HIEU 201 MINDTAP CHAPTER 6 QUIZ
Plebeian concessions during the Struggle of the Orders included all of the
following EXCEPT
a. access to the highest political, judicial, and religious offices.
b. the institution of an Athenian-style democracy.
CORRECT
c. the creation of the Twelve Tables.
d. recognition of the full power of the Plebeian Assembly to enact legislation.
The Romans treated the Italian peoples they conquered
a. as slaves, to be used for menial labor and gladiatorial combat.
b. as potential allies, to be integrated into Roman society.
CORRECT
c. as separate and inferior races.
d. as equals who were, nonetheless, to be kept separate.
After Carthage's stunning victory at the battle of Cannae (216 B.C.)
a. the Romans created a new alliance with the Macedonians.
b. Rome invaded North Africa, forcing the Carthaginian general Hannibal to
withdraw his troops from Italy.
CORRECT
c. the Romans sued for peace, conceding its claims in Spain.
d. Rome was unable to raise and equip new legions for a decade.
The overseas expansion of Rome led to social and economic changes, which
included
a. the destruction of the patrician class by a new class of warriors.
b. a decline in trade, commerce, and manufacturing, as Rome lived off the
tribute extracted from conquered lands.
c. the rise of a business class whose sources of wealth included army supply
contracts and tax collecting.
CORRECT
d. greater prosperity for most of the plebeian farmers.
Plebeian concessions during the Struggle of the Orders included all of the
following EXCEPT
a. access to the highest political, judicial, and religious offices.
b. the institution of an Athenian-style democracy.
CORRECT
c. the creation of the Twelve Tables.
d. recognition of the full power of the Plebeian Assembly to enact legislation.
The Romans treated the Italian peoples they conquered
a. as slaves, to be used for menial labor and gladiatorial combat.
b. as potential allies, to be integrated into Roman society.
CORRECT
c. as separate and inferior races.
d. as equals who were, nonetheless, to be kept separate.
After Carthage's stunning victory at the battle of Cannae (216 B.C.)
a. the Romans created a new alliance with the Macedonians.
b. Rome invaded North Africa, forcing the Carthaginian general Hannibal to
withdraw his troops from Italy.
CORRECT
c. the Romans sued for peace, conceding its claims in Spain.
d. Rome was unable to raise and equip new legions for a decade.
The overseas expansion of Rome led to social and economic changes, which
included
a. the destruction of the patrician class by a new class of warriors.
b. a decline in trade, commerce, and manufacturing, as Rome lived off the
tribute extracted from conquered lands.
c. the rise of a business class whose sources of wealth included army supply
contracts and tax collecting.
CORRECT
d. greater prosperity for most of the plebeian farmers.