World History Chapter 5 Sections 3-5 – Flashcards
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Who was Virgil?
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Most distinguished poet of the Augustan age
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Who was Horace?
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Sophisticated writer of the Augustan age
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Who was Livy?
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A historian who wrote the early history of Rome
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What was Livy not concerned with?
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Factual accuracy of his stories
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Paterfamilias
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The dominant male
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Who was Spartacus?
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The gladiator who lead the slave revolt in Italy
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Insulae
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Poor apartment blocks
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Compare Roman and Greek sculpture and architecture. How are they similar and how are they different?
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Rome adopted Greek style, Greek sculptures were more idealistic and Roman statues were more realistic; Romans used the arch, vault, and dome
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Discuss the role of slaves and Roman society. Why did some Romans live in great fear of their slaves?
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Slaves helped farm land, tutor children, some were musicians, doctors, artists, cooks, valets, waiters cleaners, and gardeners; the Romans fear to the slaves because some of them revolted
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Describe the lives of males and females and Roman society.
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The women can divorce and are allowed education, the legal marriage is 12; men went to the school until they were 16, they were the leaders of families and the legal marriage age was 14;
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Explain the existence of gladiatorial combat in the highly developed Roman civilization.
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Gladiatorial combat provided entertainment for the people
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What did the people of Rome he used to supply the population with water?
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Aqueducts
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What was provided for the poor at the beginning of the Augustan age?
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Grain
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Procurator
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An official in charge of a province
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Jesus
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A Jewish teacher who traveled and preached throughout Judea and neighboring Galilee
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Simon Peter
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The Jewish fisherman who had become a follower of Jesus during Jesus lifetime
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Paul
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A highly educated Jewish Roman citizen who joined the movement
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New testament
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A record of Jesus is life and teachings; second part of the Bible
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Constantine
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The first Christian emperor
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Theodosius the great
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Adopted Christianity as the official religion of the Roman empire
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Describe the beliefs and practices of Roman religion prior to the spread of Christianity
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They believe that observance of proper ritual with priests brought them into a right relationship with the gods
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List the ethical concepts voiced by Jesus
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"Do to others what you should have them do to you" "Love the Lord your God with all your mind, heart, soul, and strength"
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Where did the Jews live?
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Judaea
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A Jewish revolt in A.D. 66 led to what?
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The destruction of the Jewish temple
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Who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus?
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A Roman procurator by the name of Pontius Pilate
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Jesus was seen as a potential what against Rome?
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Revolutionary
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Who taught that by accepting Jesus as the Messiah on could. Be saved from sin?
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Paul
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Rome began persecuting Christians under the reign of whom?
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Nero
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What happened after the 5 good emperors?
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Civil wars broke out
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What did the Severan leaders do?
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Restored order
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Describe the Roman invasions.
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Persia invaded from the East and Germany invaded from the north
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What caused the economic collapse?
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Invasions civil wars and plague
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What caused labor shortages?
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The plague killed one in every 10 people
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What declined in the fall of Rome?
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Trade and small industry
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What happened to the crops?
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They were taken by invaders and/or to feed the army
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Where did they hired soldiers come from?
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Germany
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What did Diocletian do?
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In trying to rebuild Rome he divided it into four units
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Constantine- Byzantium
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A new capital in the east, later renamed Constantinople (today Istanbul)
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What happens to the tax base?
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It gets lowered
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What happens to the value of money?
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It decreases
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What did they do to fight the inflation?
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They issued a price edict- wage and price freezes
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What about working edicts?
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Workers were forced to remain in their vocations (hereditary jobs)
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Where did the Huns come from?
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They came from the Asia and went to Eastern Europe
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The Visigoths
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Allied with Rome, but eventually started to revolt and conquered rome
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Vandals
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Took Spain and North Africa then rome
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In 476 who loses power?
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Romulus Augustulus *last roman emperor*
