HIST 1110 Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers
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HIST 1110
HIST 1110 Midterm Exam Questions With
100% Correct Answers
res publica - answer"The public thing"
-republic
-ideal citizen is serving the common good
Roman Principate - answerA term used to characterize Roman government in the first three
centuries C.E., based on the ambiguous title princeps ...
HIST 1110 Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers res publica - answer✔✔"The public thing" -republic -ideal citizen is serving the common good Roman Principate - answer✔✔A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E., based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship. Roman Senate - answer✔✔a council of wealt hy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders Salamis - answer✔✔-naval battle where the Greek forces defeated the Persians, shortly after the battle at Thermopylae (480) -The Athenians watched as their city burned -Xerxes had a throne on a hill -The Athenian won against to Persians Sargon of Akkad - answer✔✔-ancient Mesopotamian ruler (reigned c. 2334 -2279 bce) -one of the earliest of the world's great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran). Sargon II of Assyria - answer✔✔King of Assyria who conquered Babylon and Israel. Father of Sennacherib. Second Triumvirate - answer✔✔-Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus -they hunted down Ceasers assassins and kill brutus and cassius -Killed cicero -octavian and antony go against eachother -Antony goes to Egypt and meets w Cleopatra --Antony and Cleopatra kill themselves after a battle against Octavian ---Egypt is now under roman power Sennacherib - answer✔✔Assyrian king who burned Babylon and ordered its residents killed Skepticism - answer✔✔-influenced by socrates -have to look at both sides -cant worry about problems because you cant know anything for certain -accept that you dont know the answer and be at peace Socrates - answer✔✔Greek philosopher; socratic method --questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth Solomon - answer✔✔(Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC) Solon - answer✔✔Athenian reformer of the 6th century; established laws that eased the burden of debt on farmers, forbade enslavement for debt Sparta - answer✔✔-A powerful Greek miliary polis that was often at war with Athens. -Used slaves known as helots to provide agricultural labor. -Inspected newborn babies -was consistently ruled by 2 kings at a time Stoicism - answer✔✔Ancient Greek Philosophy -how do we avoid suffering and be happy -the universe is predetermined and ultimately good -evil is temp and an illusion -free yourself from you e motions, will make you happy Struggle of the Orders - answer✔✔plebeians vs. patricians, -patricians would usually win cases, legal disadvantage -plebeians fight for more of a say in the government Sumer - answer✔✔The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years. Tervingi - answer✔✔-the Gothic tribe that first invaded the Roman Empire, in 376 - defeated the Romans at Adrianople in 378.
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