multiple choices of Western Civilization

Italy’s geography helps explain the Romans’ focus on

RIVER-BASED TRADE.

NORTHERN EUROPE.

THE ADRIATIC SEA

THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Under Augustus, Rome

REMAINED OFFICIALLY A REPUBLIC.

EXPERIENCED A PROLONGED ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.

BECAME INCREASINGLY POLITICALLY DECENTRALIZED.

WAS OFFICIALLY TRANSFORMED INTO AN MONARCHY.

Which statement best describes ancient Sparta?

IT HAD VIBRANT TRADE WITH OTHER GREEK POLEIS AND WITH NON-GREEK PEOPLES.

ITS ENTIRE SOCIETY WAS MILITARIZED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE HELOTS.

ITS ENTIRE SOCIETY WAS MILITARIZED IN ORDER TO DEFEND GREECE AGAINST THE PERSIANS.

IT HAD A FLOURISHING INTELLECTUAL TRADITION.

In ancient Greece, a tryant was

A SUPPORTER OF THE ARISTOCRATIC MONOPOLY ON POLITICAL POWER.

A MILITARY LEADER.

A MAN WHO SEIZED POWER IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT DRAMATIC REFORM IN A POLIS AND WHO OFTEN HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE NON-ELITE.

A TOTALITARIAN RULER.

The political history of the Hellenistic period was dominated by Greek leagues and

LARGE KINGDOMS.

SOVEREIGN CITY-STATES.

THE CONTINUED UNITY OF ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE.

A REVIVED PERSIAN EMPIRE.

Which of the following was true of the Roman consuls?

THE OFFICE OF CONSUL WAS LARGELY CEREMONIAL.

CONSULS WERE ELECTED FOR ONE-YEAR TERMS.

THE OFFICE OF CONSUL WAS HEREDITARY.

CONSULS SERVED FOR LIFE.

Why did non-Christians distrust Christianity?

CHRISTIANS’ REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC RITUALS LINKED TO THE GOOD OF THE STATE LED NON-CHRISTIANS TO QUESTION THEIR LOYALTY TO ROME.

THE AGGRESSIVENESS AND PUBLIC VISIBILITY WITH WHICH EARLY CHRISTIANS PRACTICED THEIR FAITH LED MANY TO SEE CHRISTIANITY AS A SUBVERSIVE FORCE.

CHRISTIANITY PREACHED A MESSAGE OF PEACE THAT CONTRADICTED THE MILITARY FOUNDATIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

THE REJECTION OF SLAVERY BY CHRISTIANS CHALLENGED THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE ROMAN ECONOMY.