Deck 5: The Roman Republic.

Question 1

What were the causes and consequences of the growth of slavery? What impact did reliance on slaves have on government policies, social tensions, and economic development?

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Question 2

What terms might the Romans have used to describe their own society and culture? What differences did they see between themselves and other peoples?

Answer 2

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Question 3

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praetors

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Question 4

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aediles

Question 5

Compare and contrast Roman religion with the religion of the Greeks. How did Rome's religion help facilitate its expansion?

Question 6

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imperium

Question 7

Taking into consideration Rome's treatment of Carthage, can Rome's acquisition of an empire be seen as anything more than murder and plunder on a grand scale, or did Rome's empire offer something better to those throughout the Mediterranean who were conquered?

Question 8

Compare and contrast the Roman family of the Republic with the Greek family. Can it be said that women had more rights and freedom in one of these societies than the other? Why or why not?

Question 9

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consuls

Question 10

Why did the Roman Republic fail?

Question 11

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Etruscans

Question 12

What similarities were there between the Roman model of the family and the Roman model of the state? What importance might we attach to these similarities?

Question 13

Discuss the role of the Senate, powerful generals, and politicians in the collapse of the Roman Republic.

Question 14

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Romulus and Remus

Question 15

What were the causes and the results of the Punic Wars?

Question 16

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quaestors

Question 17

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Tiber River

Question 18

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Latium

Question 19

In the "struggle of the orders," what did the plebeians want, and what did they succeed in getting? Can it be said that Rome became a democracy because of this struggle? Why or why not?

Question 20

Was Julius Caesar a man of the common people, or was he a tyrant in the making?

Question 21

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mos maiorum

Question 22

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plebeians

Question 23

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senate

Question 24

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Circus Maximus

Question 25

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Struggle of the Orders

Question 26

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patricians

Question 27

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Roman confederation

Question 28

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Livy

Question 29

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Scipio Africanus and the Battle of Zama

Question 30

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centuriate assembly

Question 31

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Spartacus

Question 32

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pietas

Question 33

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paterfamilias

Question 34

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Cato the Elder

Question 35

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Crassus

Question 36

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tribunes of the plebs

Question 37

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Carthage and the Punic Wars

Question 38

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Roman citizenship

Question 39

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Twelve Tables

Question 40

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Hannibal

Question 41

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Second Triumvirate

Question 42

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Sulla

Question 43

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Mark Antony and Cleopatra

Question 44

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Julius Caesar

Question 45

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cum manu

Question 46

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nobiles

Question 47

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Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

Question 48

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the Battle of Actium

Question 49

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Gaul

Question 50

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equestrian order

Question 51

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the Rubicon

Question 52

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council of the plebs

Question 53

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populares

Question 54

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Marius

Question 55

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Octavian

Question 56

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First Triumvirate

Question 57

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Cicero

Question 58

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latifundia

Question 59

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optimates

Question 60

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Plautus

Question 61

Which of these actions is an example of Etruscan influence on the Romans?

A)The abolition of slavery
B)The adoption of republican political institutions
C)The use of concrete
D)The acceptance of the toga and short cloak
E)The adoption of agriculture

Question 62

What mountain range divides eastern Italy from western Italy?

A)The Apennines
B)The Alps
C)The Urals
D)The Pyrenees
E)The Carpathians

Question 63

What was the original role of the Roman Senate?

A)It was the chief legislative body of the Republic.
B)It could only advise the magistrates in legal matters.
C)It was the most important popular assembly.
D)It was the main governing body by the third century B.C.E.
E)It was the only body with total military authority.

Question 64

What was the impact of Italy's geography on the development of Rome?

A)It provided little productive land for agriculture.
B)It divided the peninsula into small isolated communities.
C)It made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend.
D)It made the conquering of the Mediterranean a difficult task.
E)It created the same difficult environment as in Greece, thus making political unity difficult.

Question 65

Which phase in the creation of the Roman empire occurred first?

A)The invasion of West Africa
B)The conquest of India
C)The domination of the Hellenistic kingdoms
D)The conflict with Carthage
E)The conquest of Italy

Question 66

In what century did the Etruscans reach the height of their power?

A)Tenth century B.C.E.
B)Ninth century B.C.E.
C)Eighth century B.C.E.
D)Seventh century B.C.E.
E)Sixth century B.C.E.

Question 67

What was/were the Twelve Tables?

A)The meeting place of the Roman Senate
B)A tool used to record and inspire a new religious cult in Rome
C)The arts of the Roman festival celebrating spring's arrival
D)The only place in Rome where patricians and plebeians could meet together
E)The first formal codification of Roman law and customs

Question 68

What was the Struggle of the Orders?

A)It was a violent conflict between Rome's citizens and their slaves.
B)It was a violent struggle between the patricians and plebeians.
C)It was a peaceful struggle between the patricians and plebeians, won completely by the patricians.
D)It was a peaceful revolution in which the plebeians were completely victorious.
E)It was a peaceful struggle, which resulted in political compromise between plebeians and patricians.

Question 69

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plebiscita

Question 70

Which city led a revolt against the Romans between 148 and 146 B.C.E.?

A)Lydia
B)Thebes
C)Sparta
D)Corinth
E)Athens

Question 71

What precedent for the treatment of vanquished foes emerged from the creation of the Roman Confederation?

A)It forced slave labor on the populace of the defeated cities
B)It offered the most favored "allied" peoples full Roman citizenship, thus giving them a stake in successful Roman expansion.
C)It slaughtered the citizens wholesale and sold the rest to pirates.
D)It confiscated all the property of defeated peoples.
E)It created for the first time the citizen category of "plebeian."

Question 72

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Sallust and Catullus

Question 73

What was the imperium?

A)The duties that Roman citizens owed to the gods
B)The power to command Roman citizens
C)The right to collect taxes
D)The privileges reserved to patricians
E)The name of Roman children's favorite board game

Question 74

What was the paterfamilias in Roman society?

A)A client to a patron or wealthy citizen
B)The male head of the household
C)An upper-class aristocrat
D)A common person
E)The male head of the family

Question 75

Who were the Etruscans?

A)Greek-speaking cities in southern Italy
B)Pirates operating out of North Africa
C)Primitive hill tribes who lived in the Apennines
D)The Roman priestly class
E)An urban civilization to the north of Rome

Question 76

What was the most formidable power that the Romans faced in the Mediterranean?

A)Carthage
B)Pella
C)Corinth
D)Syracuse
E)Messana

Question 77

What was a key feature of the Roman Confederation?

A)The granting of citizenship to some Italians
B)The enslavement of all Italians
C)The renunciation of war as an instrument of policy
D)The granting of equal rights to all Italians
E)The abolition of slavery within Italy

Question 78

Until 148 B.C.E., which role did the Romans try to play in Greece?

A)Direct ruler
B)Tax collector
C)Dominating power
D)Absolute neutral
E)Power broker

Question 79

Roman support for the freedom of the Greek states brought Rome into conflict with

A)Gaul.
B)Athens.
C)Macedonia.
D)Egypt.
E)Corinth.

Question 80

What happened when Roman laws changed for plebeians and patricians in the fourth century B.C.E.?

A)Patricians were removed from civic government.
B)The death penalty was established for treason against the state.
C)Plebeians and the patricians were now bound by Roman laws.
D)Greeks laws were banished from the Roman legal system.
E)Citizenship was granted to non-Romans.