[SOLVED] HIEU 201 / HIEU201 Chapter 7 Quiz 100/100
Liberty University HIEU 201 / HIEU201 Chapter 7 Quiz 100/100 Octavian took the title princeps, which
... [Show More] means a. dictator. b. chief priest. c. first citizen. d. god-king. Hide Feedback Correct The Pax Romana was characterized by the a. prevalence of peace in the Mediterranean world without any foreign wars or internal revolts. b. revival of republican government and the end of the empire. c. rejection of Stoic philosophy with its emphasis on the common humanity of all peoples. d. worsening condition of slaves and women. Hide Feedback Correct The second Hebrew revolt in Judea during the reign of Hadrian resulted in a. complete Jewish independence from Rome. b. a promise from Rome that only Jews would be allowed to settle in Palestine. c. the death, enslavement, or emigration of the majority of Palestinian Jews. d. the permanent return of Jerusalem to Jewish control. Hide Feedback Correct Roman Stoics a. were attracted to mystery religions and cults. b. believed that moral values were obtained from reason alone. c. meditated on a mystical being that they believed would assure them of immortality. d. believed that only through veneration of the gods could Rome remain great. Hide Feedback Correct The major forms of entertainment in the Empire included all of the following EXCEPT a. poetry reading contests. b. wild animal shows. c. chariot races. d. gladiatorial combats. Hide Feedback Correct The weaknesses of the economy of Empire during the Pax Romana included all of the following EXCEPT a. the lack of capital investment. b. a growing unemployed underclass. c. the abandonment of slave labor. d. problematic transportation networks that hindered the expansion of trade. Hide Feedback Correct Plotinus (A.D. c. 205–c. 270) is considered the most influential spokesman for Neo-Platonism, because he a. believed that Rome should return to the political institutions of the Republic. b. subordinated philosophy to mysticism and the occult. c. subordinated the mystery cult tradition to philosophy. d. argued for a total commitment to rational thought. Hide Feedback Correct Diocletian was able to slow the disintegration of the Empire temporarily by a. restricting the liberty of urban workers and city officials by requiring them to stay in their positions, even if they were losing money. b. making taxation more equitable and allowing greater economic freedom and opportunity for the poor. c. reviving the synthesis of republican and imperial institutions established by Octavian. d. allowing more self-government to the cities and local areas of the Empire. Hide Feedback Correct That "Rome fell in A.D. 476" means a. the city of Rome was destroyed in that year by rival Roman generals. b. the entire Empire collapsed, and barbarians and Persians took control of the entire Mediterranean world. c. Romulus, the last Western Roman emperor, was replaced by a German ruler in the West. d. Rome was abandoned by Constantine in that year when he moved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople in the East. Hide Feedback Correct In the late Roman Empire, the Roman population saw its government as a. more hated and feared than the barbarian invaders. b. its only source of strong military leadership. c. its only hope for salvation from invasion. d. the epitome of traditional Roman virtues. Hide Feedback Correct Ptolemy is best known for his contributions to the study of a. chemistry. b. astronomy. c. physics. d. medicine. Hide Feedback Correct Roman law came to form the basis of the common law in all Western lands EXCEPT a. Germany. b. Italy. c. Britain. d. France Hide Feedback Correct Octavian was able to avoid the fate of Julius Caesar by a. disbanding the Senate and executing all of its strongest advocates. b. maintaining the façade of the Republic. c. declaring himself a monarch with absolute powers. d. retiring from public life as soon as he had restored order in Roman society. Hide Feedback Correct Augustus carried out all of the following measures EXCEPT a. the building of aqueducts and water mains. b. the repair of roads and the promotion of public works. c. the fostering of democratic institutions in the provinces. d. reform of the army. Hide Feedback Correct Roman rule clashed with Jewish religious-national sentiment because a. Rome sought to outlaw all Jewish religious practices and beliefs. b. some Jews saw Roman rule as a threat to the purity of Jewish life. c. Rome allowed the Jews no exemptions from the emperor worship required in the rest of the Empire. d. Rome forced the Jews to accept statues of the emperors in Jewish temples. Hide Feedback Correct During the Pax Romana, women a. were forbidden from participating in public festivals and activities. b. were able to make business arrangements without the consent of their husbands. c. were not allowed to divorce their husbands. d. were freed from the responsibility of supervising the household. Hide Feedback Correct The writings of Juvenal a. celebrated national glory and Roman values. b. explored the habits of the Germanic peoples. c. emphasized the virtues of women. d. attacked the evils of Roman society. Hide Feedback Correct The jus gentium a. combined Roman civil law with principles selected from the Greeks and other peoples. b. was a special set of laws that applied only to aristocrats. c. was, in many ways, a rejection of the principles of Stoicism. d. was a set of laws that applied only to Rome, not to other nations. Hide Feedback Correct The cult of Mithras was particularly popular with a. soldiers. b. farmers. c. women. d. slaves. Hide Feedback Correct The crisis of the third century A.D. resulted in part from a. the collapse of cities and the ruin of the middle class as a consequence of inflation and bad management of the economy by the state. b. the increased application of technology to production, which created in massive unemployment. c. the increased quality of the Roman imperial soldiery, which led to the army having too much influence in political affairs. d. a slackening of the barbarian pressure on the frontiers, leading to a de-emphasis on the importance of the military. Hide Feedback Correct [Show Less]