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TEST: Chapter 7
History practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Apennine Mountains | did not prevent the expansion of the city |
| Who did the Romans borrow their style of dress from? | The Etruscans |
| What was one of Augustus's reforms? | Governors were to be chosen by emperors |
| What allowed the Romans to built massive buildings and other projects? | Concrete |
| What was the conflict between the plebeians and the patricians known as? | The Struggle of the orders |
| What was Sulla's seizure of Rome in 82 b.c. partly the legacy of? | A new military recruitment system |
| What did Julius Caesar cross that sparked a civil war? | The Rubicon |
| Patrician | A social class of wealthy, powerful landowners, they formed the ruling class in the Roman Republic |
| Consul | You could only be consul for 2 years and then you had to wait 10 years to be re-elected |
| Triumvirate | Where 3 people have equal power |
| Latifundia | A plantation that was worked by slaves |
| Legion | A unit of 3,000-6,000 men in the ancient Roman army |
| Rome rejected kings and became a Republic because | the king's son, Sextus Tarquinius raped Lucretia |
| Rome defeated Carthage in the First Punic War because | They decided it was too expensive and not worth fighting |
| The Roman Consul Fabius tried to avoid battle with Hannibal because | he knew he was not able to go home which cut off his food and supply of people for his army |
| Gaius Marius was elected Consul five times consecutively because | he was a good leader |
| Sulla marched his army against Rome because | he wanted to restore the senate |
| The Gracchus brothers wanted land reform because | the small farmers made up a good amount of the army |
| Crassus was the richest man in Rome because | he started a fire department and had people pay him in case of a fire and bought peoples houses if the caught on fire and were not already paying him |
| Julius Caesar was assassinated because | he acted too much like a king; also jealousy |
| Octavian and Antony fought a civil war because | they both wanted Rome |
| Augustus called himself "First amount equals" rather than a more grandiose title because | it humbled him but showed he was still the best |
| Who attempted to redistribute land to the poor with disastrous results? | Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus |
| How did Marius change Rome's military recruitment system? | He recruited the landless poor |
| Who's death in 53 b.c. ended the First Triumvirate? | Crassus |
| Who was appointed dictator after the defeating Pompey? | Julius Caesar |
| After the Second Triumvirate, who did Antony fight for control of Rome with? | Octavian |
| How did Caesar Augustus change way the Provinces were ruled? | By choosing the leaders of the provinces |
| What did Pax Romana usher in? | Large-scale building programs |
| What was an action taken by Emperor Caracalla? | Granting citizenship to all people |
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