Chapter 5 Test Review - Global Studies



Chapter 5 Test Review

Practicing Key Terms

1. A form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens can vote is a ____________________.

2. Great landowners who became Rome’s ruling class were _________________________.

3. _____________________________ was assassinated by a group of leading senators.

4. The first Roman emperor was __________________________.

5. The gladiator who led a massive slave revolt was ____________________________.

6. _____________________________advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule.

7. The ____________________________proclaimed official tolerance of Christianity.

8. The first invading tribe to sack Rome was the ___________________________.

9. ______________________________believed the Roman Empire was too large for a single ruler.

True/False (if false, then write a sentence that makes it true)

10. A dictator is a ruler with absolute power.

11. Latifundia were large landed estates in Italy that mostly used slave labor.

12. The Roman emperor Nero committed suicide.

13. Roman women in the Early Empire could not own or sell property.

14. One reason Nero persecuted Christians was that he blamed them for the huge fire that destroyed much of Rome.

Questions

15. Which group made up the Roman Senate?

16. Period of peace and prosperity that lasted almost a hundred years.

17. Who became the first Christian emperor?

18. What group most influenced the early development of Rome?

19. What was the first Roman body of laws?

20. Who were the members of the First Triumvirate?

21. At its height, what was population of the Roman Empire?

22. How did the emperor keep the poverty-stricken masses satisfied?

23. Paterfamilias (dominant male) was the head of the Roman family. How did his role change throughout Roman history?

24. Describe the political and military reforms of Diocletian and Constantine.

Practice Writing (on the back, number and answer the following questions in paragraph form)

Explain how the location of the city of Rome was key to its early growth.

Explain why Christianity was able to attract so many followers.

Explain Rome’s success in gaining control of the entire Italian peninsula.

Describe how attitudes toward women changed over the course of Roman history.

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