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Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations roman civilisation the roman empire medieval world: centres of power

Rome emerged as an unrivaled power in the western world after the ______.

  1. First Punic War

  2. Second Punic War

  3. Third Punic War

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While Rome gained significant territory after the first two wars, the Third Punic War (149-146 BCE) resulted in the total destruction of Carthage, leaving Rome as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean.

Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations roman civilisation the roman empire medieval world: centres of power

What resulted in a civil war between the followers of Marius and Sulla?

  1. Sulla's attempt to push through a land distribution bill in the Senate.

  2. Marius's attempt to push through a land distribution bill in the Senate.

  3. Marius's attempt to push through a widow remarriage bill in the Senate.

  4. Sulla's attempt to push through a widow remarriage bill in the Senate.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The conflict between Marius and Sulla was largely driven by political disputes over command of the war against Mithridates and the legislative attempts by Marius to redistribute land to his veterans via the tribune Sulpicius Rufus.

Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations roman civilisation the roman empire medieval world: centres of power

In the Roman state, the slave trade was a major source of revenue. Which island became the great slave market?

  1. The island of Delos

  2. The island of Elba

  3. The island of Stromboli

  4. The island of Ponza
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The island of Delos in the eastern Mediterranean was made a free port in 166 BC and became one of the main market venues for slaves. Multitudes of slaves who found their way to Italy were purchased by wealthy landowners in need of large numbers of slaves to labor on their estates. Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest of the options, the French Emperor Napoleon was exiled to Elba, Stromboli is a volcanic island which was often deserted, and Ponza has the ancient basins built in the 1st century BC by the Romans for breeding moray eels. Hence, these are incorrect. 

Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations roman civilisation the roman empire medieval world: centres of power

What does the period starting from Augustus's reign (27 BCE) known as?

  1. Principate

  2. Renaissance

  3. Reformation

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The Principate is the name sometimes given to the first period of the Roman Empire from the beginning of the reign of Augustus in 27 BC to the end of the Crisis of the Third Century in 284 AD, after which it evolved into the so-called Dominate. Hence, Option A is correct.
Among the rest of the options, The Renaissance was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
 The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a movement within Western Christianity in the sixteenth-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Roman Catholic Church and papal authority in particular. Hence, these are incorrect. 
Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations roman civilisation the roman empire medieval world: centres of power

Who was the first Roman Emperor to send an embassy to China and establish contact with an Asian power?

  1. Trajan

  2. Antoninus Pius

  3. Marcus Aurelius

  4. Augustus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Historical records from the Chinese Book of Later Han mention an embassy arriving in 166 CE during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, sent by the ruler of Da Qin (Rome).

Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations roman civilisation the roman empire medieval world: centres of power

During the period of Principate, the ______ became far more prosperous than under the republic.

  1. Peasant class

  2. Imperial ruling class

  3. Landless labourer

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The transition to the Principate consolidated power in the hands of the Emperor and the elite senatorial/equestrian classes, who benefited from the stability and administrative expansion of the empire.