10.5 Review

Roman emperors relied most strongly on the support of

• plebeians

• merchants

• the Senate

• the military

After the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180 AD, most Roman emperors were

• wealthy patricians.

• influential Senators

• local governors

• military commanders

The Huns who threatened the Roman Empire originally came from

• Central Asia

• North Africa

• the Middle East

• Northern Europe

The decline of the Roman Empire was accelerated by which factor?

• War with trade rivals

• the spread of Christianity

• the rise of an Islamic empire

• invasions by barbarian tribes

Emperor Constantine decided to move the Roman capital to Byzantium (Constantinople) because

• of the civil war raging throughout Italy.

• of the economic decay of Western Europe.

• of the spread of religious conflict throughout Europe.

• of the political threat by wealthy Roman merchants.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, most of Europe was ruled by

• Italian nobles

• Germanic tribes

• Byzantine governors

• Central Asian warlords

Which event followed quickly after the Goths' sack of Rome in 410 AD?

• the division of the Empire into two parts

• an invasion into Italy by Byzantine armies

• an alliance between the Huns and the Western Roman Empire

• the loss of Roman territories in Western Europe and North Africa