Roman Empire Test

Question 0

Barbarian

Answer 0

Is an outsider, foreigner

Question 1

Forum

Answer 1

Where the senate met

Like a city hall

Question 2

What types of religions were found in the Roman Empire?

Answer 2

Christianity
Judaism
Polytheistic

Question 3

Who was the last emperor of Pax Romana?

Answer 3

Marcus Aurelius

Question 4

What was the Pax Romana? How long did it last?

Answer 4

Golden age

180 AD

Question 5

Role of praetorian guard?

Answer 5

Protect the emperor

Question 6

Roman city Pompeii

Answer 6

Covered in volcanic ash

Question 7

Who inhabited the Italian Peninsula?

Answer 7

Phoenicians
Etruscans
Romans
Greek

Question 8

Republic

Answer 8

Representative government

Question 9

Consul

Answer 9

Rulers of the Rome

-2, elected by the senate

Question 10

Patrician

Answer 10

A landowning member of the upper class

Question 11

Plebeian

Answer 11

Bulk of the population- lower class like farmers and merchants

Question 12

12 tables

Answer 12

Provided political and social rights for the plebeians

-1st roman law code- list of rights that can not be revoked

Question 13

Appian Way

Answer 13

Road that was built over 2,000 years ago… East cost of Rome

Question 14

Aqueduct

Answer 14

Transports water

Question 15

Senate represents?

Answer 15

Patrician

Question 16

Tribal assembly represents?

Answer 16

The plebeians

Question 17

How long did it take to build the roman colosseum?

Answer 17

10 years

Question 18

Circus Maximus?

Answer 18

Chariot races

Question 19

Punic wars

Answer 19

Control over the eastern Mediterranean

1st: Charthage (Hamilcar) attacks Rome, but loses
2nd: Hannibal attacks Rome through the alps and gets to Italy, but invasion fails
3rd: Rome smashes and destroyed Charthage

Question 20

Tiberius Gracchus

Answer 20

Senator; he thought the poor should be given grain and small plots of land
He was able to get the plebeians to be able to join the army and war

Question 21

Pompey and Julius Caeser?

Answer 21

Pompey is east
Julius was west
Roman generals who won battles

Question 22

Why did government change from republic to dictatorship?

Answer 22

Roman generals took over the senate and became figureheads

Question 23

What reforms did the Gracchus bothers pursue?

Answer 23

Land reform

Plebeian reform

Question 24

3 most successful roman generals

Answer 24

Julius Ceaser Marcus Crassus Gauis Pompey

Question 25

Meaning of the phrase "crossing the rubicon"??

Answer 25

The point of no return | Julius Ceaser crossed the river to take over Rome

Question 26

What historical event happened on March 15, 44 BCE?

Answer 26

Julius Ceaser was assassinated( stabbed in the back)

Question 27

First roman imperator?

Answer 27

Octavian Augustus

Question 28

Where did Christianity begin?

Answer 28

Jerusalem

Question 29

What do historians mean by the Pax Romana?

Answer 29

150 years of peace and property | Under roman dictators

Question 30

5 barbarian invaders that threatened. The Emile during fourth and fifth centuries?

Answer 30

``` Saxons Franks vandals Visigoths-western Ostrogoth/ goth- eastern ```

Question 31

Constantine

Answer 31

Converted to Christianity and moved the Capitol of the empire

Question 32

Attila

Answer 32

Leader of the Huns | People would pay tribute so they wouldn't be attacked by the Huns

Question 33

"The second Rome"

Answer 33

Constantinople (Istanbul)

Question 34

Byzantine empire

Answer 34

Eastern Roman Empire

Question 35

What territorial changes occurred under Justinian?

Answer 35

Byzantine empire lost control of Asia Minor and eastern Mediterranean

Question 36

Justinian

Answer 36

Justinians code Legitimate law- sovereignty State is more important than an individual

Question 37

Legacy of Rome

Answer 37

``` Republic gov. Roman law Latin language Roman Catholic Church City planning Romanesque architectural style Roman engineering- aqueducts, sewage systems, fans, cement, and arch ```

Question 38

Torah

Answer 38

The first 6 books of the testament

Question 39

Old Testament

Answer 39

Hebrew bible (600-700BC)

Question 40

Gospels

Answer 40

The story of Jesus life

Question 41

New Testament

Answer 41

After Jesus | Christian bible

Question 42

What happened at masda?

Answer 42

The Romans defeated the Jewish rebels

Question 43

Nero

Answer 43

Roman emperor Slowly became insane and had many innocent people killed and the senate tried to arrest him but before they could he commuted suicide

Question 44

Hadrian

Answer 44

Roman emperor He gave money to the state and individuals He brought peace

Question 45

Diocletian

Answer 45

Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire

Question 46

Constantine??

Answer 46

First CHRISTIAN roman emperor

Question 47

Charlemagne

Answer 47

King of the franks in 768CE and a holy roman emperor