Tiberius Gracchus

Tiberius Gracchus

11th Grade

8 Qs

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Tiberius Gracchus

Tiberius Gracchus

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Katy Waterfield

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What magistracy did Tiberius hold?

consul

dictator

tribune

praetor

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What law did Tiberius try to revive?

distribution of corn at subsidised rate

one individual only permitted to hold 500 acres of public land

public land to be redistributed for colonies

transferral of law courts from senate to the equites

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these was NOT an influence on Tiberius?

competition with Octavius

pressure from his mother to live up to his ancestors

influence of Greek philosophy

failed Numantine war in Spain where Tiberius' terms were rejected by the Senate

a trip through Etruria where he saw large farms worked entirely by slaves

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these might lead us to doubt whether there was a land-crisis in the 2nd c. BC?

Rome had fought foreign wars for centuries, so this wasn't new

there is no archaeological evidence for large slave-worked farms across Italy

census figures show that the population was actually rising

there is archaeological evidence that small farmsteads persisted across Italy

declining census figures may simply have been because people were reluctant to register

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Tiberius do which alienated his previous senatorial support?

redistributed land to the pooe

deposed his co-tribune Octavius because he wasn't representing the people

tried to run for a second office as tribune

vetoed the opening of the markets and temples, shutting down all business and trade

bypassed the senate in allocating the money from the Pergamene kingdom to fund his new law

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Tiberius' tribunate so important?

it showed that custom trumped legality

the abuses that Tiberius was trying to combat had reached a critical point

it introduced direct mass violence into daily politics in Rome

it highlighted the senate's/Rome's refusal to share power

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When did Tiberius try to enact his reforms?

143

133

132

123

8.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What shows that the senate weren't utterly opposed to Tiberius' land-redistribution law?

he had powerful senatorial supporters

none of the other tribunes vetoed his law

the senate allowed Tiberius' agrarian law to be enacted after his death

they massacred many of his supporters