Chapter 5 - An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 743 BCE - 600 CE

Question 1

Republic

Answer 1

The period from which 507 to 31 BCE, during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate

Question 2

Senate

Answer 2

A council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning familes. Originally an advisory body to the early kings, in the era of the Roman Republic the senate effectively governed the Roman state and the Growing empire.

Question 3

Patron/Client Relationship

Answer 3

A fundamental social relationship in which the patron, a powerful individual provided legal and economic protection to clients in return for support in the Patron’s economic and political interests.

Question 4

Principate

Answer 4

A term used to characterize roman government in the first three centuries based on the ambiguous title princeps adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship.

Question 5

Augustus

Answer 5

Honorific name of Octavian, founder of Roman Principate. Military dictatorship that replaced Roman Senate rule.

Question 6

Equites

Answer 6

In Ancient Italy, prosperous landowners second in wealth and status to the senatorial aristocracy.

Question 7

Pax Romana

Answer 7

Roman Peace, connoted stability and prosperity that roman rule brought to the land of the Roman Empire

Question 8

Romanization

Answer 8

The process in which the Latin language and Roman Culture became dominant in western provinces

Question 9

Jesus

Answer 9

A jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans.

Question 10

Paul

Answer 10

A Jew from the Greek city of Tarsus in Anatolia, he initially prosecutes Jesus’ followers. After a revelation in Damascus, he becomes a christian and establishes churches.

Question 11

Aqueduct

Answer 11

A conduit, elevated or underground, that used gravity to carry water from city to city

Question 12

Third Century Crisis

Answer 12

Political and economic turmoil that beset the Roman empire during much of the third century, frequent changes of rulers and civil wars occured

Question 13

Constantine

Answer 13

Roman emperor, Moves capital to constantinople and changes christianity in to a favored religion.

Question 14

Qin

Answer 14

A people and state in the Wei Valley of china that conquered rival states and created the first empire. The Qin ruler was Shi Huangdi, he standardized Chinese society and was ruthless

Question 15

Shi Huangdi

Answer 15

Founder of the Qin dynasty, remembered for ruthless conquests and forced labor on Terracotta soldiers

Question 16

Han

Answer 16

Term used to designate the ethnic Chinese who originated in the Yellow River Valley

Question 17

Xiongnu

Answer 17

Confederation of nomadic peoples living on the northwest frontier of China. Many emperors created barriers to exclude these barbarians.

Question 18

Sima Qian

Answer 18

Chief astrologer for the Han dynasty emperor Wu. Composed a monumental history of China from legendary origins to his own time and regarded the father of history.

Question 19

Chang’an

Answer 19

City in Wei valley in eastern China. Capital of Qin and Early Han empires.

Question 20

Gentry

Answer 20

Class of prosperous families, next to rural aristocrats. Were educated and had expertise, a privileged class. Also ran the government