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The cultural values of the Roman Republic were most highly influenced by which culture? |
The Greeks |
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The head of the Roman family |
1. Had the power over life and death 2. Revered the family's ancestors 3. could legally sell his children into slavery |
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The two executives in charge of the Roman Republic were called |
Consuls |
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Rome became a republic when |
the patricians overthrew the Etruscan king |
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The Centuriate Assembly in the early Roman republic |
was a popular assembly dominated by the patricians |
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The composition of the Twelve Tables was a political victory for the plebeians because |
for the first time, they could have certainty as to what the law was |
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The First Punic War began because |
Rome was concerned that Carthage would take Messina in Sicily and |
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Which of the following was the least important factor in the fall of the Roman Republic |
Outside pressure forced Rome to adopt a more efficient government |
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Which best describes events in the two decades following Caesar's death |
The Roman Republic ended |
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Who were the members of the 'First Triumvirate' |
Crassus, Julius Caesar, Pompey |
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Who were the members of the 'Second Triumvirate' |
Mark Antony, Octavian, Lepidus |
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The golden age of Latin literature occurred during the reign of |
Augustus |
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How does the structure of the Aeneid reflect Homer's epic |
the first half of the story of homecoming like The Odyssey while the second half is a story of war like The Iliad |
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How does the sotry that Aeneas tells Dido revisit Homer's narratives in The Iliad and The Odyssey |
He tells the Trojan's side of the story, detailing what happened when the city fell, casting the Greeks in a less favorable light |
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What is the significance of the depiction of Aeneas leaving Troy |
Aeneas is carrying his father on his shoulders and leading his son by the hand, representing the past present and future of Rome |
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In the Aeneid, what is the significance of Aeneas's guide in the Underworld that tells him of his future |
It is his father, highlighting the Roman culture's emphasis on piety and patria potestas, "father's power" |
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How does Virgil's Aeneid reflect the politics of its time |
Virgil celebrates Augustus by echoing his project of civic renewal and glorifying Rome's past present and future |
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Ovid's Metamorphosis is a mock epic considered to be a handbook of classical mythology (T/F) |
True |
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Ovid wrote about the art of seduction, among other things, that men cry to win a woman's heart (T/F) |
True |
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The former slave and important philosopher Epictetus believed that happiness arises from inner contentment. What would he say contributes to inner contentment |
1. Control over one's mind 2. Reduction of desires 3. Independence from externals such as wealth, fame and affection 4. A deliberate striving for inner dignity |
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Like other followers of their philosophy, Roman Stoics believed that |
1. Moral values are obtained from reason alone 2. All people possess reason and therefore have the potential to act morally 3. Since all people posses reason, all people belong to a common humanity 4. A person should be self sufficient and content by seeking wisdom and virtue |
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What is the title of Epictetus "self-help guide" |
The Handbook |
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Octavian's preferred title, princeps, means |
first citizen |
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The term Pax Romana applies to what Romans called a "Time of Happiness" (T/F) |
True |
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Under the 'Five Good Emperors" all of the following occurred EXCEPT |
the persecution of Christians was vigorously pursued |
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Over the centuires, jus civile developed from its basis, the twelve tables, by including all of the following EXCEPT |
the basic dogmas of roman religion |
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in the Roman Empire, "feelings of loneliness, anxiety, impotence, alienation, and boredom" led to |
1. A retreat of rationalism in socety as a whole and the swindling of creative genius 2. philosophers seeking escape form this world through union and divine presence 3. the growing popularity of mystery religions 4. growing interest in the occult, alchemy, astrology, and magic |
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As Rome declined |
1.Religious fervor increased 2. philosophy "committed suicide" by abandoning the centrality of reason 3. The stoic virtue of dutiful service to humankind declined in favor of a personal quest for individual salvation 4. Neo-Platonism replaced stoicism |
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The Third Century Crisis included all the following EXCEPT |
the final collapse of the Empire |
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The Roman Empire was saved from the Third Century Crisis most directly by |
efforts by two emperors: Diocletian and Constantine |
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In the year AD 410, Rome was invaded and sacked by the |
Visogoths |
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Rome's greatest legacy to the West was |
Roman jus civile and just gentium |
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Which emperor is responsible for the division of the Roman Empire |
Constantine |
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Who is best described by the following characteristics: December 25 birthday, judge of the dead, granter of salvation, and emphasized masculine virtues of bravery and camaraderie |
Mithra |
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According to the author of your book, Jesus |
associated himself more with the prophetic tradition than a strict following of the letter of Mosaic Law |
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Who spread the teachings of Jesus to Jews and Gentiles alike |
Paul of Tarsus |
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IN the view of Saint Paul |
The Christian community was an oikoumene (a universal world) |
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As recorded in the Gospels which of the following describes one method Jesus used to teach |
He told simple stories and parables |
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Many Romans came to fear the Christians because they viewed them as |
1.Disloyal and refused to show allegiance to the Emperor 2. self absorbed 3. worshiping an executed criminal 4. practicing cannibalism and incest |
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Who established a monastic rule calling for both work and prayer |
Saint Benedict |
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According to the author of your book, the New Testament |
contains discrepancies, some non-historical legends, and polemics |
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What was Augustus's view on secular authority |
he believed that civil government was required to bring order to the chaos of human life but that the actual type of government was not important |
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what is the name of Augustine's autobiography which deals with Christian moral and doctrinal problems |
The Confessions |
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The Byzantine Empire |
was a continuation of the Roman Empire |
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According to the second pillar of Islam, a good Muslim must pray at least how many times per day |
5 |
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Place the names in chronological order |
622: Mohammad was the Muslim prophet who departed from Mecca to Medina 632-634: Abu Bakr was the First Great Caliph ruled during this time 1187: Saladin was the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, he defeated the crusaders in the battle of Hattin on this date |
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Which of the following best describes feudalism |
A system that relied on the local power of lords, who retained knights for protection in exchange for land and crops |
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who was crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800 CE |
Charlemagne |
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How was the Investiture Controversy resolved in the 11th and 12th century |
At the Concordat of Worms in 1122, the investiture ceremony was divided into two parts, one using the spiritual symbol and carried by a Church official and one using a secular symbol and carried out by the emperor or his representative |
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Holding religious beliefs that are not tolerated by the Church because they differ from its orthodox teachings is known as |
heresy |
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Crusades like the Albigensian Crusade that took place in Southern France in the 13th Century against the Cathars, or the Wendish Crusade led in the North agains the Slavs, had a common goal: |
1. expanding christian territory 2. converting local populations 3. fighting heresy |
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What characterizes a knight |
faith, loyalty, courage, honor |
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as an ideology 'chivalry' |
1. was originally conceived of as an aristocratic warrior code for horse soldiers 2. represents the virtues of honor and courtly love treated in epic romances 3. was a moral system that stated all knights should protect other who can not protect themselves |
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What were the three factors that led to the decline of the middle ages |
decline of papcy (great schism), 100 years war, bubonic plague |
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The effects the vikings onslaught on Europe included: |
1. disappearance of royal authority 2. wither of culture 3. economic collapse 4. renewal of the decentralization process begun with the decline of Rome |
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The Duke of Normandy who was a descendant of the Vikings became king of the Anglo-Saxons in 1066 |
William the Conqueror |
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Royal Power accrued to the English king with each of the following EXCEPT |
getting control over taxation |
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The Magna Carta is historically significant because it |
contained principles that, over time, would develop privileges for the elite into basic civil rights |
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Beowulf was relevant to an Anglo-Saxon audience because |
the Anglo-Saxons were descendants of Germanic and Scandinavian tribes |
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Beowulf's three great battles represent the three fundamenta aspects of Anglo-Saxon heroic culture: fame, revenge, and fate (T/F) |
True |
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The cultural revival of the High Middle ages, known as the twelfth century awakening included |
1. the founding of universities 2. efforts to harmonize Greek rationalism with Christian doctrines 3. the reemergence of the study of Latin and Roman law 4. The creation of an original architecture: Gothic |
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The geocentric model of the universe fit with the Christian worldview in that |
it accorded with the idea that God created the universe for human beings |
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The greatest literary figure of the Middle Ages, Dante: |
1. Was familiar with the classics 2. wrote in both Latin and Italian 3. Anticipated the Renaissance 4. Dedicated his greatest work to his beloved |
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The Divine Comedy, presents all of the following EXCEPT: |
a hell in which Lucifer burns eternally for his treachery |