Global Unit 2: Quiz 4

Question 1

Patricians

Answer 1

Wealthy landowners

Question 2

Plebeians

Answer 2

Lower class Roman citizens; majority of population

Question 3

Freedmen

Answer 3

Former slaves not considered citizens; children became citizens

Question 4

Slaves

Answer 4

Individuals considered property with no legal rights; acquired from war, trade, and reproduction

Question 5

Senate

Answer 5

300 landowning men; elected from the patrician class; suggested laws/politics to the consuls; could not veto

Question 6

Consuls

Answer 6

2 men; elected from the patrician class; managed army and passed laws; could veto eachother

Question 7

Praetors

Answer 7

8 men; elected from the patrician class; administered laws; could not veto

Question 8

Aediles

Answer 8

16 men; elected from the patrician class; managed public affairs and buildings; could not veto

Question 9

Quaestors

Answer 9

20 men; elected from the patrician class; managed financial affairs; could not veto

Question 10

Tribunes

Answer 10

10 men; elected by plebeians; represented plebeians; could veto laws that did not benefit plebeians

Question 11

How was Rome’s geography different from Greece’s?

Answer 11

Rome had no mountains, Greece did

Question 12

How did Rome grow in size?

Answer 12

Conquest and invasion, trade, and technology

Question 13

Christianity

Answer 13

Founded by Jesus, Paul, and God; Holy Bible; Believed in baptism, life after earthly death, Jesus was sent by God

Question 14

Judaism

Answer 14

Founded by Abraham; Torah; Believed in worship and kindness and celebrate Hannukah

Question 15

What factors led to Pax Romana?

Answer 15

Military victory, trade, a strong central gov’t, stability of state, and communication throughout the empire

Question 16

What factors led to the fall of the Roman Empire?

Answer 16

High taxes in favor of the wealthy, inequality of punishment between the rich and poor, invasion of the Empire, and decline of trade due to piracy were all factors that led to the fall of the Roman Empire.