| Chapter 6 Study Guide |
| Study Guide Chapter 6 Section 1 1. What kind of people were the Greeks? 2. What was the most powerful governing body? 3. This person was a model dictator. 4. What were The Laws of Twelve Tables? 5. How did Rome usually treat conquered people? 6. The three wars fought in Carthage were? 7. Hannibal used what animal to help his army? 8. What was the result of the Second Punic War? Vocabulary- republic, patrician, consul, dictator, plebeian, tribune, veto, legion Section 2 1. What did wealthy families who brought up huge estates called? 2. Who were the two brothers who first attempted reform? 3. This man was the absolute ruler of Rome. 4. Name some of Caesar’s reforms. 5. What was the “Ides of March”? 6. What reforms did Augustus make? 7. Name the two bad emperors mentioned in the book. 8. What does “Roman Peace” stand for? And what increased? 9. Name on Roman god. 10. What was “bread and circuses”? Section 3 1. What represented the height of cultural achievement? 2. This is a famous Roman arch dome temple. 3. What are aqueducts? 4. What were the two cities of learning? 5. This author wrote the Aeneid. Virgil 6. This historian wrote about Augustus and his successors. 7. What were the two systems of law? Section 4 1. What were Zealots? 2. The scattering of Jews. 3. What did Jesus call himself? 4. What is crucifixion? Who was Paul? Bishops later traced their spiritual authority back to whom? 5. As the church grew it imposed what? 6. 27 books in the Bible the contain the life and teaching of Jesus. 7. Who issued the Edict of Milan? 8. Who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire? Vocabulary- messiah, sect, martyr, bishop, pope, heresy Section 5 1. The Pax Romana ended after the death of whom? 2. This ruler worn purple robes and made anyone who approached him kiss the hem of the robe. 3. What two things did Constantine do? Who was the Hun leader? 4. What was the “scourge of God”? What was one economical and social cause that Rome “fell”? This empire lasted for another 1,000 years after Rome “fell”. Vocabulary-mercenary |