Chapter 6 Quiz

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. The Roman title 'imperator' is usually translated as _______.

Your response

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. Under normal circumstances, the only military force allowed within the pomerium, the city limits of Rome, was _______.

The Roman Army correct incorrect

The city police force correct incorrect

The emperor's body guard correct incorrect

No military forces were allowed within Rome. correct incorrect

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. In order to help themselves effectively rule western Europe, Rome built _______. (Select all that apply).

Cities correct incorrect

Roads correct incorrect

Industry correct incorrect

Royal palaces correct incorrect

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. Syncretism is when _______.

One culture absorbs another. correct incorrect

One religion takes on aspects of another correct incorrect

Two cultures coexist correct incorrect

One religion erases another. correct incorrect

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. The Latin mare nostrum refers to _______.

Your response

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. The emperors started letting provincial residents into the Roman Army, which was beneficial because _________. (Select all that apply)

It increased the army's recruitment pool. correct incorrect

Provincials were inevitably better fighters than Romans. correct incorrect

Provincial fighters sometimes had skills or used weapons that Roman citizens did not. correct incorrect

It exposed provincials to Roman culture and helped Romanize them. correct incorrect

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. Legates were always selected by the emperor from _______.

The members of the Senate. correct incorrect

The ranks of the legion they served correct incorrect

The local population the legion protected correct incorrect

The equestrian officer class. correct incorrect

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. Pax Romana means _______.

Roman Peace correct incorrect

Roman Rule correct incorrect

Roman Rebellion correct incorrect

Roman Emperor correct incorrect

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. Every free inhabitant of the Roman Empire was declared a citizen by the emperor _______ in the year 212.

Claudius correct incorrect

Augustus correct incorrect

Diocletian correct incorrect

Caracalla correct incorrect

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. Seneca was a famous Roman philosopher who followed the philosophy of _______.

Your response

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. Honestiores as a class consisted of _______. (Select all that apply)

Patricians correct incorrect

Military veterans correct incorrect

Equestrians correct incorrect

Municipal officials correct incorrect

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. The Roman curiales were _______.

Rural peasants correct incorrect

Urban elites correct incorrect

Slaves correct incorrect

Working class correct incorrect

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. Many of Rome's most iconic structures were built _______.

During the reign of Augustus. correct incorrect

During the time of the Republic. correct incorrect

After the fall of the Empire. correct incorrect

During the reigns of the Five Good Emperors. correct incorrect

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. The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans after a Jewish revolt around the year _______.

135 CE correct incorrect

115 CE correct incorrect

70 CE correct incorrect

476 BCE correct incorrect

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. Historical evidence for the Roman Empire includes: _______. (Select all that apply)

histories correct incorrect

Letters correct incorrect

Census records correct incorrect

Inscriptions correct incorrect

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. What disease first made its appearance in the Mediterranean world during the reign of Marcus Aurelius?

Bubonic plague correct incorrect

Syphilis correct incorrect

Chicken pox correct incorrect

Smallpox correct incorrect

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. How many Roman cities had populations that topped 100,000?

One correct incorrect

Five correct incorrect

Twelve correct incorrect

Twenty correct incorrect

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. The Emperor Commodus regarded himself as the reincarnation of _______.

Zeus correct incorrect

Hercules correct incorrect

Jesus correct incorrect

Buddha correct incorrect

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. The Year of the Five Emperors followed the death of Emperor _______.

Nero correct incorrect

Augustus correct incorrect

Septimius Severus correct incorrect

Commodus correct incorrect

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. Germanic tribes began crossing the borders of the Roman Empire as refugees in the third century, fleeing _______.

Your response

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. The German invasions of the third century caused a great deal of economic fallout, including _______. (Select all that apply)

Lower tax revenue correct incorrect

Eroding public works correct incorrect

Curiales retiring from leadership positions correct incorrect

Widespread rebellion against the emperor correct incorrect

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. The first emperor ever to retire from the position was:

Your response

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Looking at Map 6.4 and thinking of the history you've read about so far in this text, which half of the empire do you think was the most prosperous half?

West correct incorrect

East correct incorrect

North correct incorrect

South correct incorrect

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Looking at the photo, what activity does it depict?

A warship preparing for battle correct incorrect

Piracy correct incorrect

A trading ship loading goods correct incorrect

A foreign invasion correct incorrect

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The Pantheon, shown in this photo, was considered an engineering marvel because _______.

It was round. correct incorrect

It was two stories correct incorrect

It was made of concrete correct incorrect

The dome was not reinforced correct incorrect