater control of the public games. Conditions of slaves became harsher with increasing conquests. After a slave named Spartacus led one of the largest slave revolts in history, Roman soldiers killed thousands of revels and another 6,000 slaves were captured and crucified. Because they received harsh treatment, slaves revolted once more, leading to even harsher treatment so they wouldn't revolt again. | 4 | |
| 11099701017 | How did the failure to incorporate non-Roman people into the Roman Empire lead to the downfall of Rome? | Romans has the most rights within Roman society, but as Rome expanded, the government relied more on slave labor. The Roman government also began to borrow more money to pay for the army and for it to rule its faraway territories. Because the faraway peoples didn't feel as loyal, they didn't fight off invading forces like the Huns and the barbarian tribes. They also treated the Goths cruelly. Another reason was the non-Roman people rebelled constantly. Also, many felt that before Constantine, the Jews would receive special treatment. | 5 | |
| 11099701018 | How was social hierarchy used to consolidate power in the Roman Empire? | The patricians and the plebeians separated the social classes with the patricians being wealthy elites and the plebeians being common people. Initially, the patricians were only able to hold office and make decisions. Over time, the plebeians were able to gain more influence in the political system. The patricians could expect to become officials and hold high positions, lower classes could not expect such titles. In trials, the Roman elite was better privileged and received preferential treatment from imperial courts. The patricians were not subject to cruel punishments. The plebeians could only assume one position in the Roman Republic, whereas the patricians held the rest of the positions. | 6 | |
| 11099701019 | How did maritime innovations impact trade travel through the Indian Ocean? | It increased the capability to sail various places and increased the amount of cross-cultural interaction within the Indian Ocean. The compass allowed one to know the direction they were heading. An astrolabe let you look and pinpoint the stars. The Lateen sails made it so they did not have to rely on the monsoon winds. The Sternpost Rudder is used to steer a ship. These innovations allowed for more trade as they allowed the steerer navigate and control which direction they wanted the ship to go. | 7 | |
| 11099701020 | How did the stirrup affect the ability for people all over the world to interact? | It allowed people to converse while being mounted on the horse without them being unstable. It also allowed the rider to mount and remount the horse at will. | 8 | |
| 11100149714 | In what way did the stirrup affect freedom of horse riders' arms? | Because less effort was needed to control a horse with the use of stirrups, horses became a very effective tool in war. The rider could hold onto the horse with their feet and grip the weapons with their hands. They could attack another person with a bow and arrow, sword, or lance. | 9 | |
| 11100149715 | How did the collapse of large empires such as Rome (or ancient China) negatively affect trade through the Silk Roads? | The goods that Rome (or China) normally exported were not exported anymore. This decreased the amount of goods traded. | 10 | |
| 11100149716 | What kind of goods did Romans and other Europeans seek to trade along the Silk Roads from China? | Eastern Europe imported rice, cotton, woolen and silk fabrics from Central Asia. Chinese china was very expensive in European markets because only the Chinese held the secrets of making the thinnest porcelain. Bronze was also valued, Medicines, perfume, paper, gold, skins, tea, flax fabrics, corals, amber, and asbestos. The sacks of merchants were filled with ivory, rhino horns, turtle shells, spices, ceramic and iron items, glaze, cinnamon, ginger, bronze weapons, mirrors, and spices. | 11 | |
| 11100149717 | What religious group benefited the most from Constantine's reforms? | Christians | 12 | |
| 11100149718 | What is a monastery? | A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows where they seek seclusion. The monks spent most of their days in silence. | 13 | |
| 11100149719 | Which other ancient monotheistic religion did Christians mirror? | Judaism | 14 | |
| 11100149720 | What social class was Julius Caesar? | patrician | 15 | |
| 11100149721 | How did imperial societies develop through conquest? | It caused the empire to grow and develop and become more diverse. Mercantilism: colonies will provide materials that will make the mother country rich. | 16 | |
| 11100149722 | How did most people travel back and forth between the Silk Roads? | Camels, horses (stirrups), and larger ships were used to travel. The goods carried on the Silk Road moved basically from the East to the West. | 17 | |
| 11100149723 | What Chinese Dynasty collapsed at the same time as the Romans? | The Han Dynasty | 18 | |
| 11100149724 | What was Paul trying to encourage with his letters to the Romans? | He was trying to encourage the spread of Christianity. | 19 | |
| 11100149725 | What were some reasons that the Roman Empire's population greatly declined during its fall? | A siege by the Goths destroyed the aqueducts. People could not survive without water and the population fell by 90%. There was sexual promiscuity and a decline in moral values. There were also various civil wars, attacks from barbarian tribes, and disease epidemics. | 20 | |
| 11100149726 | How did the growth of trade affect the development of systems of currency? | It provided a need for a common set of currency. For most of Roman history, Roman currency was comprised of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum, and copper. It changed many times throughout the years. The coinage systems was used because there were no shortages during the Roman prosperity. These coins allowed trade. | 21 | |
| 11100149727 | What did the Twelve Tables and Hammurabi's Code have in common? | They were both written and displayed everywhere. They both brought order. | 22 | |
| 11100350702 | What was a Republic? | a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. | 23 | |
| 11100350703 | Who were the plebeians? | All non-land-owning, free men in Ancient Rome | 24 | |
| 11100350704 | Who were the patricians? | In ancient Rome, a member of the privileged upper class. | 25 | |
| 11100350705 | What was a Roman Consul? | An elected official who led the Roman Republic. There were 2 and had a term of 1 year | 26 | |
| 11100350706 | What was a popularis and who was a famous one? | an aristocrat whose strength was based on support from plebeians; Julius Caesar | 27 | |
| 11100350707 | What is the Pax Romana? | 200 year period of peace in Rome. | 28 | |
| 11100350708 | What was an Equestrian? | A new social class in the Roman empire that was available to male citizens. Could hold positions in government, but not as influential as senators. They were knights-turned businessmen from Italian towns. | 29 | |
| 11100350709 | What were Oracles? | Women could become higher in social status by becoming this and gain influence. | 30 | |
| 11100350710 | What was the Jewish Diaspora? | the scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland (Israel) beginning about 586 BCE. | 31 | |
| 11100350711 | Why was Christianity popular and who was it popular among? | It was popular because it offered people salvation and it was popular among everyday people including the urban poor, women, and slaves. | 32 | |
| 11100350712 | Why was Paul able to travel so freely? | He was a Roman citizen | 33 | |
| 11100350713 | What was Constantinople? | Rome's new capital city, in Greece the eastern side. It was made by Emperor Constantine. Present day Istanbul. | 34 | |
| 11100350714 | Who was the last Roman emperor? | Odovacer, a Germanic ruler | 35 | |
| 11100350715 | What was the Battering Ram? | a powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels | 36 | |
| 11100350716 | What were the Romantic Languages? | French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian; languages that developed from Latin. | 37 | |
| 11100404958 | What was the top social class in the caste system? | the Brahmins | 38 | |
| 11100559237 | Who made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire? | Emperor Constantine | 39 | |
| 11100559238 | Who were the untouchables? | People that didn't belong in a caste- no protection form caste law and could perform only jobs that other caste member couldn't (handling dead animals). | 40 | |
| 11100559239 | Who was the first Catholic pope? | Peter | 41 | |
| 11100559240 | What did merchants have to be wary of while traveling the Indian Ocean? | Monsoons | 42 | |
| 11100559241 | Who fought with Octavian for power? | Marc Anthony | 43 | |
| 11100559242 | What was the name given to Octavian? | Augustus | 44 | |
| 11100559243 | What was the caste system? | A highly stratified and very rigid social class system in India | 45 | |
| 11100559244 | What was Gaul? | a region of France taken over by the Roman Empire | 46 | |
| 11100559245 | What was the Edict of Milan? | A document that stated Christianity was a legal religion of Rome. Issued by Constantine in 313 C.E. | 47 | |
| 11100559246 | What was the Silk Road and why was it important? | It was an important trade route that connected China, India, the Middle East, and Europe. It traded goods and basic necessities and helped spread culture and religion. | 48 | |
| 11100559247 | Who was the first king of Rome? | Romulus in 753 BC | 49 | |
| 11100559248 | What were jatis and what function did they perform? | new sub casts in the caste system | 50 | |
| 11100559249 | What was syncretism? | mixing of cultures and religions to create a bigger culture | 51 | |
| 11100559250 | What river was Rome founded on? | Tiber River | 52 | |
| 11100559251 | Who was the leader of the Huns? | Attila the Hun | 53 | |
| 11100559252 | Who was Diocletian? | Roman Emperor who aimed to uproot Christianity from the Empire. He tried to do it by confiscating the property of CHristians, destroying their churches and sacred books, banishing them to hard labor, subjecting them to tortures, and inflicting the death penalty. | 54 | |
| 11100829278 | The Greeks differed from the later Romans in that the Greeks... | specialized more in scientific thought | 55 | |
| 11100829279 | Hellenistic culture gets its name from the synthesis of Middle Eastern culture and ________ culture. | Greek | 56 | |
| 11101000152 | Cyrus the Great and the religion of Zoroastrianism were from which world civilization? | Persia | 57 | |
| 11101000153 | What Greek word means "rule of the best?" | Aristocracy | 58 | |
| 11101000154 | Peloponnesian Wars were won by the Spartans over Athens, but both were depleted and this allowed who to invade and conquer Greece? | Macedonia | 59 | |
| 11101000156 | Which of the following did Greeks and later Romans need from their colonies such as Sicily and North Africa? | Grain | 60 | |
| 11101000155 | Which would characterize Greeks much more than Romans? | Original, innovative, and realistic sculptures | 61 | |
| 11101000157 | Which apostle went to India and established churches in the first century? | Thomas | 62 | |
| 11101180624 | Which was most characteristic of the Greco-Roman religion? | a rather human and of-this-world approach | 63 | |
| 11101180625 | When did Caesar die? | March 15, 44 BC (Ides of March) | 64 | |
| 11101180626 | How were Caesar and Augustus related? | Nephew, and later adopted heir | 65 |
