Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow

Rome's armies to travel through the empire

What is the main reason why the Roman language spread to the farthest parts of the empire?

the Romans conducted business in their language

Why did people become followers of Jesus?

He traveled and taught them about his ideas

What effect did the occupation of Judea have on the Roman Empire?

It caused the Jews to rebel against Roman rule

Why did Roman emperors start to give up their conquered lands by the end of the 100s AD?

The empire was too big to rule effectiviely

What did Octavian do after Caesar's rule?

worked to capture Caesar's killers

what effect did Theodora have on the riots in AD 532?

She helped the emperor put an end to the uprisings

What effect did military battles have on farming?

There were not enough farmers to grow food

What is one similarity between Christmas and Easter?

Neither is based on an exact date in history

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1
Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow
Rome's armies to travel through the empire
merchants to travel safely
to show their ineptitude in building roads
to show off their engineering prowess
2
People who were conquered by the Romans were generally allowed to worship whatever they wanted
true
THIS IS PREPOSTEROUS
what does preposterous mean?
false
3
What is the main reason why the Roman language spread to the farthest parts of the empire?
All the cool kids were spreading it
The Romans wrote their poetry in that language
the Romans conducted business in their language
They wanted to have people speaking it for years to come
4
Why did people become followers of Jesus?
It sounded like the cool thing to do
He traveled and taught them about his ideas
They were told that they had to by the emperor
They had read his writings in the Bible
5
The decay of people's values
corruption
doing the wrong thing
civil law
apostles
6
the Roman Empire fell for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
disease
lack of leadership
corruption
increased taxes
7
A word that means "God's chosen one" in Hebrew
Ovid
Christian
orator
Messiah
8
A person who is a public speaker
apostle
disciple
orator
martyr
9
A legal system based on a written code of laws
Constitutional law
Declaration of Independence
civil law
provinces
10
People who follow the teachings of another person
apostles
martyr
disciples
corruption
11
By the end of the AD 100s, the only threats to the Roman empire came from outside of the empire
false
what does that even mean?
that is just absolute nonsensically preposterous
true
12
Caesar took the title Princeps, or "first citizen"
false
who knows
true
aren't we all the first citizen if we want to be
13
The Romans frequently made payments to the Goths, this was a way to prevent what?
Goths from attacking Rome
The Goths from building a whole bunch of gargoyles
Goths from farming in the Roman Empire
Romans trading with the Goths
14
What effect did the occupation of Judea have on the Roman Empire?
It caused the Jews to rebel against Roman rule
The Jews could become part of their government
traders could track their routes
It brought peace to the region
15
A religion that began in the first century AD
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Pastafarianism
16
A person who dies for his or her beliefs
martyr
persecution
screwed
Cicero
17
Why did Roman emperors start to give up their conquered lands by the end of the 100s AD?
The empire was too small to govern
The empire was too big to rule effectiviely
Farmers were about to start throwing punches
They feared taxes would be too high
18
The what tells about the life and teachings of Jesus?
Tanach
New Testament
Torrah
Old Testament
19
Most people in the Byzantine Empire spoke
Arabic
Latin
Spanish
Greek
20
Which word BEST describes the Roman approach to science and engineering?
beautiful
experimental
practical
unicorn-like
21
What did Octavian do after Caesar's rule?
Battled Gaul
Took the throne and went merrily on his way
got Cleopatra to be an ally of Rome
worked to capture Caesar's killers
22
Early Christians believed that the Resurrection meant that Jesus was the Messiah.
did they not believe that the did believe that?
false
true
they believed that they did what they did not do
23
Between 58 and 50 BC Julius Caesar conquered nearly all of
Italy
Germany
England
Gaul
24
what effect did Theodora have on the riots in AD 532?
She rewrote the civil laws
She helped the emperor put an end to the uprisings
She helped the rebel scum
She participated in the uprisings
25
What effect did military battles have on farming?
New farming techniques were developed
There were not enough farmers to grow food
they had plenty of crops left over
The poor peoples went without their Froot Loops for a while
26
Romans called the capital of the eastern empire
The Eastern Rome
Byzantium
Istanbul
Constantinople
27
the emperor believed that by banning certain Jewish rituals, people would
give up Judaism
be in the Roman military
fight harder
trade with them
28
Punishing a group because of its beliefs
he said she said
provinces
blame game
persecution
29
outlying areas that Rome controlled
Pax Romana
states
countries
provinces
30
The Romans created lasting structures by using
aqueducts
pretty colors
straight lines
arches
31
Early Christians spread the teachings of Jesus only among Jews
why would they do that?
this is an outrage
true
false
32
What is one similarity between Christmas and Easter?
They were both celebrated in Ancient Rome
neither is celebrated on the same day every year
Neither is based on an exact date in history
Both are celebrated in the hot times
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A famous Roman Poet
Cicero
Julius Caesar
Ovid
Marc Antony

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