humanities ch 3 reading
- ANS-Barrel vault: arches back to back
Groined vault: arches at right angles to each other
Dome: arches around a central point
- ANS-Case Law: Principles based on particular disputes
Precedents: guidelines for future judgements
Praetors: magistrates who administered justice
Jurisconsults: experts in the law
- ANS-Etruscan: experts in the art of metallurgy and city planning
Greek: masters of philosophy and the arts
Phoenician: brought an alphabet and maritime skills
- ANS-Patricians: large landowners
Plebeians: farmers and small land owners
Consuls: elected magistrates
Members of Popular Assembly: Plebeians
Members of Roman Senate: patricians
- ANS-Princeps: First citizen
Imperator: army general
Augustus: revered one
- ANS-What resources testifies to the Qin and Han accomplishments in the field of
architecture?
- ANS-Which descriptions are true about Julius Caesar?
-a central imperial government
-standardization of written Chinese
-Large, salaried bureaucracy
-uniform coinage system - ANS-Which were features of the new government system
implemented by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty?
-a police force
-a fire department
-new aqueducts - ANS-Which changes occurred during the reign of Emperor Octavian?
-aesthetic of the Classical style
-principles of linguistics
, -principles of literature
-a pantheon of gods - ANS-Which elements of Roman culture were borrowed or incorporated
from Greek predecessors?
-block printing
-paper
-the selsmograph
-the wheelbarrow - ANS-Which were inventions of the Han Dynasty?
-collection and analysis of factual evidence
-attention to accurate detail - ANS-The work of Roman historians demonstrates
-farcical
-slapstick - ANS-Which of the following describe the comic theater of the Romans?
-He reformed the Western calendar
-He consolidated laws
-He regulated taxation - ANS-Which of the following were accomplished of Julius Caesar as
dictator of the Roman Empire?
-intense lifelike appearance
-mass produced
-designed to protect the dead - ANS-What are characteristics of the 8,000 life-sized soldiers in
the tomb of Shi Huang Di?
-it contains almost 8000 soldiers terracotta soldiers
-it took 11 years to build - ANS-Which descriptions are true about the burial site of the Qin
emperor?
-it grew into a profession for free men
-it was a means for non-Romans to become citizens - ANS-Which were true of the Roman
army?
-it used common sense to resolve private disputes
-it put the spirit of the law above letter of the law
-it was based on interpretations of existing laws - ANS-Which of the following applies to the
Roman system of law?
-modeled on those of Greece
-offered along with public games
-had a bloody, ghoulish quality
-drew on themes from history
- - ANS-Which of the following is true of Roman tragedies?
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