The Fall Of Rome 2.2

At its height the Roman Empire included all the territories around the ____________________.

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• All of the above

Both tribes of Germanic warriors and armies from Persia threatened Rome’s borders.

• true

• false

Emperor Diocletian ______________ the empire

• divided

• restored

• ran

• destroyed

Diocletian was convinced that the empire was too small for one person to rule, so he united the empire.

• true

• false

Because so many people were needed for the army, there was no one left to (a)   the land.

Emperor Diocletian divided the empire because it was too ______________ for one person to rule.

• small

• hard

• large

• barbaric

Emperor Constantine ______________ the two halves shortly after he took power. He moved the capital East, into what is now Turkey.

• united

• divided

• split

• all of the above

The new capital was called Constantinople. Power no longer resided in ______________.

• north

• south

• east

• west

Not long after Rome’s capital moved, ______________ barbarians raided the Roman Empire.

• German

• Roman

• Asian

• Goth

In the late 300s, a new group, called the Huns, invaded Europe. They were from Central ______________.

• Asia

• Africa

• Rome

• Greece