Western Civ Chapter 5 – Flashcards with Answers
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The optimates and the populares were
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political groups from the aristocratic class of Rome in the late republic.
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Livy's account of Cincinnatus
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tells how the virtues of duty and simplicity in the behavior of leaders enabled Rome to survive in difficult times.
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The first Triumvirate included
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Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey
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By the latter republic, Roman slaves
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often worked on the Roman latifundia.
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The struggle of orders
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was a peaceful struggle which resulted in political compromise.
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Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new poetry at the end of the Roman Republic?
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Catullus
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Rome set a precedent for treating its vanquished foes after forming the Roman Confederation by
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offering the most favored "allied" peoples full Roman citizenship, thus giving them a stake in successful Roman expansion.
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For the Romans, Italy's geography
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made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend.
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As Rome expanded, it became Roman policy to govern the provinces with officials known as
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proconsuls and propraetors
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The immediate cause of the first Punic War was
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Rome sending an army to Sicily
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As a result of the first Punic War
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the Carthaginians were forced to withdraw from Sicily and pay indemnity to Rome.
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What was the significance of Scipio Africanus in the second Punic War?
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He fought Hannibal in Northern Africa and won the decisive Battle of Zama.
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The result of the third Punic War was
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the complete destruction and subjugation of Carthage.
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The Roman senator who led the movement for the complete destruction of Carthage was
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Cato
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Originally the Roman senate
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could only advise the magistrates in legal matters
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The paterfamilias in Roman society was
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the male head of the family
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In their struggle with the patricians, Roman plebeians employed which of the following tactics?
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a and b
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The Romans' most noticeable innovations in art and culture were found in
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architecture and engineering
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All of the following about the Etruscans are correct except they
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expelled many of Rome's patrician class and established a republic in Rome in 509 B.C.
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Cicero
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all of the above
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In Roman religion, a right relationship with the gods was achieved by
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accurate performance of rituals and festivals
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At the battle of Cannae the Romans
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suffered a devastating defeat by Hannibal
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By crossing the Rubicon, Caesar showed that he
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was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Senate.
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Julius Caesar
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led military commands in Spain and especially Gaul that enhanced his popularity.
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After imposed retirement from Roman politics, Cicero took up writing
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philosophical treatises
