Fall of the Roman Empire
What started the chain of events that led to job shortages for poor Roman citizens?
A) Diocletian became emperor.
B) Constantine became emperor.
C) Caesar Augustus became emperor.
D) Julius Caesar became emperor.
A) Diocletian became emperor.
Which Mongolian group came from Central Asia and conquered much of Asia and Europe?
A) Visigoths
B) Huns
C) Franks
D) Saxons
B) Huns
What is the present-day name of the city that was called New Rome when Constantine moved the capital there in 324 C.E.?
A) Byzantium
B) Constantinople
C) Istanbul
D) Turkey
C) Istanbul
All of the following were causes of the Roman Empire collapsing except:
A) The size of the Roman Empire made it difficult to control.
B) Armies were loyal to their military leader instead of the emperor.
C) A plague killed one-tenth of the population.
D) The armies of the Roman Empire were poorly trained and equipped.
D) The armies of the Roman Empire were poorly trained and equipped.
What impact did Charlemagne have on the Germanic tribes?
A) His armies entered Europe and pushed the tribes into Roman territory.
B) He conquered the Saxons and forced them to convert to Christianity.
C) He led the Angles and Saxons into Britain.
D) He led Germanic armies against Rome.
B) He conquered the Saxons and forced them to convert to Christianity.
The letters in the Germanic writing system were called ____.
A) Runes
B) Hieroglyphs
C) Ale's stones
D) Volksthings
A) Runes
Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Germanic tribes from northern Europe began to invade the Roman Empire?
A) They wanted grazing lands for their animals.
B) They were running from the Huns and their conquest.
C) They wanted the wealth that Rome had acquired.
D) They wanted to form an alliance with the Roman emperor.
D) They wanted to form an alliance with the Roman emperor.
What skill did the Huns have that made them such successful warriors?
A) early guns
B) exceptionally good vision
C) mastery of Roman battle strategies
D) the ability to fight on horseback
D) the ability to fight on horseback
Which name has NOT been used for the most populous city in Turkey?
A) Bysantium
B) New Rome
C) Diocletian
D) Istanbul
C) Diocletian
1) The Romans used the word "barbarian" to mean foreigners who weren't part of their culture or language.
2) Today, it usually means wild, savage people.
Which people built wooden longships, which could travel into shallow rivers and inlets making it easy to raid towns and villages on the shores?
A) Huns
B) Vandals
C) Vikings
D) Ostrogoths
C) Vikings
What are two reasons that the Vikings attacked towns?
1) plundering goods/to get rich
2) to preserve their religion/fighting against Charlemagne's force to convert to Christianity