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CMS 7th SS Ch 11
Chamberlain Middle School 7th Grade SS Chapter 11
Question | Answer |
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Cicero wanted the Romans to give power to | the Senate. |
Which of the following best describes how Caesar responded to the Senate and Pompey after the war in Gaul? | He led his army into Italy. |
Octavian became sole ruler after | Marc Antony died. |
Which did Galen influence? | medicine |
Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow | Rome’s armies to travel through the empire. |
Which word best describes the Roman approach to science and engineering? | practical |
Which of the following was the best way to create a huge open area within a building? | combine a set of arches |
What effect did the occupation of Judea have on the Roman Empire? | It caused the Jews to rebel against Roman rule. |
The emperor believed that by banning certain Jewish rituals, people would | give up Judaism. |
Which of the following best describes why many people became Jesus’s followers? | He traveled and taught them about his ideas. |
Which of the following best summarizes an effect the military battles had on farming? | There were not enough farmers to grow food. |
The Roman Empire fell for all of the following reasons except | lack of leadership. |
The Romans frequently made payments to the Goths. This system was essentially a way to prevent the | Goths from attacking Rome. |
What event do many historians consider the end of the Western Roman Empire? | a barbarian general overthrowing the emperor and naming himself king |
The Hagia Sophia is a | church built by Justinian. |
Why was Julius Caesar killed? | Caesar had made himself dictator for life. Rome was supposed to be a republic, so many senators were angry. They decided to kill him. |
Why did Hadrian ban some Jewish rituals? | Hadrian thought that banning Jewish rituals would make Jews give up their religion and stop rebelling. Instead, it only upset them further. |
In his speeches, ____________________ called on upper-class Romans to work together to improve Rome | Cicero |
In 27 BC the Senate gave ____________________ the title Augustus, which means “revered one.” | Octavian |
The Romans created lasting structures by using ____________________. | arches |
The ____________________ tells about the life and teachings of Jesus. | New Testament |
The apostle ____________________ traveled throughout the Roman world spreading Christian teachings | Paul |
Caesar was able to win supporters by speaking in the public forum. | True |
When Rome conquered Judea, it immediately banned the practice of Judaism. | False |
Roman officials wanted to help early Christians spread their faith throughout the empire. | False . |
The Goths were able to defeat the armies of the western empire. | True . |
Justinian’s interests included law and the church. | True . . |
Caesar’s adopted son | Octavian |
A peaceful period that lasted for the first 200 years of the Roman Empire | Pax Romana |
What Christians call Jesus’s rise from the dead | Resurrection |
A person who dies for his or her religious beliefs | martyr |
The holy book of Christianity | Bible |
The decay of people’s values | corruption |
Ruler of the Byzantine Empire from AD 527 to AD 565 | Justinian |
A raised channel used to carry water | aqueduct |
A famous Roman poet | Ovid |
A religion that began in the first century AD | Christianity |
A famous leader of the Huns | Attila |
People who follow the teachings of another person | disciples |
Punishing a group because of its beliefs | persecution |