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Chapter 5 Quiz
Romans and Republicans 753-27 BCE
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The Senate was made up of _______.
The Roman people
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Distinguished men of Rome.
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All male Roman citizens.
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All Roman citizens, male or female.
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The people who settled the region of Latium in present-day Italy came to be called _______.
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The Romans learned to build _______ from the Etruscans.
Rock cut tombs
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Pyramids
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Ships
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Stone arches
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The Romans acquired _______ from the Etruscan religion.
Monotheism
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The art of divination
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Polytheism
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Trial by ordeal
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In Latin
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Res publica
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The people
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The nation
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The Romans
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The public thing
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The Roman class who could trace their lineage back to the members of the first Senate were the _______.
Patricians
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Equestrians
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Plebeians
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Helots
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The equestrian class were named after _______.
Their victories at chariot racing
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Their beginnings as the Roman cavalry
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Their love of dogs
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Their hereditary role as generals
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Roman elected officials, including tribunes, praetors, and aediles, were known as _______.
Patricians
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Magistrates
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Senators
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Strategos
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Imperium was _______.
The power of an elected official to carry out his duties
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The power of the Senate
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Military power
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The power of the people
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The Roman magistrate who was responsible for preserving public morals was the _______.
Imperator
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Censor
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Aedile
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Tribune
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In their daily lives, Romans valued _______.
Simplicity
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Elegance
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Ostentation
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Bloodshed
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Roman religion was which of the following? Select all that apply.
Monotheistic
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Polytheistic
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Animistic
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Shamanistic
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The Romans were famous for building infrastructure, which included _______. (Select all that apply)
Fresh water aqueducts
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Ships
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Sewers
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Roads and bridges
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The primary class pushing for social change in Rome in the third century BCE was the _______.
Patricians
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Equestrians
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Plebeians
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Slaves
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The Punic Wars were a series of wars between Rome and _______.
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Rome dealt with their new conquests in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE by _______.
Creating a new bureaucracy to run these new provinces.
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Reformulating their entire political system to effectively rule an empire rather than a city-state.
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Allowing conquered people to continue ruling themselves in return for tribute.
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Putting the conquering generals in charge of the provinces and taking little to no direct control
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Latifundia were _______.
Roman slaves
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A type of olive
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Agricultural plantations
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The Roman middle class
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The first Roman leaders to call for reform to the government, around the mid-second century BCE, were _______.
The Gracchi brothers
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Marius and Sulla
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Caesar and Pompey
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Octavian and Marc Anthony
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Sulla, a conservative Senator, fought against the reforms proposed by _______.
The Gracchi
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Marius
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Julius Caesar
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Marc Anthony
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Julius Caesar's main rival for power was _______.
Marc Anthony
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Octavian
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Sulla
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Pompey
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Julius Caesar's adopted son and heir was _______.
Your response
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Octavian's title Princeps Augustus makes him the first _______.
Commander in chief of the Roman armies
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Emperor of Rome
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Head of the Senate
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Popularly elected leader
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Based on Map 5.1, why does your textbook say that Italy "faces west"? Select all that apply.
It doesn't have an east coast
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Most of the rivers drain west
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The east coast is mountainous
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Most of the towns are on the west coast
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What is the purpose of the structure you see in this picture?
Carrying people
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Carrying goods
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Carrying water
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Carrying soldiers
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Looking at the relief carving of the Circus Maximus, what were the kinds of activities that took place there? Select all that apply.
Chariot races
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Selling luxury goods
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Public games
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Water distribution
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