Chapter 5 Quiz

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. The Senate was made up of _______.

The Roman people correct incorrect

Distinguished men of Rome. correct incorrect

All male Roman citizens. correct incorrect

All Roman citizens, male or female. correct incorrect

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. The people who settled the region of Latium in present-day Italy came to be called _______.

Your response

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. The Romans learned to build _______ from the Etruscans.

Rock cut tombs correct incorrect

Pyramids correct incorrect

Ships correct incorrect

Stone arches correct incorrect

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. The Romans acquired _______ from the Etruscan religion.

Monotheism correct incorrect

The art of divination correct incorrect

Polytheism correct incorrect

Trial by ordeal correct incorrect

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. In Latin, Res publica means _______.

The people correct incorrect

The nation correct incorrect

The Romans correct incorrect

The public thing correct incorrect

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. The Roman class who could trace their lineage back to the members of the first Senate were the _______.

Patricians correct incorrect

Equestrians correct incorrect

Plebeians correct incorrect

Helots correct incorrect

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. The equestrian class were named after _______.

Their victories at chariot racing correct incorrect

Their beginnings as the Roman cavalry correct incorrect

Their love of dogs correct incorrect

Their hereditary role as generals correct incorrect

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. Roman elected officials, including tribunes, praetors, and aediles, were known as _______.

Patricians correct incorrect

Magistrates correct incorrect

Senators correct incorrect

Strategos correct incorrect

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. Imperium was _______.

The power of an elected official to carry out his duties correct incorrect

The power of the Senate correct incorrect

Military power correct incorrect

The power of the people
correct incorrect

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. The Roman magistrate who was responsible for preserving public morals was the _______.

Imperator correct incorrect

Censor correct incorrect

Aedile correct incorrect

Tribune correct incorrect

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. In their daily lives, Romans valued _______.

Simplicity correct incorrect

Elegance correct incorrect

Ostentation correct incorrect

Bloodshed correct incorrect

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. Roman religion was which of the following? Select all that apply.

Monotheistic correct incorrect

Polytheistic correct incorrect

Animistic correct incorrect

Shamanistic correct incorrect

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. The Romans were famous for building infrastructure, which included _______. (Select all that apply)

Fresh water aqueducts correct incorrect

Ships correct incorrect

Sewers correct incorrect

Roads and bridges correct incorrect

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. The primary class pushing for social change in Rome in the third century BCE was the _______.

Patricians correct incorrect

Equestrians correct incorrect

Plebeians correct incorrect

Slaves correct incorrect

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. The Punic Wars were a series of wars between Rome and _______.

Your response

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. Rome dealt with their new conquests in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE by _______.

Creating a new bureaucracy to run these new provinces. correct incorrect

Reformulating their entire political system to effectively rule an empire rather than a city-state. correct incorrect

Allowing conquered people to continue ruling themselves in return for tribute. correct incorrect

Putting the conquering generals in charge of the provinces and taking little to no direct control correct incorrect

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. Latifundia were _______.

Roman slaves correct incorrect

A type of olive correct incorrect

Agricultural plantations correct incorrect

The Roman middle class correct incorrect

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. The first Roman leaders to call for reform to the government, around the mid-second century BCE, were _______.

The Gracchi brothers correct incorrect

Marius and Sulla correct incorrect

Caesar and Pompey correct incorrect

Octavian and Marc Anthony correct incorrect

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. Sulla, a conservative Senator, fought against the reforms proposed by _______.

The Gracchi correct incorrect

Marius correct incorrect

Julius Caesar correct incorrect

Marc Anthony correct incorrect

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. Julius Caesar's main rival for power was _______.

Marc Anthony correct incorrect

Octavian correct incorrect

Sulla correct incorrect

Pompey correct incorrect

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. Julius Caesar's adopted son and heir was _______.

Your response

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. Octavian's title Princeps Augustus makes him the first _______.

Commander in chief of the Roman armies correct incorrect

Emperor of Rome correct incorrect

Head of the Senate correct incorrect

Popularly elected leader correct incorrect

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Based on Map 5.1, why does your textbook say that Italy "faces west"? Select all that apply.

It doesn't have an east coast correct incorrect

Most of the rivers drain west correct incorrect

The east coast is mountainous correct incorrect

Most of the towns are on the west coast correct incorrect

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What is the purpose of the structure you see in this picture?

Carrying people correct incorrect

Carrying goods correct incorrect

Carrying water correct incorrect

Carrying soldiers correct incorrect

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Looking at the relief carving of the Circus Maximus, what were the kinds of activities that took place there? Select all that apply.

Chariot races correct incorrect

Selling luxury goods correct incorrect

Public games correct incorrect

Water distribution correct incorrect