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History 101 Exam 2
Roman Empire, Muslim Beginnings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Father of Family (Dominant Male in Roman Family) | Paterfamilias |
| Roman Peace, Stability that Roman Rule Brought | Pax Romana |
| Plains on Which Rome Located | Latium |
| The defender of the Plebians were know as | Tribunes |
| Acceptance | Pieta |
| 264-164 BC conquest of Italy, Conflict with Carthage | Punic Wars |
| defeated the Aequi, chose Dictator in 457 BC, temporary served 15 days | Cincinnatus |
| Natural Law, Certain Right Given to People | Jus Naturale |
| Leader of the Carthaginians who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy was | Hannibal |
| Coast of North Africa, founded by Phoenicians | Carthage |
| Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of | Actium |
| Ceasar's ally and assistant in East Rome. shared empire with Octavtian, allies with Cleopatra, loses battle of Actium, commits suicide one year later | Mark Anthony |
| Part of 1st Triumvirate command in Spain, recieves land for his veterans | Pompey |
| Tiberius and Gaius sought out economical and social crisis in Rome, both killed unable to do anything | Gracci |
| Ceasar refused to lay down his army and return to Rome as private citizen crossed this river, marched in Rome and defeated Pompey | Rubicon |
| Commoners, Workers, class of Roman citizens who included non Patrician landowners, craftspeople, merchants, and small farmers in Roman Republic | Plebians |
| Members of the aristocratic governing class in Rome were known as the | Patricians |
| The original law of the roman people was written on the | Twelve Tablets |
| The early peoples who had the greatest influence upon Republic Rome were know as the | Etruscans |
| The Roman "law of the people" was called the | Jus Gentium |
| Law of citizens, people of Rome | Jus Civile |
| Large Roman estates were called | Latifundia |
| Special group of soldiers to protect emperor about 9,000 men | Praetorian Guard |
| Seriousness(values of Romans) | Gravitas |
| The roman attribute deemed most important was called | Virtu |
| The last emperor of Rome was called | Romulus Augustus |
| The Roman emperor who accepted Christianity and who legalized it was | Constantine |
| the Roman emperor who divided the empire into east and west was | Diocletion |
| Roman poet love stories erotic poems | Ovid |
| Poet | Horace |
| The greatest epic poet of the Late Republic was | Virgil |
| senator known for speeches great debator (gov, justices,theology) | Cicero |
| Chief executive officer of the Roman Republic chosen annually led Roman army into battle | Praetor |
| Corinthian host of St. Paul | Justus |
| The Greek Physician whose teachings were at the bedrock of Islamic medicine was | Galen |
| According to scriptures, the disciples pf Jesus recieved the power to allow them to go out into the world to spread Christianity at | Pentecost |
| He took the lead in spreading Christianity throughout the roman world | Paul |
| the large black rock that was housed in a central shrine in Mecca and worshiped by all pre-Islamic Arabs was called the | Ka'aba |
| Marks first date on the official calendar of Islam, journey from Mecca to Medina | Hegira |
| belived ali was successor of Muhammed | Shi'a Shitte |
| drew up law code, provide believers with a set of prescriptions to requlate their lives | Sharia |
| collection of the sayings of the prophet that was used to supplement the revelations contained in holy scripture | Hadith |
| the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammed who was murdered was | Ali |
| The holy book that was derived from the revelations of Muhammed is called the | Koran |
| head of power family omayad/ put family into key position | Othman |
| caliph after Abu Bakr battle of yarmuc | Omar |
| The leader of the Muslims following the death of Muhammed was | Abu Bakr |
| Sunni muslims leader to the last fatimid caliph | Saladin |
| 12th century poet, Arabian nights | Omar Kheyyem |
| The first true African kingdom located south of Egypt was called the independent state of | Kush |
| The ancient civilization that was located in the highlands of what is known today as ethiopia was | Axum |
| As a language, it employed Bantu grammar and Arabic linguistic terms. It is called what language | Swahili |
| Professional story tellers | Bards |
| Independent tribesmen, later called the San, were also called | Bushmen |
| The leader in African villages was called the | Big Man |
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