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APWH Chapter 5: Rome and Han China Empires (753 b.c.e. to 600 c.e.)

Frage 1 von 19

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Why was becoming Christian considered an act of disloyalty in the Roman Empire?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) Rome required all citizens to learn about all world religions.

  • (B) Rome had a strong monotheistic tradition.

  • (C) Christians could not worship the emperor as a deity.

  • (D) Christian theology demanded that all people live in a Christian utopia.

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Frage 2 von 19

1

One of the most enduring consequences of the Roman Empire has been the

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) tradition of peaceful regime change.

  • (B) suppression of many barbarian groups.

  • (C) persistence of the Roman system of mathematics.

  • (D) Romanization of the western Mediterranean.

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Frage 3 von 19

1

Which factor most contributed to the development of "pax romana"?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) Roman military might

  • (B) the growth of commerce

  • (C) the leadership of rulers like Augustus

  • (D) thousands of miles of well-built roads

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Frage 4 von 19

1

The main reason for the decline of the Roman Republic was

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) military leaders with armies loyal to them rather than the state.

  • (B) an impoverished population.

  • (C) political decentralization.

  • (D) ongoing wars in trying to expand to an empire.

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Frage 5 von 19

1

A significant difference in Roman expansion versus Greek was that Romans:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) did not impose taxes.

  • (B) extended citizenship in degrees to most conquered populations.

  • (C) did not have a standardized language.

  • (D) conquered only to obtain slaves.

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Frage 6 von 19

1

Which of the following was a motivation for the expansion of the Roman Empire?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) the spread of Roman religion

  • (B) the wealth of the Eastern Mediterranean societies

  • (C) rejection of Greek culture and philosophy

  • (D) slave revolts

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Frage 7 von 19

1

When Germanic tribes entered into the western part of the Roman Empire, they

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) sparked a rapid economic recovery by encouraging the resumption of long-distance trade.

  • (B) founded a hybrid culture drew both on Germanic and Roman elements.

  • (C) rejected all of Roman culture, instead imposing their own culture.

  • (D) were rapidly assimilated into Roman culture, largely abandoning their own.

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Frage 8 von 19

1

The Roman patron-client relationship:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) applied primarily to the business sector

  • (B) defined a state of reciprocity between the weak and the strong

  • (C) allowed for an approximate equality between people of different classes

  • (D) led to the end of the role of the paterfamilias

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Frage 9 von 19

1

The Roman imperial policy toward the Christians in the first and second centuries can best be described as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) disinterested and suspicious.

  • (B) moderate and ambivalent.

  • (C) distrustful and repressive.

  • (D) tolerant and open-minded.

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Frage 10 von 19

1

Although slaves in the Roman Empire performed all work, from the most prestigious to the most degrading, they were prohibited from

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) practicing medicine.

  • (B) serving in the military.

  • (C) working in government.

  • (D) conducting business.

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Frage 11 von 19

1

Which of the following were the more important Han innovations?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) alcohol, the wheel, and glass.

  • (B) the horse collar, the watermill, and the crossbow.

  • (C) the canal, the three-field system, and concrete.

  • (D) the saddle, penicillin, and bronze.

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Frage 12 von 19

1

Which of the following is not generally considered a contributing factor to the fall of the Han Empire?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) Attacks by non-Chinese from across the frontiers

  • (B) The frustration of hungry peasants

  • (C) Corruption within the government

  • (D) The subversive ideas of Buddhism

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Frage 13 von 19

1

Which of the following was a primary reason for the fall of the Qin Empire upon the death of Shi Huangdi?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) Te provincial aristocracy was complacent.

  • (B) Shi Huangdi's son was a weak ruler.

  • (C) Incorporation in the empire of different ethnicities.

  • (D) Unification of the nomads under Maodun.

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Frage 14 von 19

1

The competition among states in the Warring States Period resulted in

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) the escalation of violence against the upper classes.

  • (B) the creation of the first empire under the Qin state.

  • (C) peasant rebellions.

  • (D) an enormous tax increase.

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Frage 15 von 19

1

The Han philosophy of rule was

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) a continuation of Qin policies with a return to Confucian values.

  • (B) the high point of legalism.

  • (C) dependent upon the constant and unrelenting use of terror.

  • (D) dependent upon the social and political activism of Daoist ministers of state.

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Frage 16 von 19

1

All of the following were policies of Qin Shi Huangdi's rule except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) building protective walls.

  • (B) support of traditional learning.

  • (C) huge public works projects.

  • (D) strong centralized rule.

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Frage 17 von 19

1

Which of the following describes how Confucianism affected Chinese society?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) The civil service examination system was based on Confucian texts.

  • (B) Confucianism was adopted as the state religion of China.

  • (C) Confucianism encouraged individualistic values.

  • (D) Confucianism challenged social and gender hierarchies.

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Frage 18 von 19

1

Which of the following was true of both the Roman and the Chinese Empires?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) They consistently failed to invest in public works.

  • (B) They invoked supernatural sanctions to support their rule.

  • (C) Their economies relied heavily on slave labor.

  • (D) They exhausted themselves through frequent indecisive wars with India.

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Frage 19 von 19

1

Social divisions in the Roman Empire, compared to south Asian caste, were

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • (A) nonexistent

  • (B) more generally based on race

  • (C) more simplistic and mobile

  • (D) simple but more rigidly defined

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