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Why was becoming Christian considered an act of disloyalty in the Roman Empire?
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(A) Rome required all citizens to learn about all world religions.
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(B) Rome had a strong monotheistic tradition.
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(C) Christians could not worship the emperor as a deity.
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(D) Christian theology demanded that all people live in a Christian utopia.
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One of the most enduring consequences of the Roman Empire has been the
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(A) tradition of peaceful regime change.
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(B) suppression of many barbarian groups.
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(C) persistence of the Roman system of mathematics.
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(D) Romanization of the western Mediterranean.
Frage 3
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Which factor most contributed to the development of "pax romana"?
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(A) Roman military might
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(B) the growth of commerce
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(C) the leadership of rulers like Augustus
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(D) thousands of miles of well-built roads
Frage 4
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The main reason for the decline of the Roman Republic was
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(A) military leaders with armies loyal to them rather than the state.
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(B) an impoverished population.
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(C) political decentralization.
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(D) ongoing wars in trying to expand to an empire.
Frage 5
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A significant difference in Roman expansion versus Greek was that Romans:
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(A) did not impose taxes.
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(B) extended citizenship in degrees to most conquered populations.
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(C) did not have a standardized language.
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(D) conquered only to obtain slaves.
Frage 6
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Which of the following was a motivation for the expansion of the Roman Empire?
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(A) the spread of Roman religion
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(B) the wealth of the Eastern Mediterranean societies
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(C) rejection of Greek culture and philosophy
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(D) slave revolts
Frage 7
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When Germanic tribes entered into the western part of the Roman Empire, they
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(A) sparked a rapid economic recovery by encouraging the resumption of long-distance trade.
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(B) founded a hybrid culture drew both on Germanic and Roman elements.
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(C) rejected all of Roman culture, instead imposing their own culture.
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(D) were rapidly assimilated into Roman culture, largely abandoning their own.
Frage 8
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The Roman patron-client relationship:
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(A) applied primarily to the business sector
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(B) defined a state of reciprocity between the weak and the strong
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(C) allowed for an approximate equality between people of different classes
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(D) led to the end of the role of the paterfamilias
Frage 9
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The Roman imperial policy toward the Christians in the first and second centuries can best be described as
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(A) disinterested and suspicious.
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(B) moderate and ambivalent.
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(C) distrustful and repressive.
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(D) tolerant and open-minded.
Frage 10
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Although slaves in the Roman Empire performed all work, from the most prestigious to the most degrading, they were prohibited from
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(A) practicing medicine.
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(B) serving in the military.
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(C) working in government.
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(D) conducting business.
Frage 11
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Which of the following were the more important Han innovations?
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(A) alcohol, the wheel, and glass.
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(B) the horse collar, the watermill, and the crossbow.
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(C) the canal, the three-field system, and concrete.
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(D) the saddle, penicillin, and bronze.
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Which of the following is not generally considered a contributing factor to the fall of the Han Empire?
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(A) Attacks by non-Chinese from across the frontiers
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(B) The frustration of hungry peasants
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(C) Corruption within the government
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(D) The subversive ideas of Buddhism
Frage 13
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Which of the following was a primary reason for the fall of the Qin Empire upon the death of Shi Huangdi?
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(A) Te provincial aristocracy was complacent.
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(B) Shi Huangdi's son was a weak ruler.
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(C) Incorporation in the empire of different ethnicities.
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(D) Unification of the nomads under Maodun.
Frage 14
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The competition among states in the Warring States Period resulted in
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(A) the escalation of violence against the upper classes.
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(B) the creation of the first empire under the Qin state.
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(C) peasant rebellions.
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(D) an enormous tax increase.
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The Han philosophy of rule was
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(A) a continuation of Qin policies with a return to Confucian values.
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(B) the high point of legalism.
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(C) dependent upon the constant and unrelenting use of terror.
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(D) dependent upon the social and political activism of Daoist ministers of state.
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All of the following were policies of Qin Shi Huangdi's rule except
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(A) building protective walls.
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(B) support of traditional learning.
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(C) huge public works projects.
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(D) strong centralized rule.
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Which of the following describes how Confucianism affected Chinese society?
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(A) The civil service examination system was based on Confucian texts.
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(B) Confucianism was adopted as the state religion of China.
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(C) Confucianism encouraged individualistic values.
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(D) Confucianism challenged social and gender hierarchies.
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Which of the following was true of both the Roman and the Chinese Empires?
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(A) They consistently failed to invest in public works.
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(B) They invoked supernatural sanctions to support their rule.
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(C) Their economies relied heavily on slave labor.
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(D) They exhausted themselves through frequent indecisive wars with India.
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Social divisions in the Roman Empire, compared to south Asian caste, were
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(A) nonexistent
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(B) more generally based on race
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(C) more simplistic and mobile
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(D) simple but more rigidly defined
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