History quiz

Exercises on the Punic Wars - with feedback

Question 01 - Mackenzie 1997 - The Punic Wars, conflicts between Rome and Carthage, in the 2nd century BC, were motivated:
a) by the dispute and control of trade in the Black Sea and possession of the Greek colonies.
b) by the control of the regions of Thrace and Macedonia and the monopoly of trade in the Mediterranean.
c) for the domain of Sicily and dispute for control of the trade in the Mediterranean Sea.
d) for the division of the Roman Empire between the Roman generals and the submission of Syracuse to Carthage. e) by the conflict between the expanding Roman world and the Persian barbarian world.

Question 02 - FEI 1995 - The Phoenician colony of Carthage, located in what is now the city of Tunis, in North Africa, had developed considerably, to the point of becoming a powerful rival to Roman interests in the Mediterranean. For over a century, the Romans fought to destroy Carthage, eventually razing it to the ground (146 BC). These events are known as:
a) Medical Wars.
b) Carthaginian Revolution.
c) Punic Wars.
d) Trojan War.
e) War da Reconquista.

Question 03 - PUC-SP 2012 - The Punic Wars, between Romans and Carthaginians, lasted from 264 to 146 BC. Among their final results, we can consider that they
a) contained the Roman expansion towards the Mediterranean Sea, as the islands to the south of the Italian peninsula passed to Carthaginian control.
b) they strengthened the Roman presence in the region. of the Mediterranean Sea, with the establishment of provinces in the conquered lands.
c) they eliminated the military expenses of the Roman Empire, because they prevented the emergence of revolts and social tensions.
d) they allowed the commercial expansion of Rome by throughout the Italian peninsula and towards the west, with the ensuing conquest of Gaul.
e) considerably reduced the number of slaves in the Roman Empire, as most of them were enlisted in the troops and died in combat.

Question 04 - MACKENZIE 2004/2 - 2nd day - “In the 2nd century BC, it fell to Cato, the censor, to obsessively personify a campaign for the complete destruction of Carthage. In his speeches in the Roman Senate, Cato always ended them with the phrase Delenda est Carthago (Carthage be destroyed). The success of his preaching sealed the fate of the city:Carthage was invaded, completely razed, and the few survivors turned into slaves.” Cláudio Vicentino
The above fragment relates to:
a) Medical Wars.
b) Gallic Wars.
c) Punic Wars.
d) Barbarian Wars.
e) Germanic Wars.

Question 05 - UTFPR 2007 - Summer - “The three Punic Wars constituted an impressive process even in antiquity and always impressed a lot. In order to have an idea of ​​the proportions reached, it is enough to think that, in 146 a. C., at the end of the conflicts, Rome had conquered Sicily, Corsica, Hispania and North Africa. In addition to the annexation of these territories, a direct consequence of the defeat of Carthage, the Romans had also conquered Macedonia, some regions of Asia and Transalpine Gaul, exerting political, economic, social and cultural influence in an immense diversity of territories.”
GARRAFFONI, Renata S. “Punic Wars”. In:MAGNOLI, Demetrius (org). History of Wars. São Paulo:Context, 2006, p. 73) Based on the text above, we can point out as one of the main transformations of the Roman world in this period:
A) the political advance of the plebs, through the struggle of the Gracchus brothers.
B) the end of the republic and the establishment of the monarchy.
C) the legal equality between patricians and plebeians.
D) the generalization of wage labor, stimulated by the mercantile expansion.
E) the introduction of cultivated latifundia by slaves on a large scale.

INTRODUCTION
01 - C
02 - C
03 - B
04 - C
05 - E