Deck 4: The Roman Republic

Question 1

In the first century B.C., as Roman imperialism brought the state into further wars, the political situation was dominated by

A)repeated invasions of Germanic barbarians.
B)repeated rebellion of the Greek city-states.
C)continual warfare in Asia Minor.
D)a series of plebeian revolts.
E)attempts of powerful generals to achieve supremacy in Rome through use of the army.

Answer 1

attempts of powerful generals to achieve supremacy in Rome through use of the army.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT correct? Augustus' legislation in favor of the Roman family was designed to

A)repopulate Italy following the civil wars.
B)grant special privileges to families with more than three children.
C)legislate against adultery.
D)allow more legal freedoms to women within the family structure.
E)curb population growth.

Answer 2

curb population growth.

Question 3

In the Punic Wars, Rome defeated

A)Sicily.
B)Phoenicia.
C)Etruria.
D)Carthage.
E)the Gauls.

Answer 3

Carthage.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true? Caesar gained popularity by defending the rights of

A)tribunes.
B)slaves.
C)common citizens.
D)soldiers.
E)None of these answers is correct; all contributed to Caesar's popularity.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a correct match?

A)Marius: first to allow landless citizens to become soldiers
B)Sulla: first general to seize Rome and name himself dictator without time limit
C)Pompey: member of the First Triumvirate
D)Cicero: led campaign against pirates in the Mediterranean
E)Julius Caesar: extended Roman rule to France and Belgium

Question 6

The Roman constitution was

A)a written document.
B)a set of procedures and customs.
C)a frequently appended document.
D)determined by the power of certain clans.
E)None of these answers is correct.

Question 7

Polybius believed that Rome's successes stemmed from

A)its constitution and mixed government.
B)conservative Roman values.
C)its geographical diversity.
D)Roman worship of Greek deities.
E)All these answers are correct.

Question 8

Discuss the role of the citizen-soldier-farmer in Rome's history from the era of the Punic Wars to the collapse of the Republic.

Question 9

The crisis of the first century B.C.Italian War centered around

A)territorial ambition.
B)trade policies.
C)citizenship.
D)threat of Germanic invasion.
E)military obligation.

Question 10

The Second Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus captured Rome by challenging the authority of

A)the Assembly of Tribunes.
B)the army.
C)the Senate.
D)the Praetorian Guard.
E)Bologna.

Question 11

Rome controlled all the Italian peninsula except the Po valley by

A)390 B.C.
B)300 B.C.
C)265 B.C.
D)197 B.C.
E)238 B.C.

Question 12

Romans believed that their gods

A)could be appeased through sacrifices.
B)could not be satisfied.
C)behaved immorally.
D)would not protect them.
E)All these answers are correct.

Question 13

Expansion into the eastern Mediterranean

A)inadvertently led to the decline of the Republic.
B)triggered policies of accommodation in Pergamum.
C)brought the Greeks under Roman control.
D)did all of these: brought the Greeks under Roman control; triggered policies of accommodation in Pergamum; and inadvertently led to the decline of the Republic.
E)None of these answers is correct.

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the political system of the Roman Republic before the era of the civil wars?

A)It was a limited monarchy.
B)The military controlled the state.
C)It had three main components: the consuls, the Senate, and the Assemblies.
D)It had two main components: the Senate and the army.
E)It was modeled on Athenian democracy.

Question 15

Hannibal's goal in invading Italy during the Second Punic War was to

A)keep Roman forces from extending the war to Spain.
B)prove himself a greater general than Alexander the Great.
C)persuade Rome's allies on the peninsula to switch allegiances.
D)destroy the Roman navy.
E)recover its empire in southern Spain.

Question 16

As the Republic developed, Roman women

A)lost the ability to choose their own husbands.
B)came to be treated as the Romans saw the Greeks treat women.
C)exercised far greater behind-the-scenes influence than Greek women ever had.
D)were prevented from divorcing or handling property.
E)participated on equal terms with men in the Republic's politics.

Question 17

In comparison with the Greeks, the Romans in the fifth through the third centuries

A)demonstrated greater skill in dealing with internal and external political conflicts.
B)developed a political system in which common people had more power.
C)relied more on naval power.
D)were unwilling to adopt the phonetic alphabet.
E)placed less emphasis upon family.

Question 18

What factors allowed Rome to become a successful empire builder? Compare the history of the Republic to that of the city-states of Greece in the fifth century
B.C.What political, geographic, social, or other factors help explain Rome's success?
Answers will vary

Question 19

Consider the empires established by Athens after taking over the Delian League and Rome.What were the positive and negative consequences of ancient empire building?

Question 20

Which was NOT one of the reforms of Julius Caesar?

A)reduced the power of the Senate by enlarging it
B)reduced the size of the army
C)allied with the Senate to defeat Pompey
D)established a new calendar
E)named himself dictator

Question 21

How did women's experiences in the Roman Republic differ from women's lives in the Greek city-states?

Question 22

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: the Forum.

Question 23

How did Augustus Caesar (27
A.D.) use the forms of Republican government to create an imperial government?
Answers will vary
B.C.-14

Question 24

How did Octavian manage to hold power in Rome for over four decades, when violence and assassination had been the fate of ambitious politicians for the previous century?

Question 25

Review the feature entitled "The Murder of Julius Caesar" in this chapter.Plutarch wrote The Life of Caesar more than 150 years after Caesar's death.What aspects of this account seem too contrived or too coincidental to consider the passage a completely accurate narrative of Caesar's assassination?

Question 26

Did Julius Caesar embody a conscious attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic or did his actions merely represent the logical continuation of a trend begun earlier in the Roman Revolution?

Question 27

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Etruscans.

Question 28

Study the photographs of Roman architecture shown in this chapter.How did architecture contribute to the identity and cohesiveness of the Roman Empire?

Question 29

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Apennines.

Question 30

Review the feature entitled "The Murder of Julius Caesar" in this chapter.Explain the symbolic significance of the statue of Pompey in this account.

Question 31

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: consuls.

Question 32

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Po River.

Question 33

How does the Etruscan sarcophagus pictured in this chapter reveal Greek influences in the Italian peninsula?

Question 34

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Tiber River.

Question 35

Consider the statue of General Cornelius Sulla shown in this chapter.Why would Romans portray the general as a classical orator and dignified statesmen?

Question 36

How did the struggle between plebeians and patricians reflect the complexities of the patron-client relationship as well as the Roman ideal of the paterfamilias?

Question 37

What does the gravestone seen in this chapter indicate about the status of women and children in Roman society?

Question 38

Was Roman expansion in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean the result of self-determination and ambition or a response to external threats?

Question 39

What does map 4.1 of the city of Rome indicate about Roman culture and society during the Republic?

Question 40

Why did the Roman Republic collapse? Who is to blame for this collapse?

Question 41

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Sulla.

Question 42

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: First Triumvirate.

Question 43

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: equestrians.

Question 44

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Vestal Virgins.

Question 45

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Marius.

Question 46

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Julius Caesar.

Question 47

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: paterfamilias.

Question 48

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Carthage.

Question 49

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Cicero.

Question 50

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Mark Antony.

Question 51

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Licinian-Sextian Laws.

Question 52

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Gauls.

Question 53

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Augustus.

Question 54

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Pompey.

Question 55

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Octavian.

Question 56

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Punic Wars.

Question 57

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: patricians.

Question 58

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: assemblies.

Question 59

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: the Gracchi.

Question 60

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Polybius.

Question 61

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Carthage.

Question 62

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Senate.

Question 63

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: plebeians.

Question 64

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Hannibal.

Question 65

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: imperium.

Question 66

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Pontifex Maximus.

Question 67

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: tribunes.

Question 68

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Cleopatra.

Question 69

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Scipio Africanus.

Question 70

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Second Triumvirate.

Question 71

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Praetorian Guard.

Question 72

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: proconsul.

Question 73

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Gallic War.

Question 74

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: publicani.