WEEK THREE QUIZ
Due 3-19-2009
Please be sure to check off only one response.
Student's Name
A peasantry
B land
C food
D trade 2.) During the Roman Republic, all adult male citizens had the right to vote
A and so Rome was a democracy
B and so there was equal representation
C but the votes were weighted so that the votes of the wealthy counted for more
D but the votes of the poor men were not counted 3.) The length of the term for Roman senators was
A one year
B two years
C seven years
D life 4.) In a legal sense, Roman women
A never ceased being children
B were nearly equal to men
C were equal to poor men
D were superior to men 5.) Why did the people of the Late Roman Empire revert to a barter economy?
A The Kingdoms they were trading with did not use money.
B The emperors were cutting back on the precious metals in the coins, thereby causing them to be devalued.
C It was more efficient for illiterate people.
D Rome never reverted to barter. 6.) Why did the majority of the Chinese population, during the Han Dynasty, live in eastern China?
A They wanted access to the sea.
B The best farmlands were centered in the east of China.
C They were more isolated from invasion from nomadic peoples.
D The best Buddhist centers were in the east of China. 7.) The Qin Dynasty abolished slavery because
A it thought that making people work for the state for free was immoral
B slavery was against Confucian thought
C slavery was against Buddhist tenets
D slaves did not pay taxes, but free people did 8.) When the Han took over, they
A completely reinstated the Zhou system
B completely eradicated all aspects of Qin rule
C retained the Qin system with minor changes
D retained the entire Qin system
A silk
B tea
C porcelain
D opium 10.) Roads were originally built in Rome and China to
A facilitate trade
B move troops
C confuse enemies
D encourage migration
11.) In the image, the Roman army seems
A defeated
B victorious
C repressed
D unmanly 12.) According to Virgil, Rome's destiny was
A to have no limits
B to fall in to barbarians
C to never fall
D both a and c
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