HIEU 201 MINDTAP CHAPTER QUIZ 6

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HIEU 201 MINDTAP CHAPTER QUIZ 6 Plebeian concessions during the Struggle of the Orders included all of the following EXCEPT a. access to the highest political, judicial, and religious offices. b. t... he institution of an Athenian-style democracy. CORRECT c. the creation of the Twelve Tables. d. recognition of the full power of the Plebeian Assembly to enact legislation. The Romans treated the Italian peoples they conquered a. as slaves, to be used for menial labor and gladiatorial combat. b. as potential allies, to be integrated into Roman society. CORRECT c. as separate and inferior races. d. as equals who were, nonetheless, to be kept separate. After Carthage's stunning victory at the battle of Cannae (216 B.C.) a. the Romans created a new alliance with the Macedonians. b. Rome invaded North Africa, forcing the Carthaginian general Hannibal to withdraw his troops from Italy. CORRECT c. the Romans sued for peace, conceding its claims in Spain. d. Rome was unable to raise and equip new legions for a decade. The overseas expansion of Rome led to social and economic changes, which included a. the destruction of the patrician class by a new class of warriors. b. a decline in trade, commerce, and manufacturing, as Rome lived off the tribute extracted from conquered lands. c. the rise of a business class whose sources of wealth included army supply contracts and tax collecting. CORRECT d. greater prosperity for most of the plebeian farmers.The influx of slaves into Italy in the first century B.C. a. had no effect on employment, as slaves were only allowed to perform menial tasks. b. led to tensions, but no outright slave revolts. c. had little impact, since most slaves went directly into the households of a few wealthy Romans. d. was so great that, by 50 B.C., they constituted one-third of Italy’s population. CORRECT The most influential philosophy in Rome was a. Skepticism. b. Cynicism. c. Stoicism. CORRECT d. Epicureanism. The Roman Republic was unable to meet the challenge of empire for all of the following reasons EXCEPT a. its attempt to govern an empire with institutions designed for a city-state. b. its high levels of taxation killed off motivation for provincial people to work. CORRECT c. the lack of concern Roman ruling elites showed for the empire's subjects. d. its failure to develop a professional civil service to administer conquered lands. Marius reflects the problems of the late Republic in that he a. exploited the social and economic situation, using a private army to advance his political career. b. established a dictatorship that would radically reform the political system. c. defeated and killed his rival Sulla and Sulla's senatorial supporters. d. restored and further strengthened the power of the Senate. The assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 B.C. a. put an end to the civil wars that had plagued Rome. b. resulted from mob violence by the poor, who feared and opposed Caesar's dictatorship. c. restored the health and effectiveness of the Republic.d. was carried out by people who saw themselves as loyal defenders of the Republic against Caesar's ambitions. Tiberius Gracchus made himself a spokesman for a. military rule. b. judicial reform. c. democracy. d. land reform. The tension that erupted in the Struggle of the Orders stemmed from plebeian grievances including a. election fraud that deprived them of their electoral power. b. inequalities in the written law code. c. enslavement for debt. d. patrician efforts to restrict plebeian access to religious festivals. Despite reforms made during the Struggle of the Orders, Rome remained an oligarchy because a. the plebeians could never become wealthy. b. the plebeians were denied equality before the law. c. the plebeians were forbidden from political participation. d. patronage networks of wealthy families controlled the government. The first stage of Roman expansion was the a. conquest of Gaul and Germania. b. collision with Carthage. c. subjugation of the Hellenistic states. d. uniting of the Italian peninsula. War between Rome and Carthage began because Rome feared Carthage's designs on a. Spain. b. Greece. c. Sicily. d. all of the above Between 205 B.C. and 148 B.C., Rome fought three wars against a. Egypt. b. Carthage.c. Macedonia. d. Pergamum. Rome's conquest of the Hellenistic world resulted in a. most Romans rejecting foreign goods like the luxuries of the East. b. a clash between Stoic philosophy and Roman values and concepts of law. c. Roman adoption of the Greek humanist thought. d. the Romans substantially altering their political system by incorporating Greek democratic ideas. Which of the following characterizations of the Republic's administration of its provinces is NOT accurate? a. Rome refrained from interfering with religion and local customs. b. Rome generally allowed its subjects a large measure of self-government. c. Rome reduced the endemic warfare that had plagued provinces prior to their incorporation. d. Roman taxes were significantly higher than those of previous regimes. Plautus (c. 254-184 B.C.) was one of Rome's leading a. orators. b. legal scholars. c. philosophers. d. playwrights. The crisis in agriculture in the late Republic was a result of a. a decline in manpower to work the farms because so many Romans had been killed in foreign wars. b. loss of incentive to work due to high taxation. c. a loss of interest in farming as most Romans became involved in trade and manufacturing. d. the plebeians' loss of their farms to larger and wealthier landowners due to wartime devastation, debt incurred during the war, and increasing reliance on slave labor of those conquered in foreign wars. The Senate responded to the challenge posed by the Gracchi by a. killing them. b. banishing them from Italy. c. reinstituting the property requirement for entrance into the army. d. lowering the price of grain in Rome. [Show More]

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