Western Civ Midterm :3

Most religions within the empire were

An amphitheater was

What was the main goal of Romanization?

Someone who suffers and dies for their faith is called a

What was a donative?

Why did Hadrian build a wall across Great Britain?

Excommunication is:

The idea that Christian church leaders receive their authority by being successors to Jesus' Apostles:

The death of Decius while fighting invaders was seen by Christians as

Many of the important points of Jesus' teachings were delivered in

The emperor who blamed Christians for a great fire in Rome:

Which emperor initiated the first Christian persecution in 64 C.E.?

During the reign of Augustus:

What Roman senator seized Rome with his army in 88 B.C.E. in order to stabilize the Republic?

Gladiators were usually:

Romans were:

The final conflict between Octavian and Marc Antony was the Battle of

The highest-ranked elected official in the Roman Republic was the:

What was the primary duty of the consuls in the Senate?

Hannibal was Rome's major adversary in the:

Roman law under the Twelve Tables represented

At the end of the first Punic War in 241 B.C.E., the

The Golden Age author known for his love poetry was

The primary governing body of the Roman Republic was the

Saint Augustine argued that people needed the grace of God through the authority of the church because:

The Huns were a barbarian tribe that originated in:

The last Roman emperor who was dethroned in 476 C.E. was:

Which emperor’s reign began the Late Roman Empire?

Along with moving the capital to Constantinople, Constantine built all of the following except

Which of the following challenges did Diocletian face at the start of his reign?

• military thread from barbarians

• massive inflation

• a divided empire

• all of these

Religious hermits who initially lived alone in spiritual contemplation were known as

Many of the barbarians in western Europe converted to:

The Merovingian family ruled the early kingdom of the:

After winning control of Rome in battle, Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which established the

Clovis was accepted by the Roman church because:

The translation of the Bible into Latin by Jerome was known as the

The Hajj is:

To Muslims, Muhammad is considered to be

After Ali's death, which group obtained political leadership?

After 750, the Abbasid caliphate had its capital in

The significant weapon advantage that the Byzantines had over invaders was:

What did Irene do to try and disqualify her son from ruling?

What is the Kaaba?

The capital of the Byzantine Empire was:

What were Muhammad's recitations called?

In 622 Muhammad fled Mecca for

The People of the Book include all of the following except

• Jews

• Muslims

• Christians

• Pagans

During Justinian's reign, the empire's greatest threat from the north came from the:

One of the triumphs of Justinian's rule was the construction of what?