Fall of the Roman Empire

Select some of the reasons that led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Choose two.

• The military begins to dominate the government.

• There is an abundance of wealth and the army gets lazy.

• The government is becoming more corrupt.

• Augustus Caesar dies and the following emperors begin a series of wars that weaken the empire.

What best describes the time in Roman history called “The Crisis of the 3^rd Century”.

• There was a severe famine in the empire and millions of people died.

• Over a period of 49 years there were twenty emperors.

• Germanic tribes invaded the Western Roman Empire and sacked Rome several times.

• Attila the Hun attacks the Germanic tribes sending them fleeing to the Western Roman Empire.

In 284, Emperor Diocletian divides the empire into two halves in order to better manage the affairs of the Roman Empire.

• True

• False

1. The capitol of the Western Roman Empire was always in the city of Rome up to the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

• True

• False

The capitol of the Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium, was renamed Constantinople, after the Emperor Constantine.

• True

• False

Emperor Constantine made Christianity illegal and persecuted Christians in the Roman Empire.

• True

• False

Attila the Hun attacks Germanic tribes in northern Europe sending them fleeing to the Roman Empire.

• True

• False

In the 4^th century Rome is attacked several times by Germanic barbarian tribes but Rome is always able to defeat them.

• True

• False

In 476 the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire is overthrown in a town called Ravenna and a barbarian leader name Odoacer assumes power.

• True

• False

Select all the statements that are true concerning the Eastern Roman Empire.

• It will continue for another 1,000 years known as the Byzantine Empire.

• The Eastern Empire grew wealthy through a vast trading network.

• The eastern emperors were able to raise a large enough army to ward off invaders.

• The Eastern Roman Empire was defeated by Attila the Hun who became the Emperor after Constantine.