Discuss the development of religion in the Roman Empire.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary, but students should demonstrate an understanding of the various types of numina (or early roman gods), the ways in which they shaped their social values, and the eventual political and architectural codification of the gods on the Capitoline Hill, the Greek influence on religion, the role of the pontifex maximus and the concept of the pax decorum.

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In the beginning, Germans felt the best plan to win the war was to

A) make an alliance with Japan. B) try to prevent the United States from joining the war for as long as possible. C) attack supplies going to Britain and France so that their forces would not receive food and munitions. D) try to assassinate President Wilson.

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Resistance in colonial government often centered in which political body?

A) colonial legislatures B) governors C) mayors and town councils D) plantation owners

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Initially, the proprietors of Georgia banned the introduction of both liquor and slaves.

a. true b. false

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In comparison with the peoples of Eurasia, the Americans cultivated

a. maize very rarely b. very few root crops c. crops much later d. more diverse crops e. only grain crops

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