Fall of Roman Empire

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How did heavy taxes impact the people of Rome? Options: drove people into poverty, unemployment became an issue, they could not transfer power peacefully, the army became smaller, they could not afford to have slaves

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drove people into poverty, unemployment became an issue

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Why was the size of the Roman Empire a problem that contributed to the empire's fall?

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The size of the empire made it hard to defend.

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What Is Inflation?

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Growth in Prices

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Which outside groups caused Rome to fall? (Options: Christians, slaves, barbarians, Mongols)

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barbarians

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Which part of the Roman Empire fell to barbarians?

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Western Rome

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Who moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium?

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Constantine

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When the empire split, what was the new capital?

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Constantinople

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Many Romans lost their loyalty to Rome due to

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government corruption

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Barbarians

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Word used by Greeks and Romans for all people who did not share their culture

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Byzantine

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The word used by historians to describe the eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the western Roman Empire