- Mark the FALSE choice. Professor Weber points out that although Macedonia was considered backward by most of the Greek world,
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Alexander always presented himself the champion of Hellenism
Alexander was in touch with some of the most important Greek philosophy of his time.
all Greek cities quickly supported Philip and Alexander.
Macedonia made important contributions to Greek military tactics.
- Following his victory at Charonea in 338 BC, Philip II of Macedon
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destroyed Athens.
destroyed Thebes.
formed an alliance with Sparta.
formed the League of Corinth.
- Alexander's empire collapsed after his death because
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he was murdered.
he had had the personality of a raging animal.
his act of murdering some of his closest friends made him unpopular.
he had not designated an heir.
- Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, the Near East was influenced by Greek culture in a process we call
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Sophism.
Platonism.
Athenianization.
Hellenization.
- Mark the FALSE choice. Videolesson #8 illustrated that Hellenistic art
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expressed human forms.
expressed ideal forms.
demonstrated technical virtuosity.
was dynamic.
- Freedom comes from dropping out of society and abandoning all family and property.
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Cynics
Epicurians
Stoics
- All people, as rational beings, belong to one family. All people, as rational beings, belong to one family.
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Cynics
Epicurians
Stoics
- lead pleasurable lives, avoiding physical and mental pain.
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Cynics
Epicurians
Stoics
- patience in adversity; sense of duty and self-discipline.
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Cynics
Epicurians
Stoics
- Which of the following best describes the political system of the Roman Republic before the era of the Civil Wars?
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It was a limited monarchy.
The military controlled the state.
It had three components: the Consuls, the Senate, and the Assemblies.
It had two components: the Senate and the army.
- The real basis of power in the Roman Republic was in the
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Consuls.
Assemblies.
army.
family.
- The duties of the tribune were to
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sacrifice to the gods.
maintain the records of the Senate.
protect the interests of the patricians.
protect the plebeians from the arbitrary power of the magistrates.
- In the first Punic War, Rome defeated
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Sicily.
Phoenicia.
Etruria.
Carthage.
- Rome's first official province in the Greek world was created following the Roman defeat of
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Macedonia and southern Greece.
Armenia.
Magnesia.
Asia Minor.
- Tiberius Gracchus is credited with the beginnings of the
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redistribution of currency.
redistribution of land.
defeat of Hannibal.
conquest of Magna Graeca.
- Which of the following is NOT true? Gaius Gracchus was responsible for
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acting to extend senatorial powers.
limiting the prerogatives of the Senate.
founding several colonies.
proposing an extension of citizenship.
- As Roman imperialism brought the state into further wars, the political situation was dominated by
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repeated rebellion of the Greek city-states.
continual warfare in Asia Minor.
a series of plebeian revolts.
attempts of powerful generals to achieve supremacy in Rome through use of the army.
- The crisis of the Italian War centered around
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territorial ambition.
trade policies.
threat of Germanic invasion.
citizenship.
- Sulla's reforms were
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democratic.
conservative.
republican.
oligarchic.
- Which of the following is the correct membership of the first Triumvirate?
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Marius, Terrence and Pompey.
Sulla, Pompey and Catalina.
Caesar, Pompey and Crassus.
Crassus, Cicero and Caesar.
- Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Julius Caesar?
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brought Gaul under Roman rule.
allied with the Senate to defeat Pompey.
raised membership in the Senate to 900.
reformed the calendar.
- Which of the following was NOT true? Caesar gained popularity by defending the rights of
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Tribunes.
slaves.
common people.
soldiers.
- The Second Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus captured Rome by challenging the authority of the
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Assembly of Tribunes.
army.
Senate.
Praetorian Guard.
- Which of the following is MOST correct? Augustus' legislation in favor of the Roman family was designed to
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repopulate Italy following the civil wars.
grant special privileges to families with three or more children.
legislate against adultery.
allow more legal freedoms to women within the family structure.
- The three unifying elements that allowed the Roman empire to survive and work were the
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Senate, the Consuls, and the Assemblies.
emperor, the family, and the army.
emperor, the Senate, and the army.
emperor, the army, and civil servants and town councils.
- The following is NOT true of the military during the Julio-Claudian period. The military
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interfered more and more with civil authority.
supported their own candidates for emperor.
became increasingly subject to the emperor's wishes.
became increasingly subject to the dictates of the Senate
- During the period of the Pax Romana
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agriculture in Italy was carried out on small peasant farms.
cities in the western part of the empire were larger and wealthier than those in the east.
Italian manufactures surpassed those of other provinces
deforestation and over-grazing may have harmed the economy of Italy.
- Which was NOT true of cities in the first centuries of the Roman empire?
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Citizens enjoyed witnessing blood and combat sports.
Good systems of water supply and waste disposal existed.
People could not rely on the protection of the law when they traveled away from their homes.
Many cities also had suburbs.
- Diocletian instituted the system called the
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tetrarchy.
principate.
divine-right monarchy.
none of these
- The Byzantine Empire
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succeeded the Roman power in the east.
lasted nearly a thousand years after the fall of the western Roman empire.
had its capitol at Constantinople.
all of the above
- Which are NOT among the reasons given for the disintegration of Roman control in western Europe?
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The area was less defensible.
The area was less populous.
Emperors were opposed to the explosion of Christianity in the west.
Local elites were concentrating on life at the villa-level rather than duties for the central government.
- Professor Weber describes the Greco-Roman world as materialistic, skeptical, and tolerant. Above all, it was a cosmopolitan world in which tribes and races continually intermingled. In the midst of this empire, were the people who best preserved their own identity and outlook.
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Greeks
Gauls
Jews
Egyptians
- Mark the FALSE completion. Professor Weber explains that the spread of Christianity was greatly helped
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by the Christian practice of giving charity to believers and nonbelievers alike.
by the fact that pagan intellectuals readily accepted such doctrines as the Incarnation, the Resurrection, and the Ascension of Christ.
by the unity of the Roman Empire.
by the use of the Koine as a lingua franca throughout much of the Roman Empire.
- Paul's major contribution to Christianity was
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his insistence that one did not have to be a Jew to believe in Christ.
the spreading of the gospel.
the sacrament of communion.
both a and b.
- The so-called Edict of Milan issued by Constantine in 313 CE
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made Christianity the official state religion.
legalized Christianity in Italy alone.
extended freedom of worship to Christians and ended the age of persecutions.
ordered all pagans to convert to Christianity and closed pagan temples.