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Chapter 5: Rome and the Rise of Christianity

Rome and the Rise of Christianity

1
As the Roman Empire expanded, the Romans created a body of law known as the _____ that applied to Romans and non-Romans.
A)Twelve Tables
B)Law of Nations
C)civil law
D)law of reason
2
Carthage's greatest general, _____, was finally defeated at the Battle of Zama.
A)Scipio
B)Cincinnatus
C)Hannibal
D)Livy
3
_____ pushed for land reform as a remedy for Rome's economic and social crises.
A)The Gracchus brothers
B)Marius
C)Sulla
D)Octavian
4
As the first emperor, _____ restored stability to the Roman Empire.
A)Caesar
B)Pompey
C)Octavian
D)Hadrian
5
The Romans displayed their engineering skills by _____.
A)learning how to use concrete in architecture
B)building a dozen aqueducts in Rome
C)building an extensive network of roads
D)All of these.
6
_____ led the most famous slave revolt, which lasted for two years.
A)Juvenal
B)Spartacus
C)Virgil
D)Horace
7
At the time Jesus started preaching publicly, the Jews were divided among themselves, with the _____ advocating cooperation with the Romans.
A)Sadducees
B)Essenes
C)Pharisees
D)Zealots
8
The earliest written material outlining Christian beliefs were _____.
A)the Old and New Testaments
B)the Dead Sea Scrolls
C)the Gospels
D)epistles written by Jesus' followers
9
When economic and military problems threatened the Roman Empire in the third century, Diocletian introduced changes that included _____.
A)dividing the empire into 4 units
B)reducing the administrative bureaucracies
C)ending taxation
D)hiring only Roman citizens in the army
10
The _____ were the last to sack Rome before Romulus Augustulus was deposed and the Western Roman Empire fell.
A)Huns
B)Visigoths
C)Barbarians
D)Vandals
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