AP World History Chapter 6 Terms Flashcards
Terms : Hide Images
| 7088466532 | Pax Romana | The "Roman peace", that is the state of comparative concord prevailing within the boundaries of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus (27 BC-14 AD) to that of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD), enforced by Roman political and military control | 0 | |
| 7088466533 | Republic | A state that is not ruled by a hereditary leader (as in a monarchy) but by a person or persons appointed under the constitution | 1 | |
| 7088466817 | Patrician | Born to a family with long-standing residence and prominence in Rome, a patrician was an aristocrat. About seven to ten percent of Rome's population were patricians | 2 | |
| 7088466818 | Plebeian | A citizen of Ancient Rome who was not a member of the privileged patrician class. Beginning in the later Republican period, the term "plebeian" implied low social class | 3 | |
| 7088468675 | Tribune | In Ancient Rome, a plebeian officer elected by the plebeians and charged to protect their lives and properties, with a right of veto against legislative proposals of the Senate | 4 | |
| 7088470479 | Magistrate | An official elected by the Senate of Rome to administer the supervision of the Senate. There were many different ranks of magistrates, serving different functions. At the end of their term of office they became senators themselves | 5 | |
| 7088470480 | Consul | Under the Roman Republic, one of the two magistrates holding supreme civil and military authority | 6 | |
| 7088470481 | Centuries | The smallest units of the Roman army, each composed of some 100 foot soldiers and commanded by a centurion. A legion was made up of 60 centuries. Centuries also formed political divisions of Roman citizens | 7 | |
| 7088471256 | Dictator | A leader elected at a time of crisis by the Senate of Rome for a short term, usually six months, and vested with extraordinary powers to deal with the situation | 8 | |
| 7088471257 | Patron-client relationship | In a patron-client relationship, the patron offers protection and, often, employment, while the client offers obedience, labor, and services in exchange. Sometimes these relationships are formalized under law. More frequently they exist in place of law, in situations where legal structures are weak or nonexistent. Patron-client relationships are common throughout world history | 9 | |
| 7088471940 | Paterfamilias | The head of a family or household in Roman law-always a male-and the only member to have full legal rights. The paterfamilias had absolute power over his family, which extended to life and death | 10 | |
| 7088471941 | Publicans or tax farmers | Collected taxes on behalf of the government, paying in a sum agreed upon, but keeping for themselves any surplus they could extort. The system was extremely oppressive to those who were taxed | 11 | |
| 7088472434 | Bread and circuses | Provision by the government of free food and entertainment, designed to divert the masses, and especially the poor masses, from engaging in political action | 12 | |
| 7088472435 | Caesar Augustus | "Caesar" and "Augustus" are both titles of the emperor Octavian. Caesar means ruler or emperor. The word comes down to the present in the tile czar or tsar. Augustus means dignified, even majestic, It was sometimes used in place of Octavian's given name. The words could also be reversed as Caesar Augustus or Augustus Caesar | 13 | |
| 7088472955 | Triumvirate | Literally, an association of three strong men. An unofficial coalition of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus formed in 60 BC. After Caesar's murder in 44 BC, a triumvirate including his heir Octavian (later Augustus), Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus was appointed to maintain public order | 14 | |
| 7088472956 | Praetor | In Ancient Rome, the name was originally applied to the consul as leader of an army. In 366 BC, a further praetor was elected with special responsibility for the administration of justice in Rome, with the right of military command. Further praetors were subsequently appointed to administer the increasing number of provinces | 15 | |
| 7088472957 | Theme | A theme was originally a military unit stationed in one of the provinces of the Byzantine Empire, but it later applied to the larger military districts that formed buffer zones in the areas most vulnerable to Muslim invasion | 16 | |
| 7088630990 | Iconoclast | An "image-breaker," or a person who rejects the veneration of icons, on the grounds that the practice is idolatrous | 17 | |
| 7519018826 | Rome became a republic in this year: | 509 BC | 18 | |
| 7519018827 | The Struggle of the Orders was: | conflict between plebeians and patricians | 19 | |
| 7519018828 | Carthage: | lost all three Punic Wars | 20 | |
| 7520002893 | Which of the following occurred first? | Hannibal Invaded Italy | 21 | |
| 7520002894 | Which of the following was conquered last by Rome? | Syria | 22 | |
| 7520002895 | The city of Rome was founded in approximately: | 753 BC | 23 | |
| 7520002896 | Which of the following was the first to be made part of the Roman empire? | Sicily | 24 | |
| 7520002897 | Rome: | often granted some level of Roman citizenship to conquered peoples | 25 | |
| 7533637974 | The Gracchi: | succeeded in achieving some of their desired reforms | 26 | |
| 7533637975 | Rome's military leaders: | were initially constrained by elected civilian government | 27 | |
| 7533637976 | The Roman patron-client relationship: | defined a state of reciprocity between the weak and the strong | 28 | |
| 7533637977 | Rome's armies: | were often made up in part by men from conquered regions | 29 | |
| 7533637978 | The triumvirate formed in 60 B.C.E. did NOT include this man: | Tiberius | 30 | |
| 7534837196 | "Bread and circuses" exacerbated class conflict in Rome. | False | 31 | |
| 7582442897 | Rome borrowed most from this culture: | Greek | 32 | |
| 7582442898 | Which of the following Greek and Roman Gods are linked correctly? | Dionysus and Bacchus | 33 | |
| 7582442899 | The belief system of Rome: | centered on the emperor as a god | 34 | |
| 7582442900 | Stoicism held all of the following principles, except: | the world is an irrational place | 35 | |
| 7582442901 | The "barbarians": | were usually considered inferior by Romans | 36 | |
| 7582442902 | The Silk Road linked which of the following cities? | Luoyang and Bactra | 37 | |
| 7582442903 | During the height of the Roman Empire: | Rome paid for most luxury goods with precious metals | 38 | |
| 7582442904 | Which of the following was the first emperor of the Flavian dynasty? | Vespasian | 39 | |
| 7610211838 | Attila, leader of the Huns: | invaded Italy in 451 C.E. | 40 | |
| 7610211839 | The fall of the Roman Empire: | was hastened by the actions of Germanic peoples | 41 | |
| 7610211840 | A significant reason that the Byzantine Empire survived for 1000 years after Rome had fallen was: | its much more efficient administration of government | 42 | |
| 7610211841 | Once the Goths began to work with iron, contact with Greeks and Romans resulted in: | the development of more sophisticated tools and weapons | 43 | |
| 7610211842 | Under the leadership of Emperor Constantine: | Constantinople served as the sister-capital of Rome | 44 | |
| 7610211843 | Christianity was initially embraced by the poor of the Roman Empire as a means of: | expressing their alienation from the power of the Caesars | 45 | |
| 7610211844 | Zenobia, widow of the leader of Palmyra: | led a revolt, that was defeated after a few years by the Roman Emperor Aurelian | 46 | |
| 7610211845 | A key factor in the decline of Rome was: | a plague that killed nearly one quarter of the population in some areas | 47 | |
| 7610211846 | Which of the following groups migrated to Carthage, then across the Mediterranean Sea to Rome? | Vandals | 48 | |
| 7610211847 | The Byzantine Empire was centered in | Constantinople | 49 |
