Brock Chapter 12 Test-Roman Civilization

Roman statues were less realistic than those of the Greeks.

• True

• False

Horace wrote odes, which were poems that express a strong emotion about life.

• True

• False

All people who were enslaved by the Romans were unskilled and uneducated.

• True

• False

Women were the heads of the Roman households.

• True

• False

Roman women were full citizens.

• True

• False

Who declared that Roman emperors were gods?

• the Senate

• the emperor himself

• the people

• the Tribunes

Theodosius left a will which instructed the Romans to do what after his death?

• bury him in Rome

• divide the Roman Empire into 2 parts

• move the capital to the island of Sicily

• publish his autobiography

What was one reason Germanic tribes took over Roman land?

• They needed the forts that the Romans had built.

• They wanted the Romans out of their territory.

• Roman land was better for raising crops and farm animals.

• They wanted to be like the Romans.

What is one way that Latin has not influenced Western civilization?

• We use the Latin alphabet.

• Latin is still used in the countries of Germany and Austria today.

• Many English words have Latin roots.

• All plant and animal species have Latin names.

One thing that Constantine did not do was ...

• make the military stronger.

• move the capital from Rome to Byzantium.

• create reforms to help the empire grow strong again.

• divide the empire into 2 parts.