INDIRAPURAM PUBLC SCHOOL, CROSSINGS REPUBLIK

Ch-3 An Empire across three continents

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Class
XI

Q1. By the sixth century BCE, Iranians had established control over major parts
of the……………………… empire.
(a) Sassaian
(b) Byzantine
(c) Assyrian
(d) None of the above
Q2. From among the Greek states, in the late fourth century BCE, the ruler of
the kingdom of Macedon, …………………., undertook a series of military
campaigns and conquered parts of North Africa, West Asia and Iran, reaching
up to the Beas.
(a) Alexander
(b) Octavian
(c) Julius
(d) Jordan
Q3. Which period is often referred to as the ‘Hellenistic period’ in the history of
the region?
(a) The period of Alexander’s control, ideals and cultural traditions that
were shared amongst the Greeks and the local population.
(b) The disintegration of political unity of Alexander’s empire.
(c) The death of Alexander
(d) None of the above
Q4. To make government easier, the Roman Empire was divided into
…………….and ………………. halves in the fourth century CE.
(A) Eastern and western
(B) Northern and southern
(C) Northern and Eastern
(D) Southern and Western
Q5. Between the seventh century and the fifteenth century, almost all the lands
of the eastern Roman Empire (centred on Constantinople) came to be taken over
by the …………………….
(a) Roman Empire
(b) Arab empire
(c) Nomadic Empire
(d) None of the above
Q6. In practice, the Republic represented the government of the nobility,
exercised through the body called the Senate. TRUE/FALSE
Q7. The best kind of wine came to Rome from _______
(a) Fayum
(b) Byzantium
(c) Galilee
(d) Campania
Q7.
The Roman emperor who consolidated the rise of provincial upper classes so as
to exclude the senators from military command was
(a) Augustus
(b) Constantine
(c) Gallienus
(d) Tiberius
Q8.
Augustus, the first Roman Emperor was called the leading citizen whose Latin
term is
(a) Basileus
(b) Dominus
(c) Princeps
(d) Res gestae
Q9.
The emperor who made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire
was
(a) Alexander
(b) Augustus
(c) Constantine
(d) Nero
Q10.
Roman ruler _____ was considered as the leading citizen only to show that he
was not the absolute ruler.
(a) Augustus
(b) Constantine
(c) Gallienus
(d) Tiberius
Q11.
In Roman urban life, the entertainment shows called spectacular happened for at
least
(a) 150 days
(b) 160 days
(c) 167 days
(d) 176 days
Q12.
The religion of Islam arose during the
(a) 5th century CE
(b) 8th century CE
(c) 6th century CE
(d) 7th century CE
Q13.
The Roman silver coin, known as the denarius, weighed _________ gm of pure
silver.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Q 14.
Which one of the following is a river that forms the boundary of the Roman
Empire?
(a) Mekong River
(b) Rhine River
(c) Amur River
(d) Yangtze River
Q15. This empire was extended to territories of Europe, North Africa, and
Western Asia i.e., Islamic countries. (TRUE/FALSE)
Q16. It was the Mediterranean Sea because the Roman empire was at its north
and south and it had a centre or middle location. (TRUE/FALSE)
Q17.
Mention the area controlled by Iran.
It was extended from south to ………………… (Caspian/ the Mediterranean
Sea) down to eastern Arabia and larger parts of ………………
(Afghanistan/Arabia)
Q18. Mention the time-line for early Europe and the late empire in the context
of the Roman empire.
Q19. (Advertisements/Graffiti) were the funniest writings on walls in Pompeii.
Q20. Write the names of deities worshipped by people under the Roman
empire?
Q21. A society or culture absolutely orthodox and of rigid
communities/traditions-(polytheist/monotheist)
Q22. These were the public places or areas where the trained people (gladiators)
fight wild beasts and finally, knock them down. The excellent muscle power
developed by them and the skill as well, was observed by the populace gathered
there, on special occasions and thus, they entertained. On the basis of above
information identify the place
(a) Public bath
(b) Amphitheatre
(c) Colosseums
(d) None of the above
Q23. It was the process by which Christianity spread among different groups of
the population and became the dominant religion. (WESTERNISATION/
Christianisation)
Q24. The Visigoths of Spain, Franks of Gaul, and Lombards in Italy were
destroyed by the Arabs between the period around 511 to 774 C.E.(True/False)
Q25. The second capital was established by Constantine in 313 C.E. at the site
of modern Istanbul in Turkey previously called Byzantium but on the name of
the emperor, it was called Constantinople.(True/false)