Question

What was true about slavery in the Roman Empire?

A.
Under Pax Romana, emperors passed laws helping enslaved people.

B.
Romans enslaved people based on skin color.

C.
On average, enslaved Romans died young.

D.
Enslaved Romans could not become wealthy.

Answer 1

How did Jesus’s teachings reach so many people in the early Roman empire?

A.
through forced conversions on the orders of the emperor

B.
through the decision of a council of bishops

C.
through local laws dictated by the Pope

D.
through the support of important Roman generals

E.
through the travels of his followers on Roman roads

Answer 2

Drag and drop the items to match the holy writings of the Christian religion.

Gospels


Epistles


Revelation


letters


parables


last book


return of Jesus


teachings of Jesus


many written by Paul

Answer 3

Which best describes the role of the New Testament in Christianity?

A.
It is the part of the Christian scripture that repeats Jewish teachings.

B.
It is the term for the Christian Bible.

C.
It is the part of the Christian scriptures that tells about the life of Jesus.

D.
It is the only scripture important to Christians.

Answer 4

What was a right that women had during the Roman Empire?

A.
A right to own property

B.
Women had equal rights to men during the Roman Empire

C.
A right to a job of their choice

D.
Women had no rights during the Roman Empire

Answer 5

Use the map to answer the question.

How did geography help make Rome a site of encounter?

A.
Rome was difficult to travel to, so people from other civilizations left it alone and it developed in peace.

B.
The Mediterranean Sea helped it connect with civilizations in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

C.
Its location in Central Europe made it a focal point of migration and interaction on the continent.

D.
The relatively level terrain of Europe made it easy for Romans to travel and trade across long distances.

Answer 6

Which fact most clearly shows the difficulty in defending the Roman empire against invasion?

A.
At its height, the empire likely had a population as high as 100 million.

B.
At its height, the empire comprised nearly 1.7 million square miles of land and water.

C.
Over the course of its history, the Roman empire built about 55,000 miles of paved roads.

D.
The Mediterranean Sea stretches about 2,300 miles west to east and about 600 miles from Italy to the African coast.

Answer 7

Drag and drop events to list them in order from first (top) to last (bottom).

Huns attack the empire and drive German peoples ahead of them.

Odoacer topples Romulus Augustus.

Imperial Crisis leads to civil war.

Roman forces withdraw from Britain as Goths attack Rome.

Answer 8

For Rome, which was the most serious consequence of the invasion of the Huns?

A.
The Huns conquered and overthrew the western empire.

B.
The Huns attacked the Germanic tribes, who became refugees.

C.
The Huns devastated large parts of the empire.

D.
The Huns's invasions led to inflation that wrecked the Roman economy.

Answer 9

Drag and drop people and elements of government and culture to match each empire. Choices may be used once or more than once.

Augustus


Justinian


dependent on trade


Roman empire


Byzantine empire

Answer 10

How does the work of Eastern Orthodox missionaries Cyril and Methodius show the influence of Byzantine culture on early Russia?

A.
Russian emperors took the title tsar.

B.
Russian bishops forbade the use of icons.

C.
Russians adopted the Cyrillic alphabet.

D.
Russians began speaking and writing in Greek.

Answer 11

Which of the following was a major factor in the decline of the Byzantine empire?

A.
conversion of the Slavs

B.
iconoclasm

C.
arrival of invaders

D.
recapture of Rome

Answer 12

Drag and drop words and phrases to complete the sentences.

emperorlegalJustinian’s CodepatriarchreligiousTwelve Tables
The Byzantine empire drew on the long
tradition of the Roman empire. This included the laws and edicts of former Roman emperors as well as laws from the Roman republic, such as the
. One Byzantine
wanted to simplify the laws so he appointed committees to go through the Roman laws and decisions. They produced a unified system of laws known as
.

Answer 13

C. On average, enslaved Romans died young.

Answer 14

E. through the travels of his followers on Roman roads

Answer 15

Gospels: teachings of Jesus, parables

Epistles: letters, many written by Paul

Revelation: last book, return of Jesus

Answer 16

C. It is the part of the Christian scriptures that tells about the life of Jesus.

Answer 17

A. A right to own property.

Answer 18

B. The Mediterranean Sea helped Rome connect with civilizations in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Answer 19

D. The Mediterranean Sea stretches about 2,300 miles west to east and about 600 miles from Italy to the African coast.

Answer 20

Imperial Crisis leads to civil war.

Roman forces withdraw from Britain as Goths attack Rome.

Huns attack the empire and drive German peoples ahead of them.

Odoacer topples Romulus Augustus.

Answer 21

C. The Huns devastated large parts of the empire.

Answer 22

Augustus: Roman empire

Justinian: Byzantine empire

dependent on trade: both Roman and Byzantine empire

Answer 23

C. Russians adopted the Cyrillic alphabet.

Answer 24

C. Arrival of invaders.