AP World History Ch. 11 Flashcards

13637660856	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
13637660857	According to legend Rome was founded by	Aeneas and Romulus	1
13637660858	During its early history, Rome was dominated by the	Etruscans	2
13637660859	In the early stages of the Roman republic the patricians elected two	consuls	3
13637660860	In an effort to alleviate social tensions this group was allowed to elect two and then later ten tribunes	plebeians	4
13637660861	During times of crisis the Romans would appoint an official with absolute power known as a	dictator	5
13637660862	The Roman policy toward conquered peoples was	generous with the potential for citizenship	6
13637660863	The Roman policy of toleration and respect for conquered peoples was most similar to the	Persians.	7
13637660864	In the early period of Roman expansion, the principle power in the western Mediterranean was the	Carthaginians	8
13637660865	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	9
13637660866	Rome's monumental struggle with the Carthaginians was known as the	Punic Wars	10
13637660867	The turning point in Roman history was their struggle, in the Punic Wars, with the	Carthaginians	11
13637660868	The testudo was	a siege formation also known as the "tortoise."	12
13637660869	Latifundia were	enormous plantations worked by slaves.	13
13637660870	The tribune whose call for land reform led to his assassination in 132 B.C.E. was	Tiberius Gracchus	14
13637660871	Gaius Marius	created an army of common men who were loyal only to him.	15
13637660872	The leader, supported by the Roman aristocrats, who led a slaughter of more than ten thousand of his political enemies was	Lucius Cornelius Sulla	16
13637660873	In regard to political philosophy, Julius Caesar	favored liberal policies and social reform	17
13637660874	After naming himself dictator in 46 B.C.E. Julius Caesar did all of the following except	give land to the conservatives to win their favor.	18
13637660875	Octavian was able to restore order to the Roman world with his victory in 31 B.C.E. at	Actium.	19
13637660876	Augustus was able to reunify the empire after defeating his main rivals, who were	Mark Antony and Cleopatra.	20
13637660877	The last of the Ptolemaic rulers was	Cleopatra	21
13637660878	The government established by Augustus Caesar	was a monarchy disguised as a republic.	22
13637660879	The Roman conquest of Gaul, Germany, Britain, and Spain	stimulated the development of the local economies and states.	23
13637660880	The period known as the pax romana was started by	Augustus Caesar.	24
13637660881	The reign of Augustus inaugurated a period known as the	pax romana	25
13637660882	The most important early Roman historian for the empire was	Tacitus	26
13637660883	The Romans had a long tradition of written law stretching back to 450 B.C.E. and the creation of the	Twelve Tables	27
13637660884	All of the following were foundations of Roman law with the exception of	the right of a patrician to transfer out of a plebeian court	28
13637660885	When the Romans used the words mare nostrum they referred to	the Mediterranean Sea	29
13637660886	The phrase pater familias refers to	the patriarchal nature of the Roman family	30
13637660887	By the second century C.E., how much of the total population of the Roman Empire was represented by slaves?	one-third	31
13637660888	In 73 B.C.E., Spartacus	raised an army of seventy thousand rebellious slaves	32
13637660889	Zeus was to Jupiter as Ares was to	Mars	33
13637660890	Vesta was the Roman goddess of	hearth	34
13637660891	The Roman thinker Marcus Tullius Cicero was best associated with what Hellenistic school of thought?	Stoicism	35
13637660892	The most prominent school of moral philosophy in Rome was	Stoicism	36
13637660893	Mithras was	a Zoroastrian sun god whose cult was popular in Rome.	37
13637660894	Which of the following religions was not popular during the Roman Empire?	Islam	38
13637660895	From 66 to 70 C.E. the Romans fought a bloody war with the	Jews	39
13637660896	The Essenes were	a Jewish sect that looked for the appearance of a savior	40
13637660897	Jesus of Nazareth's followers called him "Christ," which meant	"the anointed one."	41
13637660898	The phrase "the kingdom of God is at hand" is associated with	Jesus of Nazareth.	42
13637660899	The leading figure in the expansion of Christianity beyond Judaism was	Paul of Tarsus.	43